2015 IPA Challenge: And the winner is …

We said it would be a battle to decide the best IPA of 2015. Some scoffed. Some were bewildered. Some guffawed, whatever that means. In the end, though, we were right.

This was really, really hard to pick the best out of 15 samples. On a warm, crowded (but not too crowded) day at Boxing Bear, the true IPA fans in the ABQ metro area and beyond gathered to determine once and for all who should take that coveted trophy home.

The result? Well, I have dragged it out this long … Bosque Brewing has repeated as NMIPAC champion!

Here are the top 15 IPAs in New Mexico, with their competition numbers for the final round in parentheses:

1. Bosque (13) 146 votes
2. Blue Corn (8) 78 votes
3. Canteen (7) 57 votes
4. Marble (5) 55 votes
5. Second Street (10) 52 votes
6. Chama River (14) 45 votes
7. Boxing Bear (2) 39 votes
8. Three Rivers (1) 30 votes
9. Back Alley (15) 28 votes
10. Spotted Dog (12) 18 votes
11. Turtle Mountain (4) 14 votes
12. Ponderosa (3)

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