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Best Beers, Brewers, New Brewers By Subregion
For the year 2016
SUN Jan, 29, 2017
| UNITED STATES | top beer | top brewer | best new brewer |
| Alabama | Good People Snake Handler | Straight To Ale | |
| Alaska | Midnight Sun Berserker | Midnight Sun Brewing Company | Bearpaw River Brewing Company |
| Arizona | Dragoon Lazarus | Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company | The Shop Beer Co. |
| Arkansas | Ozark Bourbon Barrel Aged Double Cream Stout | Moody Brews | |
| California | AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged | Stone Brewing | Moonraker Brewing Company |
| Colorado | WeldWerks Coffee Maple Achromatic | Avery Brewing Company | Cerebral Brewing |
| Connecticut | New England Coriolis | New England Brewing Co. | Outer Light Brewing Company |
| Delaware | Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2001/2003-Present (18%) | Dogfish Head Brewery | Crooked Hammock Brewery |
| Florida | Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout - Double Barrel Aged | Cycle Brewing | Civil Society Brewing Co. |
| Georgia | 5 Seasons North The Grape Ape Imperial Oatmeal Stout | Terrapin Beer Company | Scofflaw Brewing Company |
| Hawaii | Big Island / Caldera Red Sea Imperial Red Gose | Maui Brewing Company | Waikiki Brewing Company |
| Idaho | Sockeye Big Creek Trappist | Grand Teton Brewing Co. | Barbarian Brewing |
| Illinois | Goose Island Bourbon County Stout | Pipeworks Brewing Company | Hubbard’s Cave Brewery |
| Indiana | Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout (Bourbon Vanilla Bean) | Three Floyds Brewing Company | Deviate Brewing |
| Iowa | Toppling Goliath Mornin’ Delight | Toppling Goliath | Pulpit Rock Brewing Company |
| Kansas | Tallgrass Wooden Rooster | Free State Brewing Company | Kansas Territory Brewing Company |
| Kentucky | Against the Grain 70K | Against the Grain Brewery | 3rd Turn Brewing |
| Louisiana | Parish Farmhouse IPA | Abita Brewing Company | Urban South Brewery |
| Maine | Maine Beer Dinner | Allagash Brewing Company | |
| Maryland | Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter | Stillwater Artisanal | Waredaca Brewing Company |
| Massachusetts | Tree House King JJJuliusss | Trillium Brewing Company | Castle Island Brewing Company |
| Michigan | Bell’s Black Note Stout | Bell’s Brewery | Roak Brewing Co. |
| Minnesota | Surly Darkness | Surly Brewing Company | Forager Brewing Company |
| Mississippi | Lazy Magnolia Timber Beast | Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company | |
| Missouri | Side Project Anabasis | Side Project Brewing | Narrow Gauge Brewing Company |
| Montana | Big Sky Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel | Big Sky Brewing Company | MAP Brewing |
| Nebraska | Nebraska Reserve Series Melange A Trois | Nebraska Brewing Company | Boiler Brewing Company |
| Nevada | Saint James Daily Wages | Joseph James Brewing Company | |
| New Hampshire | Smuttynose Big Beer Series: Imperial Stout | Smuttynose Brewing Company | Deciduous Brewing Company |
| New Jersey | Kane A Night to End All Dawns | Kane Brewing Company | Magnify Brewing Company |
| New Mexico | La Cumbre El Negro RIS | La Cumbre Brewing Company | |
| New York | Evil Twin Double Barrel Jesus | Evil Twin Brewing | Suarez Family Brewery |
| North Carolina | Highland Black Watch Double Chocolate Milk Stout | Wicked Weed Brewing | Zebulon Artisan Ales |
| North Dakota | Fargo Iron Horse Pale Ale | Fargo Brewing Company | Rhombus Guys Brewing Company |
| Ohio | Jackie O’s Iced Coffee Apparition | Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery | Little Fish Brewing Company |
| Oklahoma | Prairie Apple Brandy Barrel Noir | Prairie Artisan Ales | American Solera |
| Oregon | De Garde The Peach | De Garde Brewing | Great Notion Brewing |
| Pennsylvania | Voodoo ManBearPig | Tired Hands Brewing Company | |
| Rhode Island | Grey Sail Stargazer Imperial Stout | Proclamation Ale Company | |
| South Carolina | Westbrook Mexican Cake Imperial Stout - Red Wine Barrel | Westbrook Brewing | Birds Fly South Ale Project |
| South Dakota | Crow Peak Pile-O-Dirt Porter | Gandy Dancer Brew Works | WoodGrain Brewing Company |
| Tennessee | Wiseacre Astronaut Status | Blackberry Farm | Alliance Brewing Company |
| Texas | Jester King Atrial Rubicite | Jester King Brewery | Eureka Heights Brew Co. |
| Utah | Epic Big Bad Baptista | Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO) | 2 Row Brewing |
| Vermont | Hill Farmstead Damon | Hill Farmstead Brewery | Foam Brewers |
| Virginia | Lickinghole Creek Great Commander | Hardywood Park Craft Brewery | The Veil Brewing Company |
| Washington | Fremont Rusty Nail | Fremont Brewing Company | Cloudburst Brewing |
| Washington DC | DC Brau For Others | Bluejacket | The Public Option |
| West Virginia | Morgantown First Shift Coffee Porter | Big Timber Brewing Company | Screech Owl Brewing |
| Wisconsin | Central Waters Ardea Insignis Imperial Stout | New Glarus Brewing Company | Third Space Brewing |
| Wyoming | Melvin Brosaic | Melvin Brewing Company (Thai Me Up) | |
| GERMANY | top beer | top brewer | best new brewer |
| Baden-Württemberg | Braukollektiv Dolly IPA | Häffner Bräu | Emma - Biere ohne Bart |
| Bavaria | Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock | Gänstaller Bräu | Yankee & Kraut |
| Berlin | Schoppe Katerfrühstück | Brauerei Lemke | Stone Brewing Co. (Berlin) |
| Brandenburg | Braumanufaktur Maibock | Meierei Brauhaus | LaBieratorium |
| Bremen | Hopfenfänger Kräusen | Brauerei Beck & Co./Becks (InBev) | Union Brauerei Bremen GmbH |
| Hamburg | Buddelship 7 Bridges Rye Whisky | Kehrwieder Kreativbrauerei | Hopper Bräu GmbH & Co.KG |
| Hesse | BraufactuM Progusta | Bad Homburger Brauhaus Graf Zeppelin | Wiesbadener Braumanufaktur UG |
| Lower Saxony | Mashsee Captain Blaubeer | Mashsee Brauerei | Hemelinger Getränke Ahlers GmbH |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Eick Bräu Gievitzer Imperator | Störtebeker Braumanufaktur | Rügener Insel-Brauerei GmbH |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | Schlüssel Stike | Freigeist Bierkultur | BierAtelier - Markus Harms |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | Sander Protaste Rebel | Kuehn Kunz Rosen | Hop’s Brewing GmbH |
| Saarland | Bruch Wadgasser Klosterbräu Hopfenperle | Mettlacher Abtei-Bräu | Flammings Flammbräu - Brauhof Saar |
| Saxony | Bayerischer Bahnhof Leipziger Porticus | Gasthaus & Gosebrauerei Bayerischer Bahnhof | Stonewood Braumanufaktur |
| Saxony-Anhalt | Original Wippraer Schwarzbier | Brauhaus am Landmarkt | |
| Schleswig-Holstein | Wacken Beer Tanngnjostir und Tanngrisnir | Privatbrauerei Albersdorf | Wacken Brauerei GmbH & Co. KG |
| Thuringia | Köstritzer Meisterwerke Pale Ale | Museumsbrauerei Schmitt | |
| ENGLAND | top beer | top brewer | best new brewer |
| Bedfordshire | Courage Russian Imperial Stout (2011+) | Charles Wells | |
| Berkshire | Siren / Cigar City Caribbean Chocolate Cake (Barrel Aged) | Siren | Elusive Brewing |
| Buckinghamshire | XT 14 Saison | XT Brewing | |
| Cambridgeshire | Oakham Green Devil IPA | Oakham | |
| Cheshire | Redwillow Heartless | Redwillow | Deva |
| Cornwall | St. Austell Big Job | Harbour | Verdant Brewing |
| Cumbria | Hawkshead / Wild Beer Oat Wine (Cider Brandy BA) | Hawkshead | |
| Derbyshire | Buxton / Omnipollo Yellow Belly Sundae | Buxton | Torrside Brewing |
| Devon | O’Hanlon’s Port Stout | Hanlon’s (prev O’Hanlon’s) | |
| Dorset | Badger Golden Champion | Gyle 59 | |
| Durham | Durham White Stout | Durham | Steam Machine Brewing Co. |
| East Sussex | Harveys Imperial Extra Double Stout | Harveys | Gun Brewery |
| East Yorkshire | Wold Top Shepherd’s Watch | All Hallows | |
| Essex | Nethergate Old Growler (Cask) | Crouch Vale | |
| Gloucestershire | Moor Old Freddy Walker | Arbor | Lost And Grounded |
| Greater London | The Kernel Imperial Brown Stout London 1856 | The Kernel | Long Arm Brewing Co. |
| Greater Manchester | Cloudwater DIPA - v9 | Cloudwater Brew Co | |
| Hampshire | Triple fff Citra Sonic | Vibrant Forest | |
| Herefordshire | Odyssey Brew Co | ||
| Hertfordshire | Tring Tea Kettle Stout | Tring | |
| Isle Of Wight | Goddards Fuggle-Dee-Dum | Goddards | |
| Kent | Time and Tide The Kraken Coffee Stout | Alpha State | |
| Lancashire | Thwaites Crafty Dan 13 Guns | Booth’s Supermarket | |
| Leicestershire | Everards Yakima | Everards | |
| Lincolnshire | Batemans Mocha (Bottle & Keg) | Batemans | |
| Merseyside | Mad Hatter Toxteth IPA | Mad Hatter | Neptune Brewery |
| Norfolk | Redwell West Coast Pale | Wolf | St. Andrew’s Brewhouse (Norwich) |
| North Yorkshire | Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout | Samuel Smith | North Riding (East Ayton) |
| Northamptonshire | Great Oakley | ||
| Northumberland | Anarchy Sublime Chaos | Anarchy Brew Co. | Credence |
| Nottinghamshire | Blue Monkey Chocolate Amaretto Guerrilla | Blue Monkey | Beeston Hop |
| Oxfordshire | Ridgeway Imperial Russian Stout | Lovibonds Brewery | |
| Rutland | Grainstore (Davises Brewing Co) | Baker’s Dozen Brewing Co. | |
| Shropshire | Salopian Automaton | Salopian | |
| Somerset | Wild Beer Wildebeest | Wild Beer | Electric Bear Brewing Co |
| South Yorkshire | Acorn Barnsley Bitter (Cask) | Abbeydale | Lost Industry Brewing |
| Staffordshire | Titanic Plum Porter | Titanic (UK) | |
| Suffolk | St Peters Cream Stout | Old Chimneys | Little Earth Project |
| Surrey | Hogs Back Advent Ale (Bottle) | Hogs Back | Decent Brewery |
| Tyne & Wear | Northern Alchemy Lemon & Vanilla Oatmeal Stout | Wylam | Errant Brewery |
| Warwickshire | Purity Longhorn | Purity | |
| West Midlands | Twisted Barrel The Call of Korriban | Banks’s (Marston’s) | Burning Soul Brewing Company |
| West Sussex | Dark Star Revelation | Dark Star | Two Tribes Brewery |
| West Yorkshire | Magic Rock Bourbon Barrel Bearded Lady Dessert Edition | Magic Rock Brewing | North Brewing Co |
| Wiltshire | Hop Back Citra | Dark Revolution | Dark Revolution |
| Worcestershire | Urban Huntsman Brew Co. | RnR Brew Ltd. | |
| CANADA | top beer | top brewer | best new brewer |
| Alberta | Wild Rose Imperial IPA | Alley Kat Brewing Company | Bench Creek Brewing |
| British Columbia | Steamworks Flagship IPA | Driftwood Brewery (Canada) | Boombox |
| Manitoba | Half Pints Le Temps Noir Batch Two | Half Pints Brewing Co. | Torque Brewing |
| New Brunswick | Pump House Muddy River Stout | Les Brasseurs du Petit Sault | Distillerie Fils du Roy |
| Newfoundland | Quidi Vidi Brewing Company | ||
| Nova Scotia | Hart & Thistle 37Hr Simcoe SMaSH | Garrison Brewing Company | Unfiltered Brewing |
| Ontario | Bellwoods Bring Out Your Dead | Bellwoods Brewery | High Road Brewing |
| Prince Edward Island | Gahan Blueberry Ale | Prince Edward Island Brewing Company (The Gahan House) | Upstreet Brewing |
| Quebec | Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel Bourbon | Brasserie Dunham | Brasserie Auval Brewing Co. |
| Saskatchewan | Paddock Wood Xocolatl Porter Chocolate | Paddock Wood Microbrewery | |
| Yukon | Yukon Belgian Gothic Saison | Yukon Brewing Company |