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Top 100 Beers

List of the world's best beers. As rated by BeerAdvocate.com members.

Top 100 Beers
	Beer Name	Brewery	Overall	Reviews
1	Trappist Westvleteren 12 (Yellow Cap)	Brouwerij Westvleteren (Sint-Sixtusabdij van Westvleteren)	4.60	217
2	Dark Lord Imperial Stout	Three Floyds Brewing LLC	4.59	64
3	Thomas Hooker Liberator Doppelbock	Troutbrook Brewing Company (Thomas Hooker Ales & Lagers)	4.55	72
4	Trappist Westvleteren 8 (Blue Cap)	Brouwerij Westvleteren (Sint-Sixtusabdij van Westvleteren)	4.54	133
5	Masala Mama India Pale Ale	Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery	4.54	85
6	Southampton Grand Cru	Southampton Publick House	4.54	46
7	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing Co.	4.49	281
8	Storm King Stout	Victory Brewing Company	4.48	507
9	Andechser Doppelbock Dunkel	Klosterbrauerei Andechs	4.48	45
10	St. Bernardus Abt 12	Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV	4.47	282
11	Dreadnaught IPA	Three Floyds Brewing LLC	4.47	194
12	Trappistes Rochefort 10	Brasserie de Rochefort (Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy)	4.46	213
13	Abbaye Des Rocs Grand Cru [Brasserie Des Rocs Grand Cru]	Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs s.a.	4.46	110
14	YuleSmith	AleSmith Brewing Company	4.43	77
15	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	4.43	74
16	Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale (Oaked Bastard)	Stone Brewing Co.	4.43	52
17	Founders Breakfast Stout	Founders Brewing Company	4.43	36
18	Cadillac Mtn. Stout	Bar Harbor Brewing Company	4.41	83
19	Celebrator Doppelbock	Privatbrauerei Franz Inselkammer KG / Brauerei Aying	4.40	412
20	Abbaye Des Rocs [Brasserie Des Rocs Brune]	Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs s.a.	4.39	90
21	Ramstein Winter Wheat	High Point Wheat Beer Company	4.39	86
22	Thomas Hooker Imperial Porter	Troutbrook Brewing Company (Thomas Hooker Ales & Lagers)	4.39	47
23	Perkuno's Hammer Imperial Porter	Heavyweight Brewing Co.	4.38	202
24	Thumbsucker	Magic Hat Brewing Company	4.38	52
25	Dragonslayer	Middle Ages Brewing Co., Ltd.	4.38	20
26	Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout	Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)	4.37	319
27	Double Bastard Ale	Stone Brewing Co.	4.37	273
28	Okocim Porter	Browar Okocim S.A. (Carlsberg)	4.37	31
29	Wisconsin Belgian Red	New Glarus Brewing Company	4.36	98
30	Thirsty Dog Siberian Night Imperial Stout	Thirsty Dog Brewing Company	4.36	50
31	Girardin Gueuze 1882 Black Label (unfiltered)	Brouwerij Girardin	4.36	23
32	J.W. Lees Vintage Harvest Ale	J.W. Lees & Co (Brewers) Ltd	4.35	142
33	AleSmith IPA	AleSmith Brewing Company	4.35	85
34	Imperial Stout	Rogue Ales	4.34	248
35	Fantôme Black Ghost	Brasserie Fantôme	4.34	46
36	Insanity	Weyerbacher Brewing Co.	4.34	36
37	India Pale Ale (Dry Hopped / Bottleworks)	LaConner Brewing Company	4.34	25
38	Shakespeare Stout	Rogue Ales	4.33	413
39	Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter	Great Lakes Brewing Company	4.33	205
40	Trappistes Rochefort 8	Brasserie de Rochefort (Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy)	4.33	168
41	Stone Ruination IPA	Stone Brewing Co.	4.32	339
42	Drie Fonteinen Oude Gueuze	Drie Fonteinen	4.32	31
43	Chocolate Stout	Rogue Ales	4.31	313
44	Big Bear Black Stout	Bear Republic Brewing Co.	4.31	158
45	Duvel	Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat NV	4.30	428
46	Two Hearted Ale	Kalamazoo Brewing Company, Inc. / Eccentric Café & Beergarden	4.30	325
47	Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier	Brauerei Weihenstephan	4.30	232
48	Gumballhead	Three Floyds Brewing LLC	4.30	133
49	Alpha Klaus Xmas Porter	Three Floyds Brewing LLC	4.30	93
50	Deep Shaft Stout	Freeminer Brewery Ltd.	4.30	63
51	Pure Hoppiness	Alpine Beer Company	4.30	42
52	Fantôme Saison D’Erezée - Été	Brasserie Fantôme	4.30	36
53	Stone India Pale Ale	Stone Brewing Co.	4.29	373
54	Aventinus	Private Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn GmbH	4.29	372
55	Fantôme Saison	Brasserie Fantôme	4.29	87
56	Great Lakes Blackout Stout	Great Lakes Brewing Company	4.29	80
57	Raspberry Tart	New Glarus Brewing Company	4.29	54
58	Frank Double IPA	Pizza Port & Pizza Port Brewing Company	4.29	33
59	I2PA - Imperial India Pale Ale	Rogue Ales	4.28	295
60	Hop Rod Rye	Bear Republic Brewing Co.	4.28	213
61	Sinebrychoff Porter	Oy Sinebrychoff Ab	4.28	155
62	Alaskan Smoked Porter	Alaskan Brewing Co.	4.28	122
63	Hercules Double IPA	Great Divide Brewing Company	4.28	82
64	St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout	McAuslan Brewing	4.28	65
65	Avec Les Bons Voeux	Brasserie Dupont sprl	4.28	42
66	Leatherlips IPA	The Tap / Haverhill Brewery, Inc	4.28	35
67	Pale Ale	Little Creatures Brewing Company	4.28	31
68	Pliny The Elder	Russian River Brewing Company	4.28	25
69	Fuller's London Porter	Fuller Smith & Turner PLC	4.27	257
70	Hop Wallop	Victory Brewing Company	4.27	235
71	Bell's Expedition Stout	Kalamazoo Brewing Company, Inc. / Eccentric Café & Beergarden	4.27	225
72	Smuttynose "Finest Kind" IPA	Smuttynose Brewing Company	4.27	158
73	St. Bernardus Tripel	Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV	4.27	154
74	Oud Beersel Oude Kriek Vieille	Brouwerij Oud Beersel	4.27	68
75	Harvest Ale	Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.	4.27	67
76	Southampton Saison	Southampton Publick House	4.27	42
77	McNeill's Imperial Stout	McNeill's Brewery	4.27	31
78	Arrogant Bastard Ale	Stone Brewing Co.	4.26	505
79	HopDevil Ale	Victory Brewing Company	4.26	500
80	Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout	Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)	4.26	432
81	La Fin Du Monde	Unibroue	4.26	403
82	Trois Pistoles	Unibroue	4.26	343
83	Traquair House Ale	Traquair House Brewery Lld	4.26	121
84	Weihenstephaner Korbinian	Brauerei Weihenstephan	4.26	117
85	Bitter Woman India Pale Ale	Tyranena Brewing Company	4.26	77
86	Cantillon Gueuze 100% Lambic	Brasserie Cantillon	4.26	69
87	Kapuziner Weissbier	Kulmbacher Brauerei AG	4.26	52
88	Schneider Weisse Weizenhell (Hefeweizen)	Private Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn GmbH	4.26	37
89	Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout	Brooklyn Brewery	4.25	369
90	Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout	North Coast Brewing Co.	4.25	361
91	Hennepin	Brewery Ommegang	4.25	302
92	Westmalle Trappist Tripel	Brouwerij Westmalle (Adbij der Trappisten van Westmalle)	4.25	194
93	Rodenbach Grand Cru	Brouwerij Rodenbach N.V.	4.25	73
94	Thomas Hardy's Ale	O'Hanlon's Brewing Co. Ltd.	4.25	60
95	Third Coast Old Ale	Kalamazoo Brewing Company, Inc. / Eccentric Café & Beergarden	4.24	138
96	Obsidian Stout	Deschutes Brewery, Inc.	4.24	84
97	Zonker Stout	Snake River Brewing Company / Jackson Hole Pub and Brewery	4.24	41
98	Double White	Southampton Publick House	4.24	36
99	Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale	Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.	4.23	382
100	Chimay Grande Réserve (Blue / Blauw)	Bières de Chimay (Abbaye Notre Dame de Scourmont)	4.23	333

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Top 100 Contenders
Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock	4.46
(Kuhnhenn Brewing Company)
Péché Mortel (Imperial Stout Au Cafe)	4.38
(Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel)
Mo' Betta Bretta	4.33
(Pizza Port & Pizza Port Brewing Company)
Kuhnhenn Fourth Dementia	4.31
(Kuhnhenn Brewing Company)
Courage Russian Imperial Stout	4.28
(Scottish Courage Ltd.)
Hop 15	4.26
(Pizza Port & Pizza Port Brewing Company)
Guinness Special Export Stout (John Martin - Belgium)	4.25
(Guinness Ltd.)
High Desert Imperial Stout	4.25
(Sweetwater Tavern & Brewery)
La Moneuse	4.23
(Brasserie de Blaugies)
Southampton Imperial Baltic Porter	4.23
(Southampton Publick House)
Trappist Pale Ale	4.23
(McKenzie Brew House)
Andechser Weissbier Hefetrüb	4.20
(Klosterbrauerei Andechs)
Achelse Kluis / Brune Extra	4.17
(Brouwerij der St.Benedictusabdij de Achelse)
Cidre Bouché Brut De Normandie 2002	4.17
(Etienne Dupont)
King's Slipper	4.17
(The Tap / Haverhill Brewery, Inc)

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