Current Top 10 Selling High-Proof Brews
(Sales of all sizes of any one particular brew are combined for this ranking)

1. Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA $9.99/4-pack 12 oz. bottles

Origin: Delaware.

Style: American Double.

Alcohol Content: 9.0%.

Beer Advocate Rating: A.

Brewery notes: "A big beer with a great malt backbone that stands up to the extreme hopping rate. Tasting Notes: Brandied fruitcake, raisiney, citrusy. Food Pairing recommendations: Pork chops, beef, grilled fish, frites, focaccia, split pea soup, Stilton cheese & escargot. Glassware recommendation: Snifter." Single 12 ounce bottle is available for $2.79.

2. Chimay Grand Réserve Blue Label Trappist Ale $11.99/750 ml.

Origin: Belgium.

Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale.

Alcohol Content: 9.0%.

Beer Advocate Rating: A-.

Chimay notes: "This is a beer whose fragrance of fresh yeast with a light, flowery rosy touch is especially pleasant. Its flavor, noticed when tasting it, only accentuates the pleasant sensations perceived in the aroma, while revealing a light but pleasant touch of roasted malt. This top fermented Trappist beer, refermented in the bottle, is not pasteurized." The pictured 330 ml. (11 ounce) bottle is $4.99.

3. Pyramid Thunderhead India Pale Ale $7.49/6-pack 12 oz. bottles

Origin: California.

Style: American IPA.

Alcohol Content: 6.7%.

Beer Advocate Rating: B-.

Pyramid Brewing says, "Pyramid India Pale Ale has the distinctively hoppy flavor and aroma craft beer enthusiasts demand. Abundant helpings of Columbus hops gives this ale an astonishing 67 IBU's - truly a beer for bold tastes! Best Paired With: Fish, BBQ and all things hot and spicy"

4. Lion Stout $9.99/6-pack 330 ml. bottles

Origin: Sri Lanka.

Style: Foreign Stout.

Alcohol Content: 8.0%.

Beer Advocate Rating: A-.

Jason Alström, Beer Advocate, comments: "Full bodied with a moderate carbonation. Smooth and creamy without a doubt, coffee and unsweetened chocolate come to mind at the first taste. Fruity twang in the middle of black currants, this twang doubles with a roasted grain flavour that is perfectly balanced. Hints of charcoal and earth run middle to end as the alcohol as kicks in with a warming estery character. Finishes slightly sweet with vague remnants of roastedness. "

5. Flying Dog Brewery Double Dog Pale Ale $8.99/4-pack 12 oz. bottles

Origin: Maryland.

Style: American Double.

Alcohol Content: 11.5%.

Beer Advocate Rating: A-.

Brewery notes: "Aggressively hopped ale with a provocative aroma and hints of raisins and citrus. The appearance is deep amber, unfiltered. Food pairings: Smoked meats, sharp cheddar, sausage. 85 IBUs."

6. Dale's Pale Ale $9.99/6-pack 12 oz. cans

Origin: Colorado.

Style: American IPA.

Alcohol Content: 6.5%.

Beer Advocate Rating: B+.

From Oskar Blue's Cajun Grill & Brewery in Lyons, Colorado. Brewery notes: " Dale's Pale Ale is America's first hand-canned craft beer. It's an assertive but deftly balanced beer (somewhere between an American pale ale and an India Pale Ale) brewed with hefty amounts of European malts and American hops. It features a merengue-like head, a copper color, and a hoppy nose, thanks to a big post-boil addition of Centennial hops. To complement its hoppy first impression, Dale's also sports a rich middle of malts and hops, and a bracing finish. Dale's features 65 International Bittering Units." OMG! A great beer from a CAN!

7. Spaten Optimator $8.99/6-pack 12 oz. bottles

Origin: Germany.

Style: Doppelbock.

Alcohol Content: 7.2%.

Beer Advocate Rating: B+.

Spaten says, "Classic German dark beer, bottom fermented. Full bodied with a deep dark color and rich roasted malt flavor." Beer Advocate's Alström Brothers notes: "Rich deep dark copper with a light tan head that dissipates to a sticky lace. Smell: Hints of caramel, sweet and toasted malt. Taste: Thick and huge stodgy malt, caramel, rounded toasted malt. Ahhh ... a meal in a bottle."

8. Oskar Blues Old Chub Scottish Style Ale $9.99/6-pack 12 oz. cans

Origin: Colorado.

Style: Scottish Ale.

Alcohol Content: 8.0%.

Beer Advocate Rating: A-.

Brewery notes: " Old Chub is brewed with hearty amounts of seven different malts, including crystal and chocolate malts, and a smidge of US and UK hops. Old Chub also gets a dash of beechwood-smoked grains imported from Bamburg, Germany, home of the world's greatest smoked beers. Old Chub takes care of our deep affections for malt.The cola-colored beer (almost black) features a tan head, a creamy, skim-milk mouthfeel, and rich, semi-sweet flavors of caramel and chocolate throughout. The addition of smoked grains gives Old Chub a delicate kiss of smoke on the finish. Here is the beer equivalent of a lightly smoked single malt scotch, or your favorite dark chocolate." Amazing, you can get this quality ale in a can!

9. Boulder Beer Mojo India Pale Ale $8.99/6-pack 12 oz. bottles

Origin: Colorado.

Style: American IPA.

Alcohol Content: 6.8%.

Beer Advocate Rating: B+.

Brewery notes: "A herbaceous ale, pale in color, but packed with flavor, Mojo reflects the perfeect balance of hop bitterness and malt character. The unique Amarillo hop creates a big citrus flavor with an ultra-crisp dry finish." Single 22 ounce bottles are also available for $3.49.

10. Dogfish Head Raison D'etre $10.99/6-pack 12 oz. bottles

Origin: Delaware.

Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale.

Alcohol Content: 8.0%.

Beer Advocate Rating: B.

Brewery notes: "A deep, mahogany ale brewed with beet sugar, green raisins, and Belgian-style yeast. As complex as a fine, red wine. Tasting Notes: Notes of pit fruit, decadent, winey, raisiney, malty. Food Pairing recommendations: Steak, duck, game, wine-reduction sauces, Blue cheese, ham, mussels. Glassware recommendation: Goblet or Snifter."