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Zymurgy magazine, the official publication of the American Homebrewers Association, has released its ninth-annual list of the 50 best beers in America. To assemble the list, its editors ask readers to submit lists of their top 20 favorite beers.

Russian River's acclaimed Pliny the Elder beer won the top slot for the third year in a row. But if you want to try it yourself, you might have a hard time. Russian River is fairly widely distributed in California, but the only state in the East Coast where you can get Pliny the Elder is Pennsylvania. (And it's scarce even there.) At least many of the others on the list (like Sierra Nevada) have strong national distribution. The top-ranked brewery, as measured by total votes for its beers, was Delaware's Dogfish Head. The brewery's highest-ranking entrant was the hop-heavy Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA, which tied for third.

Here's this year's full list:

1. Russian River Pliny the Elder

2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale

3 (tie). Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA

3 (tie). Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout

5. Bell’s Hopslam

6. Stone Arrogant Bastard

7. Sierra Nevada Celebration

8 (tie). Sierra Nevada Torpedo

8 (tie). Stone Ruination

10. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

11. Stone Sublimely Self Righteous

12. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine

13. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

14 (tie). Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter

14 (tie). Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale

16 (tie). Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA

16 (tie). New Glarus Belgian Red

18. North Coast Old Rasputin

19. Bell’s Expedition Stout

20 (tie). Deschutes The Abyss

20 (tie). Left Hand Milk Stout

20 (tie). Odell IPA

20 (tie). Samuel Adams Noble Pils

20 (tie). Surly Furious

20 (tie). Troegs Nugget Nectar

26 (tie). Rogue Dead Guy Ale

26 (tie). Samuel Adams Boston Lager

28. Anchor Steam

29 (tie). Bear Republic Racer 5

29 (tie). Ommegang Three Philosophers

29 (tie). Oskar Blues Ten Fidy

29 (tie). Three Floyds Alpha King

29 (tie). Three Floyds Dark Lord

34 (tie). Avery Maharaja

34 (tie). Dogfish Head Indian Brown

34 (tie). Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

34 (tie). Three Floyds Gumballhead

38 (tie). Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA

38 (tie). Lost Abbey Angel’s Share

38 (tie). New Belgium La Folie

38 (tie). New Belgium Ranger

38 (tie). Oskar Blues Old Chub

43 (tie). Ballast Point Sculpin IPA

43 (tie). Great Divide Yeti

43 (tie). New Belgium 1554

43 (tie). Russian River Blind Pig

43 (tie). Ska Modus Hoperandi

48 (tie). Alesmith Speedway Stout

48 (tie). Dark Horse Crooked Tree

48 (tie). Green Flash West Coast IPA

48 (tie). Summit EPA

48 (tie). Victory Prima Pils

The majority of the ones I recognize are very hoppy beers, I am not really a hoppy beer fan. I can tell you, that Samual Adams Novile Pils tastes like shit.

Sounds like beer snobs made this list.

:whomo:

Pete Nice Wrote:The majority of the ones I recognize are very hoppy beers, I am not really a hoppy beer fan. I can tell you, that Samual Adams Novile Pils tastes like shit.

Sounds like beer snobs made this list.

The first thing I noticed were that these were hoppy beers. I'm not a fan of my beer tasting like a christmas tree either.

They should rename this list to the Top 50 pale ales in America.

Brian Wrote:They should rename this list to the Top 50 pale ales in America.

Yeah, why does everyone swing from Pale Ales nuts?

Joe Wrote:

Brian Wrote:They should rename this list to the Top 50 pale ales in America.

Yeah, why does everyone swing from Pale Ales nuts?

Cause dark beer sucks.

i bleed green Wrote:

Joe Wrote:

Brian Wrote:They should rename this list to the Top 50 pale ales in America.

Yeah, why does everyone swing from Pale Ales nuts?

Cause dark beer sucks.

lap:

Guiness is like desert in a glass, delicious.

i bleed green Wrote:

Joe Wrote:

Brian Wrote:They should rename this list to the Top 50 pale ales in America.

Yeah, why does everyone swing from Pale Ales nuts?

Cause dark beer sucks.

Hippie

If I didn't like dark beers, my first choice would not be a pale ale........Lagers :high5:

Pete Nice Wrote:

i bleed green Wrote:

Joe Wrote:

Brian Wrote:They should rename this list to the Top 50 pale ales in America.

Yeah, why does everyone swing from Pale Ales nuts?

Cause dark beer sucks.

lap:

Guiness is like desert in a glass, delicious.

Just to be clear, I don't really like beer a whole lot. There's only a handful that I could honestly say I actually like.

Brian Wrote:They should rename this list to the Top 50 pale ales in America.

:whomo:

IBG Doesn't drink beer often, but when he does he prefers it to be as close to urine as possible.

I believe that people who think an IPA tastes good also think raw oysters and caviar taste good :barf:

Brian Wrote:I believe that people who think an IPA tastes good also think raw oysters and caviar taste good :barf:

Someone needs to explain the oysters and mussels thing to me. When I first tried them I chewed them and then people said you don't chew them you just swallow them. If you don't chew them then you don't taste them. If you don't taste them then what the hell is the point of eating them? I'd rather go to the bar and eat chicken wings.