IPA's - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

[Thuck Phat]

Having tried 3 new (to me) IPA's this week it's great news to see the continuing rise in popularity of this style amongst both brewers and consumers. There are clearly some great IPA's out there - the good, some which really shouldn't be called IPA's at all - the bad, and some dodgy drinkers such as myself trying to find the good and avoid the bad - the ugly. I've listed some favourites and recent finds below as well as some obvious offenders:

The Good

Marble - Lagonda IPA 5% (beer of the century for me)
Blue Monkey - Ape Ale 5.4%
Brew Dog - Punk IPA 5.6%
Thornbridge - Jaipur IPA 5.9%
Art Brew - Monkey 6.4% and Spanked Monkey 6.4% (interesting to ask attractive barmaids for the latter)
Acorn - Scorachi IPA 5.5%
Bingham - Space Hoppy IPA 5%
Tryst - Raj IPA 5.5%

The last 3 I've had this week and all were very good.

The Bad

Greene King - IPA 3.6%
Caledonian - Deuchars IPA 3.8%
Marlow - Rebellion IPA 3.7%
Brains - IPA 3.4%
Wells - Eagle IPA 3.6%

Anyone have any others which really should be tried if found or studiously avoided?