Pale Ale – Top 10

Top 10 list of Pale Ales acquired through extensive testing at our back porch lab – includes American Pale Ale, India Pale Ale and  Imperial/Double Pale Ale.

India Pale Ale: Pale Ale with more hops to help preserve the ale for the long trip to supply British troops in India.
American Pale Ale: Like the original but with more flavor and variety. Big taste and bitterness with herbal or citrus flavor.
Imperial/Double Pale Ale: Like the others but (yet) more hops, more robust, more stronger…

Updated – All contenders bow down to… HOPSLAM
American Double / Imperial IPA
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/287/17112 – a 99 user rating and a 94 from the Bros.
http://www.bellsbeer.com/brands/19-Hopslam%20Ale

Hopslam

  1. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/10099/6108
    Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Delaware, United States
    6108
  2. Heavy Handed IPA
    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/689/1965
    Two Brothers Brewing Company, Illinois, United States
    1965
  3. Hop Slayer Double IPA 
    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/598/58867
    Onion Pub & Brewery, Illinois, United States
    58867
  4. Two Hearted Ale
    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/287/1093
    Bell’s Brewery, Inc., Michigan, United States
    1093
  5. Ranger IPA
    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/192/55081
    New Belgium Brewing, Colorado, United States
    55081
  6. Alpha King Pale Ale
    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26/39
    Three Floyds Brewing Co. / Brewery & Pub, Indiana, United States
    39
  7. Daisy Cutter Pale Ale
    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/18006/48582
    Half Acre Beer Company, Illinois, United States
    48582
  8. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/140/276
    Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., California, United States
    276
  9. Dreadnaught IPA
    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26/1558
    Three Floyds Brewing Co. / Brewery & Pub, Indiana, United States
    1558
  10. Dales Pale Ale 
    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2681/6518
    Oskar Blues Grill & Brewery, Colorado, United States
    6518

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