The Top-Rated Beer Advocate American Pale Ales by State

Posted in Craft Beer by Larry Koestler on January 24, 2013

As something of a follow-up to my “The Top-Rated Beer Advocate Beers by State” blog post from last July, and because I find the beer ranking process simultaneously fascinating and vexing (my reaction toward a given beer seems to mostly line up with those that take the time to write lengthy reviews on Beer Advocate; though there are some instances where I find them to be way off) — not to mention the fact that, like many a beer obsessive, I enjoy tracking down beers I can’t regularly obtain and crossing so-called whales off my proverbial list — I decided to cull BA’s freely available data and create three separate spreadsheets detailing what the highest-rated American Double/Imperial IPAs, American IPAs and American Pale Ales (APAs) for every state in the country. Why these styles? Because they’re the three I gravitate toward most frequently. In this third and final part we’ll look at American Pale Ales.

For Part 1 on American Double/Imperial IPAs, click here, and for Part 2 on American IPAs, click here.

To help limit some of the heft of this project, I decided on arbitrary cutoffs for each category — DIPAs had to have a minimum of 15 reviews; IPAs a minimum of 25; and APAs a minimum of 20, giving us overall data sets of 432, 602 and 454, respectively. Bear in mind that BA’s data is ever-evolving, and it’s very likely that by the time you read this certain beers that may be “missing” (for example, I was surprised that Peekskill Brewery’s delicious Shotgun Willy IPA didn’t show up anywhere in New York State’s Top IPAs, as it’s 4.24 rAvg would have made it the second-highest-rated IPA in the state behind Ithaca’s Flower Power IPA, but only seven people have reviewed it thus far. Assuming continued favorable reviews, it seems likely that it will take its rightful place as one of the best-regarded IPAs in the state in due time. Fun fact: Peekskill’s brewmaster is Jeff O’Neill, formerly of Ithaca) will have received enough reviews to push them over my arbitrary thresholds, and so at some point it may make sense to return to this project and reassess — consider this more of a snapshot of what’s going on at this exact moment. Another caveat is the fact that all of the ratings (rAvg) are unweighted, which is why the data I have doesn’t line up exactly with Beer Advocate’s properly weighted “Top Beers’” lists. And also keep in mind that not every state will necessarily be represented in these lists, and that certain states (cough cough California cough) will be substantially better represented than others.

And with that out of the way, here are the top-rated (unweighted, minimum 20 reviews) American Pale Ales by state:

	Name	Brewery	rAvg	Revs


	Alabama
1	Pale Ale	Good People Brewing Company	3.78	25
2	Naked Pig Pale Ale	Back Forty Beer Co.	3.46	62


	Arizona
1	Devil’s Ale	SanTan Brewing Co.	3.82	77
2	Piranha Pale Ale	BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse	3.58	49
3	Nimbus Pale Ale	Nimbus Brewing Company	3.34	80


	California
1	Hoppy Birthday	Alpine Beer Company	4.55	238
2	Humulus Wet	The Bruery	4.39	64
3	Row 2/Hill 56	Russian River Brewing Company	4.3	314
4	Homegrown Fresh Hop Ale	Moonlight Brewing Company	4.3	37
5	Plant To Pint	Port Brewing Company / Pizza Port	4.21	37
6	Special Pale Ale (SPA)	Port Brewing Company / Pizza Port	4.2	35
7	Tuatara	Alpine Beer Company	4.15	50
8	New Millenium	Alpine Beer Company	4.15	39
9	Happy Hops	Russian River Brewing Company	4.09	117
10	Pants Optional	Port Brewing Company / Pizza Port	4.08	22
11	Sierra Nevada Pale Ale	Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.	4.07	4986
12	Summer Pale Ale	Port Brewing Company / Pizza Port	4.06	32
13	New Dogtown Pale Ale	Lagunitas Brewing Company	4.03	535
14	30th Street Pale Ale	Green Flash Brewing Co.	4.03	109
15	24th Street Pale Ale	Strand Brewing Co.	4	27
16	WHAle (Wet Hopped Ale)	Alpine Beer Company	3.97	25
17	AleSmith X	AleSmith Brewing Company	3.95	480
18	Drake’s 1500 Pale Ale	Drake’s Brewing Co.	3.94	147
19	Stone Pale Ale	Stone Brewing Co.	3.9	1508
20	Pale 31	Firestone Walker Brewing Co.	3.9	608
21	Segal Select	Russian River Brewing Company	3.9	49
22	Bitter American	21st Amendment Brewery	3.89	603
23	XP Pale Ale	Bear Republic Brewing Co.	3.88	478
24	It Takes A Lot Of Great Beer To Make Great Wine	Russian River Brewing Company	3.88	93
25	Even Keel	Ballast Point Brewing Company	3.86	52
26	Pintail Pale Ale	Karl Strauss Brewing Company	3.85	51
27	Palomino American Pale Ale	Bootlegger’s Brewery	3.84	55
28	Poleeko Gold Pale Ale	Anderson Valley Brewing Company	3.82	365
29	Nor Cal Ale	Bear Republic Brewing Co.	3.77	73
30	Dogtown Pale Ale	Lagunitas Brewing Company	3.76	253
31	Citra Extra Pale Ale	Knee Deep Brewing Company	3.76	109
32	Misspent Youth	Moonlight Brewing Company	3.76	21
33	Anchor Humming Ale	Anchor Brewing Company	3.75	516
34	Paranoid Pale Ale	Mammoth Brewing Company	3.74	38
35	Tipperary Pale Ale	Moylan’s Brewery	3.73	134
36	Alpine Ale	Alpine Beer Company	3.69	141
37	Mt. Tam Pale Ale	Marin Brewing Company	3.68	80
38	Deathly Pale Ale	ReaperAle	3.67	96
39	Revolution	Eagle Rock Brewery	3.67	31
40	Mission St. Pale Ale	Steinhaus Brewing Co.	3.63	181
41	American Pale Ale	Spanish Peaks Brewing Co.	3.63	40
42	Butte Creek Organic Pale Ale	Butte Creek Brewing Company	3.6	28
43	Monkey Knife Fight	Rubicon Brewing Company	3.59	32
44	California Honey Ale	Port Brewing Company / Pizza Port	3.57	22
45	Steelhead Extra Pale Ale	Mad River Brewing Company	3.56	253
46	Untouchable Pale Ale	Speakeasy Ales & Lagers	3.56	124
47	Lost Coast Pale Ale	Lost Coast Brewery and Cafe	3.56	59
48	Extra Pale Ale	SLO Brewing Company	3.56	28
49	Amarillo Pale Ale	Hangar 24 Brewery	3.53	23
50	Green Flash Extra Pale Ale	Green Flash Brewing Co.	3.52	119
51	Spanish Peaks Black Dog Ale	Spanish Peaks Brewing Co.	3.5	134
52	Four Brothers Pale Ale	Coronado Brewing Company	3.46	20
53	California Pale Ale	Bayhawk Ales	3.45	47
54	ACME California Pale Ale	North Coast Brewing Co.	3.43	362
55	Blue Heron Pale Ale	Mendocino Brewing Company	3.42	344
56	Roscoe’s Hop House Pale Ale	World Brews	3.33	44
57	Paradise Pale Ale	Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Co.	3.31	23
58	Pale Ale	Napa Smith Brewery	3.28	65
59	Retro Extra Pale Ale	Green Flash Brewing Co.	3.27	25
60	MateVeza Organic Golden Ale	Mateveza Brewing Company	3.26	50
61	Tap Room No. 21 Pale Ale	World Brews	3.21	28
62	R.J. King Wingwalker Pale Ale	World Brews	3.18	70
63	Certified Extra Pale Ale	Eel River Brewing Co.	3.12	42
64	Ass Kisser Vanilla Pale Ale	Ass Kisser Ales	3.01	53
65	Death Valley Pale Ale	Indian Wells Brewing Company	2.57	27


	Colorado
1	Fresh Hop Pale Ale	Great Divide Brewing Company	4.1	894
2	St. Lupulin	Odell Brewing Company	4.09	347
3	Itasca Extra Pale Ale	Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery	4.07	24
4	Dale’s Pale Ale	Oskar Blues Brewing Company	3.95	2753
5	Euphoria Pale Ale	Ska Brewing Co.	3.82	201
6	Colorado Kind Ale	Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery	3.75	32
7	Punjabi Pale Ale	Coopersmith’s Pub & Brewing	3.75	22
8	Hazed & Infused	Boulder Beer / Wilderness Pub	3.71	1267
9	XXX Pale Ale	Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery	3.67	26
10	Dig	New Belgium Brewing	3.65	625
11	Town Pump Pale Ale	Odell Brewing Company	3.56	21
12	Upslope Pale Ale	Upslope Brewing Company	3.53	59
13	Silverback Pale Ale	Wynkoop Brewing Company	3.5	46
14	Mountain Livin’ Pale Ale	Crazy Mountain Brewing Company	3.49	52
15	Stranger	Left Hand Brewing Company	3.48	429
16	Trademark Pale Ale	Breckenridge Brewery	3.48	159
17	Hoppy’s One Ton Pale Ale	Grand Lake Brewing Company	3.45	22
18	Extra Pale Ale	Dillon Dam Brewery	3.44	25
19	Singletrack Copper Ale	Boulder Beer / Wilderness Pub	3.43	225
20	Hoopla Pale Ale	Boulder Beer / Wilderness Pub	3.39	140
21	Jeff’s Pale Ale	Crabtree Brewing Company	2.99	21
22	Off Grid Pale Ale	New Planet Beer Company	2.73	48


	Connecticut
1	Galaxy Pale Ale	New England Brewing Co.	4.31	66
2	City Steam Blonde On Blonde	City Steam Brewery Café	3.88	41
3	Cottrell Old Yankee Ale	Cottrell Brewing Co.	3.84	173
4	Brewtus Maximus	Thomas Hooker Ales & Lagers	3.68	20
5	Red Rocket Ale	Bristol Brewing Company	3.54	51
6	Thomas Hooker American Pale Ale	Thomas Hooker Ales & Lagers	3.39	114


	Delaware
1	Ironbound Ale	Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant	3.84	71
2	Greenville Pale Ale	Twin Lakes Brewing Co.	3.78	63
3	Tavern Ale	Fordham Brewing Company	3.71	54
4	Dominion Hop Mountain Pale Ale	Old Dominion Brewing Company	3.69	185
5	Old Court Ale	16 Mile Brewing Company	3.52	46
6	Shelter Pale Ale	Dogfish Head Craft Brewery	3.38	647


	District of Columbia
1	The Public Ale	DC Brau Brewing Co.	3.93	167


	Florida
1	Stumpknocker Pale Ale	Swamp Head Brewery & Tasting Room	4.15	42
2	Tony Jannus Pale Ale	Cigar City Brewing	4.04	20
3	BJ’s Piranha Pale Ale	BJs Brewhouse	3.69	24
4	FYA	7venth (Seventh) Sun Brewery	3.63	23
5	Pale Ale	Orlando Brewing Partners	3.6	20
6	Peoples Pale Ale	Intuition Ale Works	3.51	33
7	Pipers Pale Ale	Dunedin Brewery	3.49	74
8	Cocoa Beach Pale Ale	Cocoa Beach Brewing Company	3.33	26
9	Hurricane Reef Pale Ale	Florida Beer Company	3.17	91


	Georgia
1	Terrapin Rye Pale Ale	Terrapin Beer Company	3.86	1018
2	Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale	SweetWater Brewing Company	3.67	1078
3	Terrapin Easy Rider	Terrapin Beer Company	3.65	175


	Hawaii
1	Fire Rock Pale Ale	Kona Brewing Co.	3.64	925
2	Mehana Mauna Kea Pale Ale	Hawai’i Nui Brewing / Mehana Brewing Company	3.37	35


	Idaho
1	Sweetgrass American Pale Ale (APA)	Grand Teton Brewing Co.	3.71	373
2	Laughing Dog Pale Ale	Laughing Dog Brewing	3.39	30


	Illinois
1	Callow Knife	Half Acre Beer Company	4.24	51
2	Daisy Cutter Pale Ale	Half Acre Beer Company	4.22	1155
3	Mr. Ouroboros	Half Acre Beer Company	4.1	41
4	Victory Pale Ale	Emmett’s Brewing Company	4.08	25
5	Victory Pale Ale	Emmett’s Brewing Company	4.07	23
6	Ubiquitous Pale Ale	Pipeworks Brewing Company	4.06	31
7	Full Frontal Pale Ale	Piece Brewery & Pizzeria	3.97	29
8	Victory Pale Ale	Emmett’s Brewing Company	3.9	22
9	Pirhana Pale Ale	BJ’s Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc.	3.84	59
10	Iron Fist	Revolution Brewing Company – Brewpub	3.84	41
11	The Bitter End Pale Ale	Two Brothers Brewing Company	3.79	464
12	Gandy Dancer Honey Ale	Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery	3.76	26
13	Green Line	Goose Island Beer Co.	3.69	280
14	Hopscotch Ale	Goose Island Beer Co.	3.62	20
15	Circus Penguin	Two Brothers Brewing Company	3.47	54
16	Cut Throat	Finch’s Beer Company	3.43	154
17	Paddy Pale Ale	Onion Pub & Brewery	3.41	73
18	Ballantine XXX Ale	Pabst Brewing Company	3.03	186
19	Pale Ale	Big Muddy Brewing	3	21
20	Pier Pale Ale	Chicago Beer Company	2.71	26


	Indiana
1	Zombie Dust	Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub	4.63	2374
2	Alpha King Pale Ale	Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub	4.3	2556
3	Walkabout Pale Ale	Flat 12 Bierwerks	4.22	34
4	Osiris Pale Ale	Sun King Brewing Company	4.04	301
5	Pride & Joy Mild Ale	Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub	3.94	1042
6	219	Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub	3.93	53
7	Creepy Raider	Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub	3.83	23
8	Upland Harvest Ale	Upland Brewing Company	3.82	24
9	Gnaw Bone Pale Ale	Oaken Barrel Brewing Company	3.68	76
10	Ol Woody Pale Ale	Mad Anthony Brewing Company	3.54	62
11	Helios Pale Ale	Upland Brewing Company	3.47	117
12	Blind Tiger Pale Ale	Barley Island Brewing Company	3.38	45
13	Quarrymen Pale Ale	Bloomington Brewing Company / Lennie’s	3.37	20


	Iowa
1	PseudoSue	Toppling Goliath Brewing Company	4.31	32
2	483 Pale Ale	Great River Brewery	3.7	78
3	Millstream Iowa Pale Ale	Millstream Brewing Company	3.51	138
4	Clone Ale	Olde Main Brewing Co. & Restaurant	2.64	21


	Kansas
1	Tallgrass 8-Bit Pale Ale	Tallgrass Brewing Company	3.84	244


	Kentucky
1	Pale Ale	Cumberland Brews	3.87	22
2	American Pale Ale	Bluegrass Brewing Co. – East St. Matthew’s	3.7	203


	Louisiana
1	LA-31 Bière Pâle	Bayou Teche Brewery	3.53	99
2	Restoration Pale Ale	Abita Brewing Co.	3.47	389


	Maine
1	MO	Maine Beer Company	4.26	307
2	Peeper Ale	Maine Beer Company	4.15	804
3	Local Harvest Ale	Sebago Brewing Company	3.89	69
4	Peak Organic Local Series NY	Peak Organic Brewing Company	3.79	21
5	Peak Organic Local Series MA	Peak Organic Brewing Company	3.78	22
6	Peak Organic Simcoe Spring Ale	Peak Organic Brewing Company	3.76	116
7	Carrabassett Pale Ale	Casco Bay Brewing Co.	3.74	41
8	Pamola Xtra Pale Ale	Baxter Brewing Co.	3.54	122
9	Peak Organic Pale Ale	Peak Organic Brewing Company	3.51	136
10	Andrew’s English Pale Ale	Andrew’s Brewing Co.	3.49	47
11	Gritty McDuff’s Original Pub Style	Gritty McDuff’s Brewing Company	3.36	143


	Maryland
1	Tuppers’ Hop Pocket Ale	Tuppers’ Hop Pocket Brewing Company	3.83	325
2	Venom	DuClaw Brewing Company	3.69	116
3	Doggie Style Classic Pale Ale	Flying Dog Brewery	3.63	1438
4	Oliver’s Ironman Pale Ale	Pratt Street Ale House	3.63	32
5	Anti-Venom-Citra	DuClaw Brewing Company	3.56	22
6	Primal Pale Ale	Evolution Craft Brewing Company	3.45	98
7	Hook & Ladder Flashpoint Pale Ale	Hook & Ladder Brewing Company (No. 2)	3.06	28


	Massachusetts
1	Berkshire Ale Traditional Pale Ale	Berkshire Brewing Company Inc.	3.96	175
2	Tall Tale Pale Ale	Cambridge Brewing Company	3.89	72
3	Fenway Pale Ale	Beer Works	3.67	67
4	Notch Session Ale	Notch Brewing	3.65	52
5	Steel Rail Extra Pale Ale	Berkshire Brewing Company Inc.	3.64	296
6	Moby D	Just Beer Brewing Co.	3.57	26
7	Harpoon Ale	Harpoon Brewery	3.56	246
8	Holyoke Dam Ale	Paper City Brewery Co., Inc.	3.52	64
9	Seven Hills Pale Ale	Wormtown Brewing Co.	3.52	23
10	Comet Tail Pale Ale	Blue Hills Brewery	3.51	23
11	Wachusett Country Pale Ale	Wachusett Brewing Company	3.5	137
12	Arctica Pale Ale (Endurance Pale Ale / Tom Crean’s Ale)	Endurance Brewing Company	3.5	77
13	Rapscallion Honey	Rapscallion	3.49	37
14	XPA (Extra Pale Ale)	High & Mighty Beer Co.	3.47	57
15	Samuel Adams New Albion Ale	Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)	3.41	48


	Michigan
1	CPA: Citra Pale Ale	Odd Side Ales	4.24	62
2	Petoskey Pale Ale	Leelanau Brewing Company	4.02	33
3	Prolonged Enjoyment	Short’s Brewing Company	3.91	54
4	Kuhnhenn Loonie Kuhnie Pale Ale	Kuhnhenn Brewing Company	3.86	68
5	Wanderer Session India Pale Ale	North Peak Brewing Company	3.85	77
6	New Holland Paleooza	New Holland Brewing Company	3.83	73
7	Short’s Kind Ale	Short’s Brewing Company	3.78	113
8	Bell’s Harvest Ale	Bell’s Brewery, Inc.	3.76	44
9	Grizzly Peak Pale Ale	Grizzly Peak Brewing Company	3.75	22
10	Closure	Greenbush Brewing Company	3.73	29
11	Founders Pale Ale	Founders Brewing Company	3.72	1208
12	Short’s Pandemonium Pale Ale	Short’s Brewing Company	3.64	303

13	Midwestern Pale Ale	Bell’s Brewery, Inc.	3.46	57
14	Bell’s Pale Ale	Bell’s Brewery, Inc.	3.42	966
15	AXL Pale Ale	MillKing It Productions	3.31	22


	Minnesota
1	Grinch’s Grog	Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery	4.22	29
2	Hopsession Super Pale Ale	Brau Brothers Brewing Co. LLC	4.11	59
3	Starfire Pale Ale	Fitger’s Brewhouse	4.04	41
4	Day Tripper	Indeed Brewing Company	4.03	83
5	Special Ale	Lake Superior Brewing Company	3.69	62
6	Crosscut Pale Ale	Lift Bridge Brewery	3.63	65
7	Angry Planet Organic Pale Ale	Flat Earth Brewing Company	3.61	86
8	Dyno	Lucid Brewing	3.53	35
9	Saint Peter Pale Ale	Great Waters Brewing	3.53	26
10	Silvius	Boom Island Brewing Company	3.38	20


	Mississippi
1	Deep South Pale Ale (Reb Ale)	Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company	3.26	129


	Missouri
1	Schlafly Dry-Hopped American Pale Ale	Saint Louis Brewery / Schlafly Tap Room	3.83	405
2	Schlafly American Pale Ale (APA) / Expedition Reserve	Saint Louis Brewery / Schlafly Tap Room	3.79	118
3	Paul’s Pale Ale	Springfield Brewing Company	3.72	28
4	Pale Ale	Boulevard Brewing Co.	3.61	585


	Montana
1	Hopper Pale Ale	Madison River Brewing Company	3.78	27
2	Eddy Out Pale Ale	Kettle House Brewing Co.	3.63	21
3	Wild Fly Ale	Yellowstone Valley Brewing Co.	3.22	28


	Nebraska
1	Cardinal Pale Ale	Nebraska Brewing Company	3.87	26


	Nevada
1	Triple 7 Marker Pale Ale	Triple 7 Restaurant and Brewery	3.8	21
2	Tahoe Blue	Joseph James Brewing Inc.	3.21	38


	New Hampshire
1	Portsmouth Whipper Snapper American Mild	Portsmouth Brewery	3.98	46
2	Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale	Smuttynose Brewing Company	3.86	901
3	Moat Iron Mike Pale Ale	Moat Mountain Smoke House & Brewing Co.	3.75	105
4	Tuckerman’s Pale Ale	Tuckerman Brewing Co.	3.5	177
5	Pemi Pale Ale	Woodstock Inn Brewery	3.27	113


	New Jersey
1	Boat	Carton Brewing Company	4.09	75
2	Full Moon Pale Ale	Harvest Moon Brewery & Cafe	3.73	23
3	Golden Ale	Climax Brewing Company	3.7	22
4	American Ale	Cricket Hill Brewing Co.	3.6	98
5	Hudson Pale Ale	New Jersey Beer Company	3.56	25
6	River Horse Hop Hazard Pale Ale	River Horse Brewing Co.	3.52	348
7	Extra Pale Ale	Flying Fish Brewing Company	3.33	255


	New Mexico
1	Pale Ale	Santa Fe Brewing Company	3.5	138


	New York
1	John Brown Pale Ale	Great Adirondack Steak And Seafood Co.	4.23	20
2	Freshchester Pale Ale	Captain Lawrence Brewing Co.	3.98	218
3	Outdoor Harvest Ale	Ithaca Beer Company	3.98	29
4	Shackmeister Ale	Brooklyn Brewery	3.79	21
5	Mowmasters Ultra Pale Ale	Ellicottville Brewing Co.	3.78	43
6	Pale Ale	Ellicottville Brewing Co.	3.77	83
7	First Bite Pale Ale	Spider Bite Beer Company	3.77	28
8	Blue Point Pale Ale	Blue Point Brewing Company	3.76	137
9	Pale Ale	The Bronx Brewery	3.76	36
10	He’Brew Genesis Dry-Hopped Session Ale	Shmaltz Brewing Company	3.73	191
11	Rye PA	Horseheads Brewing Inc.	3.68	25
12	Blue Point Spring Fling	Blue Point Brewing Company	3.59	137
13	Pale Ale	Ithaca Beer Company	3.57	192
14	Harbor Ale	Greenport Harbor Brewing Company	3.57	26
15	Phin & Matt’s Extraordinary Ale	Southern Tier Brewing Company	3.56	919
16	Brown’s Pale Ale	Brown’s Brewing Company	3.55	36
17	Old Slugger	Cooperstown Brewing Company	3.53	121
18	Saranac Big Moose Ale	Matt Brewing Company	3.52	355
19	Ape Hanger Ale	Middle Ages Brewing Co., Ltd.	3.52	23
20	Barnstormer Pale Ale	Flying Bison Brewing Company	3.48	25
21	Saranac Pale Pale Ale	Matt Brewing Company	3.45	132
22	Syracuse Pale Ale	Middle Ages Brewing Co., Ltd.	3.45	106
23	Thousand Islands Pale Ale	Sackets Harbor Brewing Co.	3.36	36
24	CB’s Canandaigua Lake Ale	CB’s Brewing Company	3.28	34
25	Dundee Pale Ale	Genesee Brewing Co. / Dundee Brewing Co.	3.27	375
26	Heartland Brewery Indian River Light	Heartland Brewery Union Square	3.26	26
27	Porkslap Pale Ale	Butternuts Beer & Ale	3.21	485
28	Original Sorghum Malt Beer	Bard’s Tale Beer Company, LLC	2.67	26


	North Carolina
1	Pisgah Equinox	Pisgah Brewing Co.	3.9	20
2	Peacemaker Pale Ale	Lonerider Brewing	3.85	108
3	Highland Little Hump Spring Ale	Highland Brewing	3.85	93
4	Pisgah American Style Pale Ale	Pisgah Brewing Co.	3.83	101
5	Table Rock Pale Ale	Olde Hickory Brewery	3.79	44
6	10 Blocks South	NoDa Brewing Company	3.79	21
7	Pilot Mountain Pale Ale	Foothills Brewing Company	3.75	66
8	Second Wind Pale Ale	Mother Earth Brewing	3.69	51
9	Southern Pale Ale	Natty Greene’s Pub & Brewing Co.	3.68	128
10	Highland St. Terese’s Pale Ale	Highland Brewing	3.67	306
11	Pale Ale	Kind Beers Brewing	3.46	58
12	Carolina Pale Ale	Carolina Brewing Company	3.45	87
13	Blowing Rock High Country Ale	Boone Brewing Company, LLC	3.3	53


	Ohio
1	Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale	Great Lakes Brewing Company	4.02	1549
2	Barley’s Pale Ale	Barley’s Brewing Company	3.91	21
3	Fresh Frog Raw Hop Imperial Pale Ale	Hoppin’ Frog Brewery	3.89	58
4	Great Lakes Crazy Canuck Pale Ale	Great Lakes Brewery	3.78	78
5	Four C’s American Pale Ale	The Brew Kettle Taproom	3.77	154
6	Christian Moerlein Over-The-Rhine Ale	Christian Moerlein Brewing Company	3.72	149
7	Bling Bling	Buckeye Brewing Company	3.66	36
8	Columbus Pale Ale	Columbus Brewing Company	3.64	120
9	Great Lakes Engine 20 Smoked Pale Ale	Great Lakes Brewing Company	3.55	27
10	Hop Bomber Pale Ale	Rivertown Brewing Co.	3.45	136


	Oklahoma
1	Arrowhead Pale Ale	Marshall Brewing Company	4.12	28
2	Basement Batch	Choc Beer Co. / Pete’s Place	3.58	87


	Oregon
1	Hop Trip (Bond Street Series)	Deschutes Brewery	4.18	551
2	Red Chair NWPA	Deschutes Brewery	4.12	701
3	Triple Jump Pale Ale	Eugene City Brewery	4.03	25
4	Mountain Rescue Pale Ale	GoodLife Brewing Company & Bier Hall	4.01	22
5	Mirror Pond Pale Ale	Deschutes Brewery	3.94	1349
6	Fresh Hop Mirror Pond	Deschutes Brewery	3.91	250
7	Crosstown Pale Ale	Hopworks Urban Brewery	3.88	32
8	Caldera Pale Ale	Caldera Brewing Company	3.83	236
9	The Vaporizer	Double Mountain Brewery & Taproom	3.83	44
10	Pigskin Pale Ale	Beer Valley Brewing Co.	3.79	43
11	Rogue Farms OREgasmic Ale	Rogue Ales	3.77	256
12	Burnside Oatmeal Pale Ale	Burnside Brewing Co.	3.77	26
13	Drifter Pale Ale	Widmer Brothers Brewing Company	3.76	730
14	Sunrise OPA (Oatmeal Pale Ale)	Fort George Brewery + Public House	3.73	47
15	Full Sail Pale Ale	Full Sail Brewery & Tasting Room & Pub	3.69	509
16	Hammerhead Ale	McMenamins	3.66	58
17	Blue Heron Ale	BridgePort Brewing Co. / Brewpub	3.64	108
18	Full Sail Hop Pursuit (Brewmaster Reserve)	Full Sail Brewery & Tasting Room & Pub	3.6	120
19	Rogue Farms Wet Hop Ale	Rogue Ales	3.58	123
20	Ruth	Hair of the Dog Brewing Company	3.56	425
21	Radiant Summer Ale	Ninkasi Brewing Company	3.55	129
22	Omission Pale Ale (Gluten-Free)	Widmer Brothers Brewing Company	3.48	86
23	Hobnobber	Full Pint Brewing Company	3.48	42
24	Klickitat Pale Ale	Alameda Brewhouse	3.47	40
25	MacTarnahan’s Sling Shot Extra Pale Ale	Portland Brewing Company	3.45	35
26	Oregon Honey Beer	Portland Brewing Company	2.72	86


	Pennsylvania
1	American Pale Ale	Selin’s Grove Brewing Company	4.16	27
2	HopHands	Tired Hands Brewing Company	4.12	57
3	Headwaters Pale Ale	Victory Brewing Company	3.97	1046
4	Pedal Pale Ale	East End Brewing Company	3.95	41
5	Tröegs Pale Ale	Tröegs Brewing Company	3.86	880
6	B.P.A.	Nodding Head Brewery and Restaurant	3.85	43
7	Phoenix Pale Ale	Sly Fox Brewing Company	3.83	185
8	Hop Nouveau	Selin’s Grove Brewing Company	3.8	24
9	Phoenix Pale Ale	Sly Fox Brewing Company	3.78	168
10	Citra Pale Ale	Free Will Brewing Company	3.74	40
11	Stoudts American Pale Ale	Stoudts Brewing Co.	3.73	485
12	Philadelphia Pale Ale	Yards Brewing Co.	3.72	462
13	Mt. Nittany Pale Ale	Otto’s Pub and Brewery	3.72	62
14	Pursuit Of Pale Ale	Victory Brewing Company	3.68	36
15	Grinnin’ Grizzly Spiced Ale	Appalachian Brewing Company	3.62	54
16	Seven Gates Pale Ale	Spring House Brewing Company	3.59	111
17	T-Rail Pale Ale	Old Forge Brewing Company	3.58	44
18	Pennsylvania Pale Ale	Philadelphia Brewing Company	3.57	83
19	Purist Pale Ale	Appalachian Brewing Company	3.56	113
20	Krook’s Mill	Manayunk Brewery and Restaurant	3.49	20
21	Mad Anthony’s APA	Erie Brewing Co.	3.47	189
22	Pocono Pale Ale	Lion Brewery, Inc.	3.43	65
23	Always Sunny	Allentown Brew Works	3.42	49
24	Que¿beck	Weyerbacher Brewing Co.	3.35	29
25	Allegheny Pale Ale	Pennsylvania Brewing Company	3.33	53
26	Stegmaier Pale Ale	Lion Brewery, Inc.	3.33	34
27	6th Generation Stock Ale	Susquehanna Brewing Company	3.29	22
28	Pipe Organ Pale Ale	Church Brew Works	3.15	104
29	Paradise Pale Ale	Intercourse Brewing Company, LLC	3.08	33
30	Lord Chesterfield Ale	Yuengling Brewery	2.95	484
31	ParTea Pale Ale	Prism Brewing Company	2.86	27


	Rhode Island
1	Flying Jenny Extra Pale Ale	Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island	4.04	41


	South Carolina
1	Single Hop Series: All Cascade Pale Ale	COAST Brewing Company	4.22	26
2	Dead Arm Pale Ale	COAST Brewing Company	4.19	30
3	Single Hop: Nelson Sauvin	Westbrook Brewing Co.	3.97	20
4	Citra-Rye Pale Ale	Westbrook Brewing Co.	3.91	29
5	Single Hop: Pacific Jade	Westbrook Brewing Co.	3.7	25
6	Single Hop: Amarillo	Westbrook Brewing Co.	3.59	20
7	Palmetto Pale Ale	Palmetto Brewing Company	3.55	116
8	Patriot Pale Ale	RJ Rockers Brewing Company	3.46	148


	Tennessee
1	Appalachian Pale Ale	Smoky Mountain Brewery & Restaurant	3.78	50
2	American Pale Ale	Blackstone Restaurant & Brewery	3.78	46
3	Pale Ale	Yazoo Brewing Company	3.5	229


	Texas
1	North By Northwest Py Jingo Pale Ale	North by Northwest Restaurant & Brewery	4.07	28
2	Uncle Billy’s Ax Handle American Pale Ale	Uncle Billy’s Brew & Que	3.93	22
3	Pale Dog	Hops & Grain	3.88	35
4	Pine Belt Pale Ale	Southern Star Brewing Company	3.86	473
5	OPA – Oatmeal Pale Ale	Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling	3.72	57
6	Pale Horse	No Label Brewing Company	3.71	38
7	Brewers’ Cut Signature Hop Pale Ale	Real Ale Brewing Company	3.71	31
8	(512) Pale	(512) Brewing Company	3.7	27
9	Independence Pale Ale	Independence Brewing Co.	3.68	85
10	Rio Blanco Pale Ale	Real Ale Brewing Company	3.46	343
11	Pale Ale	Blue Star Brewing Company	3.42	22
12	Shiner Wild Hare Pale Ale	Spoetzl Brewery	3.34	250


	Utah
1	Squatters Full Suspension Pale Ale	Utah Brewers Cooperative	3.65	97
2	Angler’s Pale Ale	Uinta Brewing Company	3.58	141
3	Cutthroat Pale Ale	Uinta Brewing Company	3.53	81
4	Wyld Extra Pale Ale	Uinta Brewing Company	3.49	197
5	Scorpion Pale Ale	Moab Brewery	3.38	39


	Vermont
1	What Is Enlightenment?	Hill Farmstead Brewery	4.43	172
2	Edward	Hill Farmstead Brewery	4.41	460
3	Citra Pale Ale	Hill Farmstead Brewery	4.41	99
4	Riwaka Pale Ale	Hill Farmstead Brewery	4.37	87
5	Amarillo Pale Ale	Hill Farmstead Brewery	4.3	51
6	Simcoe Pale Ale	Hill Farmstead Brewery	4.22	96
7	Motueka Pale Ale	Hill Farmstead Brewery	4.1	52
8	Columbus Pale Ale	Hill Farmstead Brewery	4.09	38
9	Paradise Pale Ale	Lawson’s Finest Liquids	4.02	26
10	Otter Creek Hop Session Ale	Otter Creek Brewing / Wolaver’s	3.75	47
11	McNeill’s Champ Ale	McNeill’s Brewery	3.71	44
12	Pale Ale	Long Trail Brewing Co.	3.64	192
13	Switchback Ale	Switchback Brewing Company	3.64	171


	Virginia
1	Falmouth American Pale Ale	Blue & Gray Brewing Co.	3.98	30
2	JP Ale	South Street Brewery	3.93	25
3	Full Nelson Virginia Pale Ale	Blue Mountain Brewery	3.91	179
4	Hopfest	Legend Brewing Co.	3.89	79
5	Alpha Ale	Wild Wolf Brewing Company	3.82	20
6	Golden Ale	St. George Brewing Company, The	3.71	79
7	Pale Ale	Legend Brewing Co.	3.66	68
8	Chesapeake Pale Ale	Williamsburg AleWerks	3.64	89
9	Norfolk Canyon Pale Ale	O’Connor Brewing Co.	3.46	27
10	Essential Pale Ale	Port City Brewing	3.45	68
11	Striped Bass Pale Ale	Devils Backbone Brewing Company	3.3	22
12	New River Pale Ale	Lost Rhino Brewing Company	3.27	25


	Washington
1	Cowiche Canyon Organic Fresh Hop Ale	Fremont Brewing Company	4.35	52
2	Summer Ale	Fremont Brewing Company	4.12	63
3	Knuckle Dragger	Walking Man Brewing Co.	4.01	32
4	Manny’s Pale Ale	Georgetown Brewing Company	3.98	112
5	Copperhead American Pale Ale	Snoqualmie Falls Brewing Company & Taproom	3.93	39
6	Totem Pale	Black Raven Brewing Co.	3.79	23
7	Hale’s O’Brien’s Harvest Ale	Hale’s Ales Brewery & Pub	3.78	45
8	Islander Pale Ale	Maritime Pacific Brewing Company	3.78	34
9	Silent Treatment Pale Ale	No-Li Brewhouse	3.76	20
10	UniversAle Pale	Fremont Brewing Company	3.72	31
11	Loser Pale Ale	Elysian Brewing Company	3.7	146
12	Hale’s Pale Ale	Hale’s Ales Brewery & Pub	3.57	62
13	Pike Pale Ale	Pike Pub & Brewery	3.53	86
14	Dicks Pale Ale	Dick’s Brewing Company	3.47	22
15	Pale Ale	Pyramid Breweries, Inc.	3.46	39
16	Fling Pale Ale	Pyramid Breweries, Inc.	3.41	25
17	Fish Tale Wild Salmon Pale Ale	Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub	3.25	89
18	Kirkland Signature Pale Ale	Kirkland Signature / Costco Wholesale Corporation	3.1	115


	Wisconsin
1	Moon Man	New Glarus Brewing Company	4.13	788
2	Hopalicious	Ale Asylum	3.93	323
3	Arena Premium Pale Ale	Lake Louie Brewery Company	3.89	71
4	Stone Tepee Pale Ale	Tyranena Brewing Company	3.78	117
5	Old Glory American Pale Ale	Great Dane Pub & Brewing Company (Downtown)	3.71	37
6	Cream City Pale Ale	Lakefront Brewery, Inc.	3.65	169
7	Pull Chain Pail Ale	Milwaukee Ale House	3.65	42
8	Kilbourn Hop Ale	Moosejaw Pizza & Dells Brewing Co.	3.64	31
9	Knot Stock	Furthermore Beer	3.55	183
10	Happy Heron Pale Ale	Central Waters Brewing Company	3.52	152
11	Hopdinger	O’so Brewing Company	3.52	133
12	Hop Harvest	Central Waters Brewing Company	3.51	67
13 14	Pearl Street Pale Ale Point Cascade Pale Ale	Pearl Street Brewery Stevens Point Brewery	3.46 3.46	31 262
15	Voyageur Extra Pale Ale	James Page Brewing Company	3.42	54
16	Lake Effect Pale Ale	Pearl Street Grill And Brewery	3.42	23
17	U.S. Pale Ale	Capital Brewery	3.34	99
18	Berghoff Pale Ale	Minhas Craft Brewery	3.34	67
19	Pale Ale	Hinterland Brewery Restaurant	3.34	46
20	Lilja’s Pulling Boat Pale Ale	Sand Creek Brewing Company	3.32	37
21	City Pale Ale	City Brewing Company, LLC	3.28	34
22	Pull Chain Pail Ale	Milwaukee Brewing Company	3.27	34
23	Horny Goat Hopped Up ‘N Horny	Rex Beverage Holdings	2.93	107
24	Berkshire Springs Stock Ale	Minhas Craft Brewery	2.92	71
25	Hop On Top	Chameleon Brewing	2.56	58


	Wyoming
1	Snake River Pale Ale	Snake River Brewing Company & Brewpub	3.69	122

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