
Highest-rated IPAs in Arizona
Highest-rated IPAs in Arizona
Bitter is better for IPA lovers. This hop-forward brew is the most popular craft beer style in the United States, accounting for nearly half of all beer sales in off-premise retail establishments in 2024, according to Circana data.
India pale ales originated in England in the 1800s, with the phrase first appearing in print in 1835. Brewer George Hodgson typically gets the credit for its development. His competitors started calling his hoppier brew India pale ale because of his contract with the British East India Company.
American brewers first began making English IPAs in the late 1800s, but Americans preferred lagers. It wasn't until 1975, when Anchor Brewing Company launched a dry-hopped pale ale, that craft brewers started to latch onto the style. In 1991, Oregon brewer Teri Fahrendorf made an IPA with all-American ingredients, creating the first American IPA.
Like other ales, IPAs contain top-fermenting yeast, which gives them a robust flavor and aroma. IPAs are loaded with hops, responsible for the beer's characteristic bitterness and its notes of citrus, floral, or pine. These beers are known for their higher alcohol content, ranging from 5.5% to 7.5%, although session IPAs are lower in ABV, and double or triple IPAs are higher.
Brewers like IPAs because they allow for bold creativity. West Coast IPAs are known for their high hop levels, with brewers pushing the bounds of bitterness. While true IPA aficionados love that element, many are now leaning toward the more approachable New England-style IPA, which is hazier in appearance and maximizes the fruitier characteristics of hops without the extreme and potentially off-putting bitter taste.
Whatever your IPA preference, there are endless options to choose from. Stacker compiled a list of the best IPAs from Arizona, using data from BeerAdvocate, and sorted them according to their weighted ranking. Beers without images were excluded. Only IPAs that made BeerAdvocate's top 100 beer list by state were included.
#30. Sound of Freedom IPA
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 7.0%
- Brewery: State 48 Brewery
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#29. Xerocole Desert IPA
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 7.0%
- Brewery: Four Peaks Brewing Company - 8th Street Pub
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#28. Citrazona IPA
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.6%
- Brewery: Barrio Brewing Company
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#27. Birthday Suit
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 7.6%
- Brewery: Goldwater Brewing Co.
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#26. Hop Chowda
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 6.8%
- Brewery: Goldwater Brewing Co.
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#25. Lost Highway Black India Pale Ale
- Type: Black IPA
- ABV: 8.0%
- Brewery: Mother Road Brewery
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#24. MoonJuice IPA
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 7.1%
- Brewery: SanTan Brewing Co.
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#23. Hop Knot
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.7%
- Brewery: Four Peaks Brewing Company - 8th Street Pub
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#22. Hazy Angel IPA
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.7%
- Brewery: Lumberyard Brewing Company
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#21. Northwest IPA
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.4%
- Brewery: Pueblo Vida Brewing Company
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#20. Juicy Jack
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 6.5%
- Brewery: SanTan Brewing Co.
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#19. Church Music
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 6.7%
- Brewery: The Shop Beer Co.
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#18. Double Knot
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 9.2%
- Brewery: Four Peaks Brewing Company - 8th Street Pub
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#17. Fateful IPA
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.6%
- Brewery: Fate Brewing Company - Scottsdale
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#16. Tombstone Brewing Double IPA
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 8.2%
- Brewery: Tombstone Brewing Company
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#15. La Ciudad
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 6.4%
- Brewery: Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co.
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#14. 480G IPA
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 8.0%
- Brewery: The Beer Research Institute
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#13. Limited Visibility
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 7.2%
- Brewery: Mother Road Brewery
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#12. Most Hops
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 8.5%
- Brewery: Tombstone Brewing Company
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#11. Wrenovation
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.5%
- Brewery: Wren House Brewing Co.
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#10. All The Hops Double IPA
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 8.5%
- Brewery: Tombstone Brewing Company
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#9. Roosevelts
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 8.3%
- Brewery: Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co.
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#8. Refuge IPA
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.7%
- Brewery: Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co.
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#7. More Hops
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 7.5%
- Brewery: Tombstone Brewing Company
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#6. Dragoon IPA
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 7.3%
- Brewery: Dragoon Brewing Co.
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#5. Sarcosuchus Imperial IPA
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 9.6%
- Brewery: Dragoon Brewing Co.
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#4. Spellbinder
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 6.5%
- Brewery: Wren House Brewing Co.
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#3. Tower Station IPA
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 7.3%
- Brewery: Mother Road Brewery
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#2. Tombstone Brewing IPA
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 7.1%
- Brewery: Tombstone Brewing Company
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#1. DC Mountain Double IPA
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 8.0%
- Brewery: Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co.
- Read more on BeerAdvocate
This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou, writing by Jill Jaracz, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 51 states.