The 2025 Highest-Rated IPA Beer in Minnesota Has Been Revealed

Breweries are a staple in most cities in America. If there aren't a couple of breweries nearby, that's kind of weird. However, there are quite a few breweries around Minnesota who announced their closure this year.

Just because some craft breweries are closing, though, doesn't mean craft beer is necessarily going anywhere. Thank goodness, too, because I love my craft beer and hanging out at breweries!

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As a craft beer person myself, I have definitely noticed over the past few years that IPAs have been all the rage. I'm not usually an IPA fan. IPAs can be quite bitter and hoppy, and that's just not my vibe. Some IPAs are fine, especially the hazy ones, but usually I'll go for something else.

However, there's definitely a huge market for IPAs and plenty of IPA lovers out there, and since I'm a fellow beer lover in general, I wanted to share something I found: the highest-rated IPA in Minnesota.

The Highest-Rated IPA in Minnesota

I found this via the website VinePair, where they laid out the highest-rated IPA in every state.

In order to figure this out, VinePair looked at the top-rated beers according to BeerAdvocate. They "only considered beers with over 100 ratings", and whichever IPA got the highest ratings would earn the top spot for the state it comes from.

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So, Minnesota's top IPA has to be from a Minnesota brewery... now, which brewery is massive, well-known across the country, and sells their beer seemingly everywhere? Oh yeah, of course, a Surly IPA took the top spot for Minnesota!

According to their research, the Abrasive Ale, an imperial IPA from Surly Brewing in Minneapolis, is Minnesota's favorite IPA.

Unfortunately, it looks like Surly isn't currently making this beer. However, they do have a version of it called the Abrasive Double IPA, so if you like your hoppy beers, this one's for you.