Zymurgy Magazine Announces 2017
“Best Beers In America” and Bell’s kicks major ass!
Whaddup!
My American Homebrewers Association homies just announced the results
from their Zymurgy Magazine 15th annual Best Beers in America survey.
For eight straight
years, Russian River Brewing Company’s world-renowned Pliny the Elder double IPA had been
running things at the number one spot, but Bell’s
Two Hearted Ale IPA breaks the streak and becomes 2017’s most gangster beer
in America according to Zymurgy’s thousands of homebrewing posse members. Whoa!
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| Photo by Bell's Brewery. |
In AHA’s official press release, director Gary Glass
says, “As homebrewers, Zymurgy readers have more refined
palates than most for tasting beer. The Best Beers in America survey reveals
which beers are leaving the biggest impression on the minds—and mouths—of these
discerning beer drinkers.”
Survey participants voted online for their 20 favorite
commercial beers “available for purchase” in the United States in an online
voting system.
Bell’s CEO
Laura Bell, the daughter of the brewery’s founder Larry Bell, says in the
same release, “This is an incredible honor for us. We got our start as
homebrewers—that’s how my dad got going—so we really identify with the
homebrewing community. We take a lot of that spirit into what we do today.”
Representin’ Kalamazoo,
Michigan, Bell’s also won the top-ranked US brewery and came in second to Stone
Brewing for the best beer portfolio as well. Even Ice Cube didn’t have as
good a day as this! The top ten rankings of the three categories are below and
are posted in full here. Congrats to everyone who got recognized in
the survey!
Top-Ranked Beers (T indicates Tie):
1. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale
2. Russian River Pliny the Elder
3. Founders Breakfast Stout
4. Three Floyds Zombie Dust
5. Bell’s Hopslam
T6. Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)
T6. The Alchemist Heady Topper
T8. Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA
T8. Sierra Nevada Celebration
10. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Top-Ranked Breweries:
1. Bell’s Brewery, Inc., Comstock, Mich.
2. Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
3. Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, Calif.
4. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, Calif. and Mills
River, N.C.
5. Stone Brewing, Escondido, Calif., Richmond, Va., and
Berlin, Germany
6. Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, Calif.
7. Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Ore.
8. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, Del.
9. Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma, Calif. and
Chicago, Ill.
10. Ballast Point Brewing, San Diego, Calif.
Top-Ranked Beer Portfolios (T indicates Tie):
1. Stone Brewing (31 beers)
2. Bell’s Brewery, Inc. (27 beers)
3. Firestone Walker Brewing Co. (25 beers)
4. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (24 beers)
T5. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (22 beers)
T5. Lagunitas Brewing Company (22 beers)
T7. Boulevard Brewing Co. (21 beers)
T7. Founders Brewing Co. (21 beers)
9. Avery Brewing Co. (19 beers)
T10. New Glarus Brewing Co. (18 beers)
T10. Odell Brewing Co. (18 beers)
