Map of Best Breweries in America, 2018
RateBeer puts out a list every year for top 100 breweries in the world. The rankings are based on reviews, range across styles, and historical performance (and maybe a bit of subjectivity). RateBeer just published the list for 2018. Here’s a map of the 73 U.S.-based breweries.
Top Brewery States
Here are the U.S. breweries that landed in the RateBeer top 100 this year.
# THAT MADE THE LIST PER 100 BREWERIES
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20.De Garde
51.Hair of the Dog
1.Hill Farmstead
79.Heater Allen
87.Rogue
26.Maine Beer
80. Lawson’s
32.Allagash
42.Deschutes
85 Smuttynose
3.Trillium
53.Kuhnhenn
19.Surly
46.Ommegang
33.Schramm’s
43.Jack’s Abby
12.Founders
5.Tree House
84.Suarez Family
31.Bell’s
15.Toppling Goliath
94.Bullfrog
8.New Glarus
63.Evil Twin
64.Pipeworks
55.Hoppin’ Frog
27. Other Half
25.Sierra Nevada
78.Half Acre
13.Tired Hands
76.Jolly Pumpkin
2.Russian River
56.Goose Island
54.Victory
59. Stillwater
70.Avery
100.Lagunitas
7.Three Floyds
86.Dogfish Head
49.Cellarmaker
92.Drakes
99.Jackie O’s
75.Crooked Stave
77.Almanac
60.Casey
9.Side Project
69.Boulevard
10.Sante Adairius
67.Perennial
16.Firestone Walker
98.Wicked Weed
82.Prairie
68.Bottle Logic
97.Monkish
29.Bruery
35.Superstition
11.Port/The Lost Abbey
22.Stone
65.Mikkeller
45.Alpine
58.Westbrook
6.AleSmith
23.Modern Times Beer
61.Ballast Point
95.Jester King
For the number of breweries in the state, Alaska is killing it. You go, Alaska.
72.Angry Chair
4.Cigar City
24.Cycle
36.Funky Buddha
48. Midnight Sun
81.3 Sons
89.J. Wakefield
73. Anchorage
# THAT MADE THE LIST PER 100 BREWERIES
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1.Hill Farmstead
3.Trillium
5.Tree House
8.New Glarus
2.Russian River
7.Three Floyds
9.Side Project
10.Sante Adairius
6.AleSmith
4.Cigar City
# THAT MADE THE LIST PER 100 BREWERIES
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1.Hill Farmstead
3.Trillium
5.Tree House
8.New Glarus
2.Russian River
7.Three Floyds
9.Side Project
10.Sante Adairius
6.AleSmith
4.Cigar City
There are a couple of breweries, BrewDog and Mikkeller, that aren’t based in the United States, but they have physical tap rooms or headquarters in the U.S., so they’re also in there.
Then there are Evil Twin and Stillwater, who are gypsy brewers. Their beer is made at other breweries. I just used the addresses listed on their sites.
Bottom line: If you want good beer, head west or northeast. It’s a bit bare in the middle.
Brewery Road Trip, Optimized With Genetic Algorithm
Now that we know where they are, let’s find out how to visit all of them in one go.
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