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Best Brewers in the World
For the year 2017
JAN 30, 2018 - The top 100 brewers in the world according to a summary score based on available reviews. The summarization is based on ten different weighted scales that place an emphasis on reviews of the past year and top performing beers but also includes historical all-around performance, a brewer's range of performance across styles, and other factors to compare newer and older, larger and smaller brewers under a single method of processing. The winners here are presented as an ordered top ten and unordered top one hundred. The members of this list reflect the top performing brewers of over 24,000 listed at RateBeer.
The Top 10
Hill Farmstead Brewery
Cloudwater Brew Co
Trillium Brewing Company
AleSmith Brewing Company
Cycle Brewing
Omnipollo
Other Half Brewing
Cigar City Brewing
Mikkeller
Evil Twin Brewing
Complete list
| brewer | city | state | country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Seven Island Brewery | Corfu | - | Greece | |
| Abnormal Beer Company | San Diego | California | USA | |
| AleSmith Brewing Company | San Diego | California | USA | |
| Allagash Brewing Company | Portland | Maine | USA | |
| Almanac Beer Company | San Francisco | California | USA | |
| Alpine Beer Company (CA) | Alpine | California | USA | |
| Amager Bryghus | Kastrup | - | Denmark | |
| Angry Chair Brewing | Tampa | Florida | USA | |
| Avery Brewing Company | Boulder | Colorado | USA | |
| Ballast Point Brewing Company (Constellation) | San Diego | California | USA | |
| Beavertown Brewery | Tottenham Hale | Greater London | England | |
| Bell's Brewery | Galesburg | Michigan | USA | |
| Bellwoods Brewery | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | |
| Bokkereyder | Hasselt | - | Belgium | |
| Bottle Logic Brewing | Anaheim | California | USA | |
| Boulevard Brewing Company (Duvel-Moortgat) | Kansas City | Missouri | USA | |
| Brasserie Auval Brewing Co. | Val d’Espoir | Quebec | Canada | |
| Brasserie de la Senne | Brussels | - | Belgium | |
| Brasserie Dunham | Dunham | Quebec | Canada | |
| BrewDog | Ellon, Aberdeenshire | - | Scotland | |
| Brewery Ommegang (Duvel-Moortgat) | Cooperstown | New York | USA | |
| Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen | Lot, Beersel | - | Belgium | |
| Brouwerij de Molen | Bodegraven | - | Netherlands | |
| Brouwerij Kees | Middelburg | - | Netherlands | |
| Browar Artezan | Błonie | - | Poland | |
| Browar Widawa | Chrząstawa Mała | - | Poland | |
| Buxton | Buxton | Derbyshire | England | |
| Cantillon | Brussels | - | Belgium | |
| Casey Brewing and Blending | Glenwood Springs | Colorado | USA | |
| Cellarmaker Brewing Company | San Francisco | California | USA | |
| Cigar City Brewing | Tampa | Florida | USA | |
| Cloudwater Brew Co | Manchester | Greater Manchester | England | |
| Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project | Denver | Colorado | USA | |
| Cycle Brewing | Saint Petersburg | Florida | USA | |
| De Garde Brewing | Tillamook | Oregon | USA | |
| De Struise Brouwers | Oostvleteren | - | Belgium | |
| Deschutes Brewery | Bend | Oregon | USA | |
| Dieu du Ciel | Montreal | Quebec | Canada | |
| Dogfish Head Brewery | Milton | Delaware | USA | |
| Dugges Bryggeri | Landvetter | - | Sweden | |
| Evil Twin Brewing | Brooklyn | New York | USA | |
| Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat) | Paso Robles | California | USA | |
| Founders Brewing Company | Grand Rapids | Michigan | USA | |
| Fremont Brewing Company | Seattle | Washington | USA | |
| Fuller's | Chiswick | Greater London | England | |
| Funky Buddha Brewery (Constellation) | Oakland Park | Florida | USA | |
| Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev) | Chicago | Illinois | USA | |
| Hair of the Dog Brewing Company | Portland | Oregon | USA | |
| Half Acre Beer Company | Chicago | Illinois | USA | |
| Hill Farmstead Brewery | Greensboro | Vermont | USA | |
| Hoppin' Frog Brewery | Akron | Ohio | USA | |
| J. Wakefield Brewing | Miami | Florida | USA | |
| Jack's Abby Brewing | Framingham | Massachusetts | USA | |
| Jackie O's Pub & Brewery | Athens | Ohio | USA | |
| Kuhnhenn Brewing | Warren | Michigan | USA | |
| Lagunitas Brewing Company (Heineken) | Petaluma | California | USA | |
| Lervig Aktiebryggeri | Stavanger | - | Norway | |
| Magic Rock Brewing | Huddersfield | West Yorkshire | England | |
| Maine Beer Company | Freeport | Maine | USA | |
| Midnight Sun Brewing Company | Anchorage | Alaska | USA | |
| Mikkeller | Copenhagen | - | Denmark | |
| Mikkeller San Diego | San Diego | California | USA | |
| Modern Times Beer | San Diego | California | USA | |
| New Glarus Brewing Company | New Glarus | Wisconsin | USA | |
| Nøgne Ø (Hansa Borg) | Grimstad | - | Norway | |
| Northern Monk Brew Co. | Leeds | West Yorkshire | England | |
| Omnipollo | Stockholm | - | Sweden | |
| Other Half Brewing | Brooklyn | New York | USA | |
| Perennial Artisan Ales | St. Louis | Missouri | USA | |
| Pipeworks Brewing Company | Chicago | Illinois | USA | |
| Pips Meadery | Beach Park | Illinois | USA | |
| Põhjala | Tallinn | - | Estonia | |
| Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey | San Marcos | California | USA | |
| Prairie Artisan Ales | Tulsa | Oklahoma | USA | |
| Russian River Brewing | Santa Rosa | California | USA | |
| Sante Adairius Rustic Ales | Capitola | California | USA | |
| Schramm's Mead | Ferndale | Michigan | USA | |
| Side Project Brewing | Maplewood | Missouri | USA | |
| Sierra Nevada Brewing Company | Chico | California | USA | |
| Siren | Finchampstead | Berkshire | England | |
| Stigbergets Bryggeri | Göteborg | - | Sweden | |
| Stillwater Artisanal | Baltimore | Maryland | USA | |
| Stone Brewing | Escondido | California | USA | |
| Superstition Meadery | Prescott | Arizona | USA | |
| Surly Brewing Company | Minneapolis | Minnesota | USA | |
| Tempest Brewing Co | Tweedbank, Scottish Borders | - | Scotland | |
| The Bruery | Placentia | California | USA | |
| The Kernel Brewery | Bermondsey | Greater London | England | |
| Three Floyds Brewing Company | Munster | Indiana | USA | |
| Tired Hands Brewing Company | Ardmore | Pennsylvania | USA | |
| To Øl | Copenhagen N | - | Denmark | |
| Toppling Goliath | Decorah | Iowa | USA | |
| Tree House Brewing Company | Charlton | Massachusetts | USA | |
| Trillium Brewing Company | Boston | Massachusetts | USA | |
| Uiltje Brewing Co. | Haarlem | - | Netherlands | |
| Victory Brewing Company (ABV) | Downingtown | Pennsylvania | USA | |
| Voodoo Brewing Co. | Meadville | Pennsylvania | USA | |
| Warpigs Brewpub | Copenhagen | - | Denmark | |
| Westbrook Brewing | Mount Pleasant | South Carolina | USA | |
| Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus | Westvleteren | - | Belgium |