GITM Ranks #12 out of 176 DIPA's in PASTE Taste Test

I agree, but would be one hell of a time giving it a go

From this list (Top 50), I've had the following:

48. Ballast Point Manta Ray
47. Lord Hobo Consolation Prize
44. The Alchemist Heady Topper
36. Lawson's Finest Liquids Sip of Sunshine
26. Aeronaut Brewing Co. Double Hop Hop
12. Parish Brewing Co. Ghost in the Machine
11. Grimm Artisanal Ales Afterimage
6. Tree House Bright

Pissed that I missed out on Trillium Street Shark, I was out of town for work when they released it and wasn't able to get my hands on any.

From 51-176, I've had:

The Alchemist Crusher
Burlington Beer Co. Beekeeper
Burlington Beer Co. It’s Complicated Being a Wizard
Castle Island Brewing Co. Hi-Def
DC Brau On the Wings of Armageddon
Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
Exhibit “A” Brewing Co. Hair Raiser
14th Star Brewing Co. Tribute DIPA
Hop’n Moose Brewing Co. Better Dayz
Lagunitas Maximus
Lord Hobo Boom Sauce
New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA
Night Shift The 87
Trillium Mosaic Cutting Tiles
Two Roads Road 2 Road
Two Roads Two Juicy
Wicked Weed Freak of Nature
Wormtown Be Hoppier

Only 27 out of 176...I need to start putting in work.

How in the hell does Monkish not even crack the top 176? Did they just not submit anything?

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Wish I could get a hold of some in Atl and try it at least once

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I saw some early July batches just shelf turding the other day.

maybe it is overrated. cant seem to trade anything from LA, because our stuff hit shelves, according to their facebook group.

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How in the hell does Monkish not even crack the top 176? Did they just not submit anything?

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I am pretty sure this exact company did the same test not too long ago and yes it was confirmed that a lot of the heavy hitters did not even submit a beer.

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how in the frick do you objectively rank 176 DIPAs?

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You can't. Plus, even 176 DIPAs is just scratching the surface of the total number of DIPAs up there.

That being said, it does not surprise me that GITM ranks that highly.

One that surprised me because it made the top tier is Rogue's Straight Outta Newport. I haven't even tried it, because I just generally don't drink Rogue IPAs - for good reason.

Some of the tasters probably favored traditional IPAs, while others may have given higher marks to the hazy juice bombs. That's probably another reason that the scores are all over the place.

ETA: Yes, many of the heavy hitters did not submit beers, and some of those that did, didn't submit their top beers.

I think they got some of the beers that were available on the shelves, so whoever submitted Pliny the Elder didn't do Russian River any favors. Having Pliny finish out of the top 50 is not good PR for them.

So if I have a beer that is widely considered to be one of the top DIPAs, I'm not going to submit it. If anything, I'll submit one of my one-offs, instead, so they don't rate my flagship. If it does great, that's good. If it flops, then that's OK, because it was just a one-off.