{"id":5067,"date":"2018-05-04T18:53:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T18:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beer-syndicate.com\/blog\/?page_id=5067"},"modified":"2018-05-09T17:42:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T17:42:53","slug":"beersyndicates-top-rated-beers-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/beersyndicate.com\/blog\/beersyndicates-top-rated-beers-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"BeerSyndicate\u2019s Top Rated Beers of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Our list of &#8220;<strong>The Best Beers and Breweries of 2018<\/strong>&#8221; is the result of a combined analysis\u00a0of the highest rated beers as determined by over\u00a0<strong><u>10 million<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0collective beer reviews as reported by the three separate beer rating websites <strong>BeerAdvocate<\/strong>, <strong>Untappd<\/strong> and <strong>RateBeer<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><!--CusAds0-->\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>BeerSyndicate&#8217;s Top 50 Beers of 2018<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>\n<table id=\"tablepress-9\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-9\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">RANK<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">NAME<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">BREWERY<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">SCORE<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Kentucky Brunch Brand Stout<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Toppling Goliath Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.666<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dark Lord - Marshmallow Handjee<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">3 Floyds Brewing Co.<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Hunahpu's Imperial Stout - Double Barrel Aged<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cigar City Brewing<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.623<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Zenne y Frontera<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.586<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Mornin' Delight<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Toppling Goliath Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.576<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Pliny The Younger<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Russian River Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.573<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Barrel-Aged Abraxas<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Perennial Artisan Ales<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.566<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Barrel Aged Imperial German Chocolate Cupcake Stout<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Angry Chair Brewing<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.543<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Juice Machine<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tree House Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.536<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Trappist Westvleteren 12 (XII)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Brouwerij Westvleteren<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Heady Topper<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">The Alchemist Brewery and Visitors Center<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.526<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee (Bourbon-Barrel Aged)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AleSmith Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.523<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">13<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Founders Brewing Co.<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.516<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Very Hazy<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tree House Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.516<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">15<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Fundamental Observation<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Bottle Logic Brewing<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.515<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">16<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Assassin<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Toppling Goliath Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.506<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Morning Wood<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Funky Buddha Brewery<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.493<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Aaron<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Hill Farmstead Brewery<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">19<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Pliny the Elder<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Russian River Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">20<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Goose Island Beer Co.<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.486<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">21<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Westly<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sante Adairius Rustic Ales<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.482<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">22<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">King Julius<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tree House Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">23<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dinner<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Maine Beer Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">24<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Beer Geek Vanilla Shake (Bourbon Edition)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Mikkeller ApS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.473<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">25<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Lord Imperial Stout<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">3 Floyds Brewing Co.<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.466<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">26<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Doubleganger<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tree House Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.466<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">27<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Very Green<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tree House Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.463<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">28<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Founders Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">29<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Hunahpu's Imperial Stout<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Cigar City Brewing<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.456<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-31 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">30<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Julius<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tree House Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.453<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-32 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">31<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Abner<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Hill Farmstead Brewery<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-33 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">32<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Double Sunshine<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Lawson's Finest Liquids<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.443<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-34 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">33<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Parabola<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Firestone Walker Brewing Co.<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.443<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-35 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">34<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lorelei - Barrel Aged Extra Maple<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Omnipollo<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.443<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-36 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">35<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bell's Bourbon Barrel-Aged Expedition Stout<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Bell's Brewery, Inc.<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-37 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">36<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">King Sue<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Toppling Goliath Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-38 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">37<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bell's Black Note Stout<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Bell's Brewery, Inc.<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.436<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-39 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">38<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">JJJuliusss<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tree House Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.436<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-40 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">39<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Duck Duck Gooze<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">The Lost Abbey<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.433<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-41 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">40<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Triple Sunshine IPA<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Lawson's Finest Liquids<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.433<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-42 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">41<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cantillon Fou' Foune<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Brasserie Cantillon<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-43 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">42<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Headroom<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Trillium Brewing Company<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-44 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">43<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bourbon County Brand Stout<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Goose Island Beer Co.<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.426<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-45 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">44<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cantillon Lou Pepe - 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