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Bell's Two Hearted Ale was voted the best beer in America, and you can buy it practically everywhere.https://www.gearpatrol.com/food/drinks/a34480270/american-home-brewers-associate-best-beer-america-bells-two-hearted-2020/

Bell's Brewery has done it again. For the fourth consecutive year, readers of Zymurgy magazine, a publication from the American Homebrewers Association, voted Bell's Two Hearted Ale as the best beer in America.
For those not in the know, the beer community loves Bell's Two Hearted Ale. On Beer Advocate, the beer has an average 95 out of 100 rating based on nearly 4,000 reviews. The 7 percent ABV India pale ale is brewed with 100 percent Centennial hops, which gives the beer its signature bitter citrus bite. The IBUs are offset by the beer's bready maltiness, and its house yeast gives the beer its fruitiness. Two Hearted is a masterclass in harmoniously combing yeasts, hops and malts to create a highly drinkable IPA that won't weigh you down with its bitterness or juiciness.
Unlike Zymurgy readers' pick for second-best beer, Russian River's Pliny the Elder, Two Hearted is available almost everywhere nationwide from suburban grocery stores to New York City bodegas. You can check out the top 10 picks for best beer and breweries online, and subscribe to Zymurgy to see the full results in its November/December 2020 issues.

LisaM
(29,634 posts)I can probably find it at Total Wine - I'll have to look next time I'm there.
Beartracks
(14,593 posts)dweller
(28,410 posts)glad to see it recognized 👍
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Celerity
(54,409 posts)usually buy (if we want an IPA)
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
https://ballastpoint.com/beer/sculpin/
A TROPHY BEER THATS A TESTAMENT TO OUR HOMEBREW ROOTS
Our Sculpin IPA is a great example of what got us into brewing in the first place. After years of experimenting, we knew hopping an ale at five separate stages would produce something special. The result ended up being this gold-medal winning IPA, whose inspired use of hops creates hints of apricot, peach, mango and lemon flavors, but still packs a bit of a sting, just like a Sculpin fish.

soothsayer
(38,601 posts)sfstaxprep
(10,599 posts)The recommendations here have convinced me to give it a try. I'll pick some up tomorrow.
Celerity
(54,409 posts)mitch96
(15,804 posts)Being a high gravity beer I thought it might taste like pine needles but it was surprisingly mild in the hops department. Very refreshing and not heavy like some IPA's
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William Seger
(12,443 posts)Not really my favorite -- usually too hoppy for my taste -- but I see a local store has it, so I'll have to give it a try.
Celerity
(54,409 posts)Or a nice gose, (pronounced GO-zuh), a sour, slightly salty, unfiltered, wheat-beer style originating from Lower Saxony, in Germany, near the Gose River.
We just got this one (from the US, California) into Systembolaget (our Swedish liquor monopoly). It is jummi AF!


http://www.moderntimesbeer.com/beer/fruitlands


Laffy Kat
(16,952 posts)mopinko
(73,726 posts)i confess partly because i used to have that jeep. except mine was midnight blue.
great car. till i let the bf borrow it...
comes in a 15 pak that sells around here for $18. great beer, great price.

Celerity
(54,409 posts)adored here in Sweden, lol). My fellow Swedes (over half of them at least) also love surströmming (fermented, damn-near rotted tinned Baltic herring) My wife (she is full Swede, I am half Swede) loves the shite, but it is NOT allowed around me! LOLOLOLOL