In this article, we are going to discuss the 10 highest rated beers in America. If you want to check out our detailed analysis of the economic impact of the U.S. beer industry, the possible decline of premiumization in the beer market, and the devaluation of craft beer brands, head to 60 Highest Rated Beers in America.
10. Monster Tones
Average Rating: 4.72
Brewed by the California-based Modern Times Beer, this outlandishly delicious beer is the result of a 50/50 blend of Monsters’ Park and Modem Tones, both aged for 7 months in bourbon barrels which had previously housed maple syrup.
9. Oude Fermier
Average Rating: 4.72
Side Project Brewing earmarked specific rich barrels of Saison du Fermier for extended aging to produce an exceptionally limited Saison with deep layers of complexity and soft, rounded, oak nuances to either be released as is or blended into Tête de Cuvée.
8. Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout – Double Barrel-Aged
Average Rating: 4.72
Cigar City brews Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout once a year and releases it only at the brewery on the second weekend in March. Imposing and assertive on the palate, this imperial stout immediately presents espresso, baker’s chocolate, and plum flavors that give way to cinnamon, toffee, and an earthy hop quality.
Cigar City Brewing boasted sales volume of 110,000 barrels in 2022.
7. Double Barrel V.S.O.J.
Average Rating: 4.73
Produced by Revolution Brewing, Double Barrel Very Special Old Jacket is a cuvée of barrel-aged English Barleywines aged between one and three years, before blending and rebarreling in Templeton Rye barrels for an additional eighteen months.
Double Barrel V.S.O.J. ranks among the Top 10 American Beers.
6. Abraxas – Barrel-Aged
Average Rating: 4.73
This 11% ABV Imperial Stout by Perennial Artisan Ales is aged for twelve months in Rittenhouse Rye barrels with cacao nibs, vanilla beans, ancho chiles, and cinnamon sticks.
5. Marshmallow Handjee
Average Rating: 4.73
The 3 Floyds brewery is known for making some of the best beers in the Midwest and for commissioning artists to design bizarre labels for their beers. Marshmallow Handjee is the brewery’s iconic Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout, aged in a variety of bourbon barrels with vanilla beans.
4. Blessed
Average Rating: 4.74
This American Imperial Stout is aged for 19 months in a blend of Woodford Reserve double oaked bourbon barrels, Heaven Hill barrels, and Willet bourbon barrels. Produced by the Alaska-based Anchorage Brewing Company, the beer is finished on Madagascar vanilla beans and raw and toasted coconut.
3. A Deal with the Devil – Triple Oak-Aged
Average Rating: 4.75
This American Barleywine from Anchorage is aged for 27 months – Ten months in Cognac barrels, then transferred to freshly emptied Woodford Reserve Double Oaked barrels for twelve months, and finally transferred to freshly emptied Buffalo Trace barrels for five months.
2. Vanilla Bean Assassin
Average Rating: 4.81
This 12.8% ABV American Imperial Stout by Toppling Goliath is aged in whiskey barrels and conditioned on vanilla beans.
Founded in 2009, the Toppling Goliath Brewing Co. was a runaway success and is world-renowned for its IPA and barrel-aged beers.
Vanilla Bean Assassin was one of the top 10 beers in U.S.A in 2022.
1. Kentucky Brunch Brand Stout
Average Rating: 4.83
Rated not only as the #1 Craft Beer in America, but also the Best Beer in the World by BeerAdvocate and RateBeer, Toppling Goliath’s Kentucky Brunch Brand Stout is chocolate chip pancakes drenched with maple syrup, served with espresso and a shot of bourbon, all in one sip. The culmination of everything one would want on a chilly morning.
Kentucky Brunch Brand Stout is the Highest Rated Beer in America.
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