Highest-rated IPAs in Oregon

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November 4, 2022
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Highest-rated IPAs in Oregon

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 Oregon, 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.

#22. Hoppy New Year

- Rating: 4.34 (28 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 8.6%
- Brewery: Block 15 Brewing - Southtown Tap Room
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#21. The Incredible

- Rating: 4.32 (33 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 11.0%
- Brewery: Block 15 Brewing - Southtown Tap Room
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#20. Ace of Spades

- Rating: 4.18 (319 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 9.2%
- Brewery: Hopworks Brewery
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#19. Volatile Substance

- Rating: 4.28 (51 ratings)
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.9%
- Brewery: Von Ebert Brewing
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#18. Workhorse IPA

- Rating: 4.18 (672 ratings)
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 7.5%
- Brewery: Laurelwood Brewing Co.
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#17. Double IPA

- Rating: 4.24 (88 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 9.0%
- Brewery: pFriem Family Brewers
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#16. Half Hitch

- Rating: 4.20 (527 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 9.5%
- Brewery: Crux Fermentation Project
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#15. Laurelwood Megafauna

- Rating: 4.27 (113 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 9.5%
- Brewery: Laurelwood Brewing Co.
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#14. Fresh Squeezed IPA

- Rating: 4.24 (5,746 ratings)
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.4%
- Brewery: Deschutes Brewery
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#13. Armored Fist Double CDA

- Rating: 4.29 (227 ratings)
- Type: Black IPA
- ABV: 10.0%
- Brewery: Boneyard Beer Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#12. Ripe

- Rating: 4.29 (266 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 7.0%
- Brewery: Great Notion Brewing
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#11. Pallet Jack IPA

- Rating: 4.30 (271 ratings)
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 7.2%
- Brewery: Barley Brown's Brewpub
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#10. Intergalactic Hop Shop

- Rating: 4.40 (62 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 7.75%
- Brewery: Block 15 Brewing - Southtown Tap Room
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#9. Super Over Ripe

- Rating: 4.46 (45 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 9.1%
- Brewery: Great Notion Brewing
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#8. Over Ripe

- Rating: 4.36 (104 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 7.0%
- Brewery: Great Notion Brewing
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#7. Juice Jr.

- Rating: 4.32 (245 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 6.0%
- Brewery: Great Notion Brewing
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#6. Sticky Hands - Tropical Slam

- Rating: 4.43 (57 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 8.25%
- Brewery: Block 15 Brewing - Southtown Tap Room
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#5. RPM IPA

- Rating: 4.32 (1,021 ratings)
- Type: American IPA
- ABV: 6.5%
- Brewery: Boneyard Beer Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#4. Sticky Hands

- Rating: 4.33 (528 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 8.1%
- Brewery: Block 15 Brewing - Southtown Tap Room
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#3. Juice Box (JB DIPA)

- Rating: 4.40 (280 ratings)
- Type: New England IPA
- ABV: 8.2%
- Brewery: Great Notion Brewing
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#2. Hop Venom Double IPA

- Rating: 4.42 (1,072 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 8.9%
- Brewery: Boneyard Beer Company
- Read more on BeerAdvocate

#1. Notorious Triple IPA

- Rating: 4.53 (904 ratings)
- Type: Imperial IPA
- ABV: 11.5%
- Brewery: Boneyard Beer Company
- 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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