2011 Zymurgy Best Beers in America
The results are in! Each of the past nine years, Zymurgy readers have given a list of their 20 favorite beers. The only rule is that the beer has to be commercially available somewhere in the United States. A record number of votes were cast this year, with 1,306 different beers from 433 breweries represented in the poll.
Top-Ranked Beers
For 2011, we have a three-peat! Russian River's Pliny the Elder, a double IPA, claimed the top spot for the third straight year. Finishing second for the second straight year was Bell's Two Hearted Ale, an IPA. (T indicates tie)
| 1. Russian River Pliny the Elder |
| 2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale |
| T3. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA |
| T3. Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout |
| 5. Bell’s Hopslam |
| 6. Stone Arrogant Bastard |
| 7. Sierra Nevada Celebration |
| T8. Sierra Nevada Torpedo |
| T8. Stone Ruination |
| 10. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale |
| 11. Stone Sublimely Self Righteous |
| 12. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine |
| 13. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout |
| T14. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter |
| T14. Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale |
| T16. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA |
| T16. New Glarus Belgian Red |
| 18. North Coast Old Rasputin |
| 19. Bell’s Expedition Stout |
| T20. Deschutes The Abyss |
| T20. Left Hand Milk Stout |
| T20. Odell IPA |
| T20. Samuel Adams Noble Pils |
| T20. Surly Furious |
| T20. Troegs Nugget Nectar |
| T26. Rogue Dead Guy Ale |
| T26. Samuel Adams Boston Lager |
| 28. Anchor Steam |
| T29. Bear Republic Racer 5 |
| T29. Ommegang Three Philosophers |
| T29. Oskar Blues Ten Fidy |
| T29. Three Floyds Alpha King |
| T29. Three Floyds Dark Lord |
| T34. Avery Maharaja |
| T34. Dogfish Head Indian Brown |
| T34. Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron |
| T34. Three Floyds Gumballhead |
| T38. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA |
| T38. Lost Abbey Angel’s Share |
| T38. New Belgium La Folie |
| T38. New Belgium Ranger |
| T38. Oskar Blues Old Chub |
| T43. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA |
| T43. Great Divide Yeti |
| T43. New Belgium 1554 |
| T43. Russian River Blind Pig |
| T43. Ska Modus Hoperandi |
| T48. Alesmith Speedway Stout |
| T48. Dark Horse Crooked Tree |
| T48. Green Flash West Coast IPA |
| T48. Summit EPA |
| T48. Victory Prima Pils |
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