Just in time for July 4th, Consumer Reports has issued its list of the best craft beers in the United States, based on a blind taste test of 23 craft ales and lagers.
Consumer Reports takes on craft beer
July 4, 2013 at 12:34AM
Three India pale ales came out on top: Stone IPA, Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA and Samuel Adams Hopology Collection Latitude 48 IPA.
Rounding out the top 10 were: Shock Top Wheat IPA, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Lagunitas IPA, Widmer Bros. Hefeweizen, Widmer Bros. Drifter Pale Ale, Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Ale and Long Trail Ale.
The publication rated Brooklyn Lager as the top lager.
Some beer snobs were not impressed with Consumer Reports' choices.
"I cannot understand why they do a review of craft beers, where there are thousands of examples and a lot of subjectivity for preference," one commenter on the Beer Advocate website wrote.
The website Beer & Whiskey Bros. took issue with the inclusion of Shock Top as a craft beer. Shock Top is produced by Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer.
"Go home, Consumer Reports. You're drunk," the website said.
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