Highest-rated IPAs in Georgia

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November 4, 2022
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Highest-rated IPAs in Georgia

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 Georgia, 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. Cardigans of the Galaxy

- Rating: 3.98 (26 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 9.5%
- Brewery: Monday Night Brewing
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#29. A Night On Ponce IPA

- Rating: 3.95 (114 ratings)
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 7.5%
- Brewery: Three Taverns Craft Brewery
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#28. Altair

- Rating: 4.00 (20 ratings)
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.2%
- Brewery: Wild Heaven Beer
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#27. Shoalie

- Rating: 4.01 (20 ratings)
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.0%
- Brewery: Pretoria Fields Collective
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#26. IPA

- Rating: 3.96 (3,814 ratings)
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.3%
- Brewery: SweetWater Brewing Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#25. Cumulus Lupulus

- Rating: 3.99 (69 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 8.1%
- Brewery: Terrapin Beer Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#24. ETA Transcontinental IPA

- Rating: 4.01 (38 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 7.5%
- Brewery: Wild Leap Brew Co
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#23. Chance IPA

- Rating: 4.00 (64 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 6.2%
- Brewery: Wild Leap Brew Co
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#22. Warpig

- Rating: 4.18 (16 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 8.5%
- Brewery: Southern Brewing Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#21. 420 Strain G13 IPA

- Rating: 3.98 (555 ratings)
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.0%
- Brewery: SweetWater Brewing Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#20. Three Harvest

- Rating: 4.22 (16 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 8.2%
- Brewery: Wild Leap Brew Co
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#19. Hazy Like A Fox

- Rating: 4.02 (117 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 6.5%
- Brewery: New Realm Brewing Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#18. Dust Bunny - Hazy IPA

- Rating: 4.05 (55 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 6.8%
- Brewery: Monday Night Brewing
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#17. Jacked 'Squatch

- Rating: 4.05 (64 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 9.0%
- Brewery: New Realm Brewing Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#16. Mosaic Single Hop Hazy IPA

- Rating: 4.03 (137 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 6.2%
- Brewery: SweetWater Brewing Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#15. Hop Leaf Project - Crave

- Rating: 4.11 (26 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 7.3%
- Brewery: Three Taverns Craft Brewery
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#14. Galactic Space Circus

- Rating: 4.15 (30 ratings)
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.8%
- Brewery: Creature Comforts
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#13. Rockweave Double IPA

- Rating: 4.18 (24 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 8.1%
- Brewery: Wild Leap Brew Co
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#12. Hoprodisiac

- Rating: 4.17 (28 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 7.8%
- Brewery: Akademia Brewing Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#11. Don't Call It Hotlanta

- Rating: 4.11 (58 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 8.5%
- Brewery: Monday Night Brewing
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#10. POG Basement

- Rating: 4.09 (142 ratings)
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 7.5%
- Brewery: Scofflaw Brewing Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#9. Hooligan

- Rating: 4.13 (102 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 7.0%
- Brewery: Scofflaw Brewing Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#8. Basement IPA

- Rating: 4.12 (292 ratings)
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.5%
- Brewery: Scofflaw Brewing Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#7. Double Jeopardy

- Rating: 4.15 (124 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 10.5%
- Brewery: Scofflaw Brewing Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#6. Imperial Trop Haze

- Rating: 4.27 (32 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 8.0%
- Brewery: Creature Comforts
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#5. Space Lettuce

- Rating: 4.22 (90 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 8.1%
- Brewery: Monday Night Brewing
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#4. Dank Tank Fresh Sticky Nugs

- Rating: 4.19 (226 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 8.0%
- Brewery: SweetWater Brewing Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#3. Cosmik Debris

- Rating: 4.35 (327 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 8.0%
- Brewery: Creature Comforts
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#2. Duende

- Rating: 4.43 (96 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 8.0%
- Brewery: Creature Comforts
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#1. Tropicália

- Rating: 4.37 (1,506 ratings)
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.6%
- Brewery: Creature Comforts
- 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.

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