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Best Beers, Brewers, New Brewers By Subregion
For the year 2017
Jan 24, 2018
| UNITED STATES | top beer | top brewer | best new brewer |
| Alabama | Straight To Ale Laika Russian Imperial Stout | Straight To Ale | Green Bus Brewing |
| Alaska | Anchorage A Deal With The Devil Barleywine | Midnight Sun Brewing Company | |
| Arizona | Arizona Wilderness Hibiscus Tea Gose | Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company | Tombstone Brewing Company |
| Arkansas | Lost Forty Snake Party | Lost Forty Brewing | |
| California | Abnormal / J. Wakefield All of the Lights | AleSmith Brewing Company | Green Cheek Beer Company |
| Colorado | Avery Uncle Jacob's Stout | Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project | Bierstadt Lagerhaus |
| Connecticut | New England Fuzzy Baby Ducks IPA | New England Brewing Co. | Connecticut Valley Brewing |
| Delaware | Dogfish Head Red & White | Dogfish Head Brewery | |
| Florida | J. Wakefield / Abnormal Bake Kujira (750ml) | Cycle Brewing | Deep Brewing Company |
| Georgia | Creature Comforts See The Stars | Terrapin Beer Company | Piedmont Brewery and Kitchen |
| Hawaii | Maui Brewing Imperial CoCoNut PorTeR | Big Island Brewhaus | |
| Idaho | Woodland Empire Ada County Stout | Grand Teton Brewing Co. | Mad Swede Brewing Company |
| Illinois | Goose Island Bourbon County Stout | Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev) | Whiner Beer Company |
| Indiana | Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout - Bourbon Vanilla Bean | Three Floyds Brewing Company | Four Day Ray Brewery |
| Iowa | Toppling Goliath Kentucky Brunch | Toppling Goliath | |
| Kansas | Tallgrass Vanilla Bean Buffalo Sweat | Free State Brewing Company | |
| Kentucky | Against the Grain 70K | Against the Grain Brewery | Mile Wide Beer Company |
| Louisiana | Great Raft Grace and Grit | Great Raft Brewing | |
| Maine | Bissell Brothers Swish | Maine Beer Company | Battery Steele Brewing Company |
| Maryland | Stillwater Folklore | Stillwater Artisanal | Black Flag Brewing Company |
| Massachusetts | Samuel Adams Utopias | Trillium Brewing Company | Exhibit 'A' Brewing Company |
| Michigan | Bell's Bourbon Barrel-Aged Expedition Stout | Founders Brewing Company | Speciation Artisan Ales |
| Minnesota | Surly Darkness 2014 - Bottled | Surly Brewing Company | Barrel Theory Beer Company |
| Mississippi | SPB Devil's Harvest Breakfast IPA | Southern Prohibition Brewery | |
| Missouri | Perennial Abraxas - Barrel Aged | Side Project Brewing | Shared Brewing |
| Montana | Big Sky Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel | Big Sky Brewing Company | |
| Nebraska | Nebraska Reserve Series Black Betty | Nebraska Brewing Company | White Elm Brewing Company |
| Nevada | Revision / Shoe Tree Disco Ninja | Revision Brewing Company | Revision Brewing Company |
| New Hampshire | Stoneface Double Clip | Smuttynose Brewing Company | Backyard Brewery and Kitchen |
| New Jersey | Kane Sunday Brunch | Kane Brewing Company | The Referend Bier Blendery |
| New Mexico | La Cumbre Project Dank | La Cumbre Brewing Company | |
| New York | Southern Tier Blackwater Series: Choklat | Other Half Brewing | Equilibrium Brewery |
| North Carolina | Wicked Weed Silencio | Wicked Weed Brewing (AB-InBev) | Currahee Brewing Company |
| North Dakota | Drekker Wheez the Juice IPA | Fargo Brewing Company | Flatland Brewery |
| Ohio | Hoppin' Frog Barrel Aged TORIS The Tyrant | Hoppin' Frog Brewery | Streetside Brewery |
| Oklahoma | Prairie Christmas Bomb! - Barrel Aged | Prairie Artisan Ales | |
| Oregon | Pelican Mother of all Storms | De Garde Brewing | Alesong Brewing & Blending |
| Pennsylvania | Voodoo Imperial Breakfast Stout (Woodford Reserve Bourbon Barrels) | Tired Hands Brewing Company | Dancing Gnome Beer |
| Rhode Island | Proclamation Derivative Galaxy Hopped Pale Ale | Proclamation Ale Company | |
| South Carolina | Westbrook Mexican Cake Imperial Stout - Reserva | Westbrook Brewing | Charles Towne Fermentory |
| South Dakota | Crow Peak Pile-O-Dirt Porter | Crow Peak Brewing Company | |
| Tennessee | Blackberry Farm Noble Cuvee Dry Hop Saison (2017) | Blackberry Farm | New Heights Brewing Company |
| Texas | Jester King SPON Raspberry & Cherry | Jester King Brewery | Eureka Heights Brew Company |
| Utah | Epic Big Bad Baptista | Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO) | A. Fisher Brewing Co. |
| Vermont | Hill Farmstead Aaron | Hill Farmstead Brewery | House of Fermentology |
| Virginia | Aslin Double Orange Starfish | The Veil Brewing Company | Stone Brewing Co. (Richmond) |
| Washington | Fremont B-Bomb - Coconut | Fremont Brewing Company | Matchless Brewing |
| Washington DC | Bluejacket Whiskey Barrel-Aged Double Mexican Radio | Bluejacket | |
| West Virginia | Parkersburg Bushwa Berliner Weisse | Greenbrier Valley Brewing Company | Parkersburg Brewing Company |
| Wisconsin | New Glarus Serendipity | New Glarus Brewing Company | Untitled Art |
| Wyoming | Melvin Citradamus | Melvin Brewing Company | Accomplice Beer Company |
| GERMANY | top beer | top brewer | best new brewer |
| Baden-Württemberg | Emma Zapotopaz | Braukollektiv | |
| Bavaria | Schönramer Barrel Aged Imperial Stout - Kentucky Bourbon | Brauerei Aying | FrauGruber Brewing |
| Berlin | Schneeeule / H.ertie Weisse Geuze Yasmin | FUERST WIACEK | FUERST WIACEK |
| Brandenburg | LaBieratorium Alte Welt Ale | Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle | |
| Bremen | Union Brauerei Bremen | ||
| Hamburg | Kehrwieder Imperial Black Prototyp | Buddelship Brauerei | ÜberQuell Brauwerkstätten |
| Hesse | Braufactum Yakeros | BraufactuM (Oetker Group) | |
| Lower Saxony | Mashsee Trainings Lager | Einbecker Brauhaus | Back- & Brauhaus Brinker |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Störtebeker Nordik Porter | Störtebeker Braumanufaktur | |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | Schumacher 1838er | Uerige Obergärige Hausbrauerei | Finne Brauerei |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | BrauArt / Freigeist Apricot Fest | Kuehn Kunz Rosen | Haardt Bier |
| Saarland | Saarfürst Merziger Brauhaus (Karlsberg) | ||
| Saxony | Original Ritterguts Gose | Ritterguts Gose | |
| Saxony-Anhalt | Brewckau | Brewckau | |
| Schleswig-Holstein | Wacken Beer Surtr | Wacken Brauerei | Wacken Brauerei |
| Thuringia | Köstritzer Meisterwerke Pale Ale | Köstritzer Schwarzbierbrauerei (Bitburger) | |
| ENGLAND | top beer | top brewer | best new brewer |
| Bedfordshire | Courage Russian Imperial Stout (2011+) | ||
| Berkshire | Siren Sheltered Spirit | Siren | Stardust |
| Buckinghamshire | XT Brit Hop | XT Brewing | |
| Cambridgeshire | Oakham Blue Skies IPA | Oakham | |
| Cheshire | Redwillow Perceptionless | Redwillow | Chapter |
| Cornwall | Verdant / Honest Brew We've Lost The Manifest | Verdant Brewing | |
| Cumbria | Hawkshead / Cigar City Tiramisu Imperial Stout | Hawkshead | |
| Derbyshire | Thornbridge Hall Bracia | Buxton | Neon Raptor |
| Devon | South Hams | Moonchild | |
| Dorset | Badger An American Venture | Badger (Hall & Woodhouse) | |
| Durham | Durham Imperious | Durham | Three Brothers Brewing Co. |
| East Sussex | Burning Sky Les Amis Du Brassage | Burning Sky | Lost+Found |
| East Yorkshire | Atom Phobos & Deimos | Wold Top | |
| Essex | Crouch Vale | ||
| Gloucestershire | Deya Drenched | Moor | Lost And Grounded |
| Greater London | Beavertown / Three Floyds Tempus Project Heavy Lord Coffee | The Kernel Brewery | Affinity Brew Co. |
| Greater Manchester | Cloudwater Birthday DIPA | Cloudwater Brew Co | Beatnikz Republic |
| Hampshire | Unity Collision | Vibrant Forest | Unity Brewing |
| Herefordshire | Odyssey / Deya Beautiful Blueberries | Odyssey Brew Co | |
| Hertfordshire | Tring Side Pocket for a Toad (Cask) | Mad Squirrel Brewing (prev Red Squirrel Brewing) | |
| Isle Of Wight | Goddards Ducks Folly | Goddards | |
| Kent | Time and Tide The Kraken Coffee Stout | Alpha State | B.A.D Beer Company |
| Lancashire | Thwaites Crafty Dan 13 Guns | Thwaites | |
| Leicestershire | Everards / Brimmer Kawasaki Red Ale | Framework | Framework |
| Lincolnshire | F.A.B. Smokey Joe Porter | Brewster's (UK) | Ferry Ales Brewery (F.A.B.) |
| Merseyside | Mad Hatter Toxteth IPA | Mad Hatter | |
| Norfolk | Redwell West Coast Pale | Lacons | Ampersand Brew Co. |
| North Yorkshire | Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout | ||
| Northamptonshire | Nene Valley Release The Chimps | Nene Valley | |
| Northumberland | Anarchy Sublime Chaos | Anarchy Brew Co. | |
| Nottinghamshire | Black Iris Divine Elements | Black Iris | |
| Oxfordshire | Hook Norton | Church Hanbrewery | |
| Rutland | Grainstore (Davises Brewing Co) | ||
| Shropshire | Salopian / Tiny Rebel Catatonic | Salopian | |
| Somerset | Wild Beer Wildebeest | Wild Beer | |
| South Yorkshire | Abbeydale / Magic Rock / Northern Monk / Siren 4 Degrees of Separation | Exit 33 | |
| Staffordshire | Titanic Plum Porter | Titanic (UK) | |
| Suffolk | Old Chimneys Good King Henry Special Reserve | Old Chimneys | Burnt Mill Brewery |
| Surrey | Hogs Back TEA | Hogs Back | |
| Tyne & Wear | Wylam / Hawkshead Pleasures In The Darkness | Wylam | |
| Warwickshire | Purity Longhorn | Purity | |
| West Midlands | Twisted Barrel Its Aliiive!! | Fixed Wheel | Burning Soul Brewing Company |
| West Sussex | Dark Star American Pale Ale | Dark Star | |
| West Yorkshire | Magic Rock Bourbon Barrel Bearded Lady Hazelnut Dessert Edition | Magic Rock Brewing | |
| Wiltshire | Dark Revolution Voodoo | Dark Revolution | |
| Worcestershire | Bewdley | ||
| CANADA | top beer | top brewer | best new brewer |
| Alberta | Blindman New England-Style Pale Ale | Blindman Brewing | Hell's Basement |
| British Columbia | Four Winds Juxtapose Wild IPA | Superflux (Machine Ales) | Boombox |
| Manitoba | Torque Brewing | Torque Brewing | |
| New Brunswick | Trailway Hu Jon Hops | Trailway Brewing Company | |
| Newfoundland | Yellowbelly Brewery and Public House | ||
| Nova Scotia | Big Spruce Tims Dirty | 2 Crows Brewing | 2 Crows Brewing |
| Ontario | Bellwoods 3 Minutes to Midnight | Bellwoods Brewery | Halcyon Barrel House (Beau's) |
| Prince Edward Island | Prince Edward Island Brewing Company (The Gahan House) | ||
| Quebec | Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel Bourbon | Dieu du Ciel | Microbrasserie Maltstrom |
| Saskatchewan | Black Bridge Brewery (SK) | ||
| Yukon | Yukon Brewing Company |