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(Ghost in the Machine: Courtesy Parish Brewing)
Untappd is a geosocial networking service and mobile phone app that allows users to rate the beers they’re drinking, and share those check-ins and their locations with their friends.
And the beer style they’re drinking the most is the IPA, whose origins can be traced back to 18th century England
Today’s IPAs are certainly nothing like their predecessors, which would have originally been brewed using primarily East Kent Goldings hops. Today’s IPAs contain just about any imaginable hop available, grown anywhere they can survive.
The more recent explosion of the style in the US can be traced back to the popularity of Anchor Brewing’s use of the Cascade hop in their Liberty Ale, brewed first in 1975 to honor the anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride to warn us the British were coming and they most certainly have arrived.
Founded by Greg Avola and Tim Mather in 2010, Untappd’s check-in’s provided the data used in this IPA ranking.
And now (drum roll please) Untappd’s Top IPAs of 2021…
The Top Rated American IPA:
JJULIUSSS! – Tree House Brewing Co. (Charlton, MA)
The Top Rated New England IPA
Triple Citra Chroma Daydream – Other Half Brewing Co. X Trillium Brewing Co. (Brooklyn, NY / Boston, MA)
The Top Rated Milkshake IPA
Blazed Orange Milkshake – Hop Butcher for the World (Chicago, IL)
The Top Rated Double/Imperial IPA
King JJJuliusss – Tree House Brewing Co. (Charlton, MA)
The Top Rated Double/Imperial New England IPA
DDH Ghost in the Machine (2021) – Parish Brewing Co. (Broussard, LA)
The Top Rated Double Milkshake IPA
If You Lose Me – Track Brewing Company (Manchester, England)
The Top Rated Triple IPA
Pliny the Younger (2021) – Russian River Brewing Co. (Windsor, CA)
The Top Rated Session IPA
Boat Beer – Carton Brewing Company (Atlantic Highlands, NJ)
The Top Rated Quadruple IPA
Plane Over Car Over Train Over Boat (2021) – Trillium Brewing Company (Charlton, MA)
The Top Rated Sour IPA
CYNOSURE (cara cara hibiscus apricot) – HOMES Brewery (Ann Arbor, MI)
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