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If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that Ohio knows how to make good beer.
But which of our many fine breweries makes the best beer? Luckily, websites like BeerAdvocate are there to help us figure it out.
BeerAdvocate assigns weighted ranks to the beers, which are reviewed and rated by members of the site. Using their formula, BeerAdvocate determines the beers rankings based on how high they’ve been rated by users and how many users have reviewed the beer. You can learn more about their rankings here.
So now that we all understand the way this works, let’s get to the reason you all are still reading.
Here are the 15 Best Ohio Beers according to BeerAdvocate.
15. Fat Head’s Head Hunter IPA
Style: American IPA
ABV: 7.50%
Score: 4.34
Number of Reviews: 4,481
14. Hoof Hearted’s Roller Blabe DIPA
Style: Double IPA
ABV: 8.00%
Score: 4.39
Number of Reviews: 374
13. Columbus Brewing Company’s Columbus Creeper
Style: American Double / Imperial IPA
ABV: 10.00%
Score: 4.4
Number of Reviews: 420
12. Great Lakes Brewing Co.’s Barrel-Aged Blackout Stout
Style: Russian Imperial Stout
ABV: 9.50%
Score: 4.37
Number of Reviews: 1,854
11. Fat Head’s Super Juicy Hop JuJu
Style: Imperial IPA
ABV: 9.00%
Score: 4.53
Number of Reviews: 106
10. Thirsty Dog Brewing Company’s Wulver
Style: Scotch Ale
ABV: 12.00%
Score: 4.38
Number of Reviews: 1,670
9. Jackie O’s Oro Negro
Style: American Double / Imperial Stout
ABV: 10.00%
Score: 4.43
Number of Reviews: 959
8. Willoughby Brewing’s Nut Smasher
Style: American Double / Imperial Stout
ABV: 11.00%
Score: 4.47
Number of Reviews: 372
7. Hoof Hearted Brewing’s Dragonsaddle
Style: American Double / Imperial IPA
ABV: 11.50%
Score: 4.5
Number of Reviews: 348
6. Jackie O’s Bourbon Barrel Champion Ground
Style: American Double / Imperial Stout
ABV: 12.00%
Score: 4.49
Number of Reviews: 660
5. Jackie O’s Appervation
Style: American Double / Imperial Stout
ABV: 15.00%
Score: 4.53
Number of Reviews: 290
4. Fat Heads’ Hop JuJu Imperial IPA
Style: American Double / Imperial IPA
ABV: 9.00%
Score: 4.47
Number of Reviews: 2,350
3. Jackie O’s Bourbon Barrel Black Maple
Style: American Porter
ABV: 11.00%
Score: 4.48
Number of Reviews: 1,108
2. Jackie O’s Bourbon Barrel Oro Negro
Style: American Double / Imperial Stout
ABV: 12.10%
Score: 4.5
Number of Reviews: 576
And the number one spot goes to…
1. Columbus Brewing Company’s Columbus Bodhi
Style: American Double / Imperial IPA
ABV: 8.50%
Score: 4.48
Number of Reviews: 1,729
