LGP Beer Madness (IPA Edition) - Regional Final

[MWB]

Time for the regional finals. Vote for one beer in each pair. You do not have to vote for every matchup. Only vote for beers you have actually had so that beers don't win on reputation. If you have had one of them, but not the other, don't feel like you have to vote for it just because you've tried it.

Northeast
4. Flower Power (4.24) - 4
2. Victory Dirtwolf (4.29) - 2

Southeast
1. Sculpin - (4.41) - 2
3. Cigar City Jai Alai (4.28) - 2

Midwest
1. Fatheads Headhunter (4.34) - 3
3. Two Hearted Ale (4.27) - 3

West
1. Pliney the Elder (4.66) - 2
2. Stone Enjoy By (4.43) - 3


Second Round Losers
1. Heady Topper (4.74) - 2
3. Dog Fish Head 90 Minute (4.28) - 4
4. Helltown Idle Hands - (4.28) - 1
7. Hopsecutioner (3.83) -
5. Founders Double Trouble (4.21) - 2
2. Chillwave (4.29) - 3
5. Bear Republic Racer 5 (4.19) -
3. Stone Ruination (4.3) -

First Round Losers
8. Clown Shoes Hoppy Feet (3.86)
5. Gemini (4.09)
6. Dog Fish Head 60 Minute (4.09) - 1
7. Victory Hopdevil (4.07)
8. Foothills Hoppyum (3.79)
5. Westbrook IPA (4.07) - 2
2. Tropicalia (4.37) - 1
6. Sweetwater IPA (3.97)
8. Deviant Dale's (4.02)
4. Union Jack IPA (4.23) - 2
7. Founders Centennial IPA (4.14) - 2
8. Great Divide Titan (4.07) - 1
8. Green Flash - La Freak (4.02) - 2
4. Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA (4.24) - 3
7. Lagunitas Little Sumpin Wild (4.11) - 1
6. Hoptimum (4.18) - 2

Wildcards
1. Sculpin - 4.41
4. DFH 60 Minute - 4.09
5. Victory Hopdevil - 4.07
13. Bear Republic Racer 5 - 4.19
15. Founders Double Trouble - 4.21
17. Helltown Idle Hands - 4.28
22. Stone Ruination - 4.3
25. Union Jack IPA - 4.23
2. Hopslam - 1
3. Blind Pig
6. Clown Shoes Galactica - 1
7. Sixpoint Resin
8. Surly Furious
9. Anchorage Galaxy White
10. Columbus Bodhi - 1
11. Fatheads Hop Juju - 1
12. Jackie Os Mystic Mama
14. Kern River Just Outstanding
16. Port Mongo IPA
18. HopArt
19. Hoptologist
20. Mad Hatter IPA
21. Oak Aged Mad Hatter IPA
23. Commodore Perry - 1
24. Smooth Hoperator
26. Coronado Idiot IPA
27. 21st Amendment Back in Black IPA
28. Hangar 24 Betty - 1
29. NoDa Hop Drop and Roll - 1

[PensFanInDC]

DogFish 90 minute

[shafnutz05]

West - Stone Enjoy By
NE: DFH 90'
SE: Cigar City Jai Alai
Central: Centennial IPA

[legame]

Southeast: Foothills Hoppyum

[IanMoran]

Surly Furious - Midwest

[bhaw]

West: Green Flash - Le Freak

Also, most anything by Stone can hit the list. For the sake of argument, Arrogant Bastard.

[MWB]

Southeast: Foothills Hoppyum

Have you tried anything from NoDa?

[shafnutz05]

West: Green Flash - Le Freak

Also, most anything by Stone can hit the list. For the sake of argument, Arrogant Bastard.

Arrogant Bastard is definitely a strong Ale, not an IPA

[Idoit40fans]

Doesnt heady topper have to win?

[legame]

Southeast: Foothills Hoppyum

Have you tried anything from NoDa?

I have. I was just trying to think of NC's most prevalent IPA. Wicked Weed's stuff is also tremendous.

[MWB]

I don't know that it will, just because of limited availability.

[MWB]

Southeast: Foothills Hoppyum

Have you tried anything from NoDa?

I have. I was just trying to think of NC's most prevalent IPA. Wicked Weed's stuff is also tremendous.

Yeah, Hoppyum is probably most prevalent. Not a huge fan of anything I've had from Foothills though. Not bad, just not great for me. I love NoDa's Hop Drop and Roll. Definitely a top 5 IPA. I also really like their Jam Session. I'll have to look for Wicked Weed. Haven't noticed it before.

[Kraftster]

NE: Victory DirtWolf
W: Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA

Wildcard/NE: Clown Shoea Hoppy Feet
Wildcard/W: Lagunitas Little Sumpin Wild
Wildcard/W: Anchorage Galaxy White

[count2infinity]

Northeast:
Dogfish head 60 minute deserves a spot along with 90 minute, IMO.
Victory Hopdevil
Fatheads Headhunter (brewed in Cleveland so maybe Midwest instead?)

Southeast:
Eeek... Not sure I know anything from southest

Midwest:
Bells Hopslam

West:
Sculpin IPA
Deschutes Fresh squeezed
Russian River Blind Pig and Pliney the Elder
Oskar Blues Deviant Dale's IPA (Colorado is West rather than midwest, right?)


These are just off the top of my head. I'll look into it tomorrow when I haven't had a few too many beers to really look.

[MWB]

Southeast is a bit of a concern in terms of quantity and quality. Not sure how else to split it though.

[shafnutz05]

Cigar City Jai Alai is one of the finest IPAs in the United States, easily.

Terrapin Hopsecutioner is a good IPA too (Georgia).

Sweetwater IPA (Atlanta) is also great.

Admittedly, this is the limit of my SE IPA experience.

[MWB]

Not saying there aren't good options, but comparatively speaking, it's a weak region. Need to look for Jai Alai.

[shafnutz05]

Not saying there aren't good options, but comparatively speaking, it's a weak region. Need to look for Jai Alai.

I hear you...I would imagine it's more available in your neck of the woods. Only time I've had it is on tap in the Outer Banks, and it was fantastic.

[MWB]

You'd think, but based on my search and their website there's nothing near me.

[letsgoalpens]

Creature Comforts Tropicalia is one of the best IPAs I have ever had. They are out of Athens, GA and are canning their beers now. You can pretty much only find their cans in the Athens area right now but they are going to expand to Atlanta at the end of the month. The only IPAs I would pick over Tropicalia are White Oak Jai Alai, Founders Harvest, and Deschutes Fresh Squeezed. Burnt Hickory is finally bottling their IPAs now too. Cannon Dragger bottles are all over Atlanta now and they are supposed to be bottling Didjits too. Totally agree the south's beer scene is lacking behind just about every other region though.

The only IPAs I haven't had on the above list are Heady, Hoppyum, Galaxy White, and Headhunter.

[eddysnake]

SN hoptimum - W
CC Jai alai - SE
GL Chillwave - MW
Columbus bodhi - MW
Fatheads hop juju - MW
Jackie o's mystic mama - MW
RR Pliny - W
RR Blind pig - W
ST Gemini - NE
Ithaca flower power - NE
Bear Republic racer 5 - W
Kern river just outstanding ipa - W
Bells 2 hearted - MW
Founders double trouble - MW
Stone enjoy by - W
Port Brewing Mongo ipa - W
Clown Shoes Galactica - NE
Sixpoint Resin - NE

[MWB]

Think we will need to adjust this a little. Maybe the highest rated and most well known will go into the regions. Then we will have a wildcard section and vote those into the next "round."

[canaan]

Great Divide Titan?

[eddysnake]

are you questioning your submission?

[canaan]

are you questioning your submission?

moreso wondering why it hasnt been included yet, but also didnt read each post thoroughly so i couldve missed somebody else saying it.

tldnr: did not post with confidence regarding redundancy