Top beers and breweries of 2017

Beer-based social media brand Untappd has revealed the top 10 most checked-in craft breweries and top 10 most checked-in craft beers by its users for 2017. The list encompasses many familiar faces and a few surprise names, with the total number of the check-ins across the lists totalling more than 10 million. They are both American-dominated lists, but then the app probably has more US-based users than most. Your mission Hopulist readers, should you choose to accept it, is to get on board with Untappd in 2018 and get some more British and European brands in that list for this time next year.

Most checked-in craft beers of 2017: All Day IPA, Founders Brewing (193,988) Two Hearted Ale, Bell’s Brewery (186,599) Traditional Lager, Yuengling Brewery (176,391) Voodoo Ranger IPA, New Belgium (161,822) Fat Tire, New Belgium (145,174) Punk IPA, BrewDog (126,565) 60 Minute IPA, Dogfish Head (124,724) Jai Alai, Cigar City (123,327) Kentucky Breakfast Stout, Founders Brewing (120,249) Stone Ripper, Stone Brewing (118,794) Most checked-in breweries of 2017: Founders Brewing Co, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1,623,801) Stone Brewing, Escondido, California (1,501,390) Sierra Nevada Brewing Co, Chico, California (1,372,539) Boston Beer Co, Boston, Masachussetts (1,187,364) Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, Delaware (1,162,288) New Belgium Brewing Co, Fort Collins, Colorado (1,126,842) Bell’s Brewery, Comstock, Michigan (964,707) BrewDog, Ellon, Scotland (755,959) Trillium Brewing Co, Canton, Masachussetts (742,738) Firestone Walker Brewing Co, Paso Robles, California (696,561) You can download Untappd on Apple or Google Play stores.