Best West Coast Style IPA
Near and dear to our beer drinking hearts is the West Coast Style IPA. While not an officially recognized style by beer judges, this particular style of IPA has captivated the country. Known for it’s abundance of bitterness and over the top American hop aroma, this is a style we see being adopted out outside of it’s birthplace on the left coast. Please scroll through the list and pick one that you feel is the Best West Coast Style IPA. If you have one in mind that is not on this list, you can write it in on the comment section below. Below are some guidelines for this poll. Poll ends July 25th at 5PM West Coast Time.
Poll Guidelines
- One vote per person. No cheating!
- A complaint doesn’t equal a write in.
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May 13, 2018 @ 6:35 pm
Don’t like this stuff.
Prefer a traditional lager!
April 11, 2014 @ 8:27 am
Ironfire Brewing Company’s 5150 IPA has my vote!
August 8, 2013 @ 5:31 pm
Head Hunter rocks!
July 26, 2013 @ 10:01 am
Sequoia Brewing – General Sherman IPA
Vote local!! Not a lot of distribution like those on the list but a great hoppy IPA!
July 25, 2013 @ 4:34 pm
Tap It IPA gets my vote. The only thing holding it back from greater recognition is the lack of distribution beyond SLO.
July 25, 2013 @ 2:24 pm
Firestone’s Union Jack is the best IPA.
July 24, 2013 @ 8:36 pm
Union Jack! By far the best!
July 24, 2013 @ 8:29 am
Union Jack is my #1. Ruination shouldn’t even be on this list since its an imperial IPA.
July 24, 2013 @ 7:25 am
HEAD HUNTER !!!!
July 18, 2013 @ 1:03 pm
Head Hunter for the WIN!!
July 18, 2013 @ 11:24 am
Fat Head’s Head Hunter IPA beat Union Jack head to head in the finals of Brewing News National IPA Challenge in 2010…it’s gotta be Head Hunter!
July 17, 2013 @ 11:08 am
Fat Head’s Head Hunter IPA
July 17, 2013 @ 8:22 am
Head Hunter all the way! Insanely good brew.
July 12, 2013 @ 2:42 pm
The omission of both Tap It IPA and Barley Brown’s Pallet Jack is vexing.Why Boneyard and no other Oregon or Washington IPAs???
July 12, 2013 @ 2:18 pm
Rubicon IPA. Great brew.
July 12, 2013 @ 12:27 pm
It appears that the beers with the most votes are the same beers with the widest distribution. That makes sense, but it’s too bad these beers can’t be judged on equal ground.
July 12, 2013 @ 12:14 pm
Voting for: Union Jack
July 12, 2013 @ 12:12 pm
Voting for: Union Jack!!
July 12, 2013 @ 11:06 am
You’ve got some wonderful IPAs on there but you’re missing two of my favorites: TAP IT and Hoppy Poppy (Figueroa Mountain).
July 11, 2013 @ 3:16 pm
TAP IT! IPA in SLO is really good. I buy it at Albertson’s in Paso all the time.
July 11, 2013 @ 2:15 pm
I would say Squatters IPA or Squatters Hop Rising Double IPA.
Both great brews!
July 11, 2013 @ 1:34 pm
Has to be Russian River Blind Pig, Ballast Point Sculpin is a close 2nd.
July 9, 2013 @ 8:17 am
Gotta support my boys at BP and vote for SCULPIN!
July 9, 2013 @ 8:15 am
Gotta go with my boys from BP(Ballast Point) and support that SCUPLIN!
July 6, 2013 @ 8:32 pm
Going with Union Jack… A vote from Montreal, Canada
July 6, 2013 @ 3:25 am
Union Jack!
July 5, 2013 @ 2:55 pm
Blues Blowhole, Old Dominion Brewing
July 3, 2013 @ 4:50 pm
Smog City is killing it with the Hoptonic and Amarilla Gorilla. My favorite so far.
July 2, 2013 @ 9:07 pm
What about the the Sacramento area?? We ha amazing West Coast IPAs at Rubicon, New Helvitia, Berryessa, Ruhstahler, Track 7, Jack Russell and Hoppy!!!
July 2, 2013 @ 12:10 pm
Melrose or Laurel from Beachwood!!
July 2, 2013 @ 9:30 am
By name alone, it has to be Green Flash! 😉
July 2, 2013 @ 9:13 am
The Brew Kettle’s White Rajah
July 1, 2013 @ 7:25 pm
Voting for ETHOS – Tallgrass Brewing Co.
110 IBU
July 1, 2013 @ 6:38 pm
Heady Topper is great but at 8% it is a double IPA.
July 1, 2013 @ 2:28 pm
Vote for Smog City Hoptonic – aka Old Town. Best IPA in LA and Orange County!
July 1, 2013 @ 2:14 pm
Go Union Jack!