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World's Best Places For Beer
For the year 2015
THU Jan, 21, 2016
A summary of the very best beer retailers in the states, provinces and counties as judged by the worldwide beer enthusiasts at RateBeer and calculated from their many reviews. Many thanks to all those who work hard every day to provide us with the very best best beers, stored and served to the highest standards, in an enjoyable atmosphere.
| UNITED STATES | brewpub | restaurant | brewer tap room | bottle shop | grocery | bar |
| Alabama | J. Clyde | Good People Brewing Company | Hop City Birmingham | The Nook | ||
| Alaska | Mooses Tooth Pub and Pizzeria | The Hangar on the Wharf | Midnight Sun Brewing Company | La Bodega | Cafe Amsterdam | |
| Arizona | Papago Brewing Company | 1702 (formerly Local Dough) | Dragoon Brewing Co. Tap Room | Plaza Liquors | Whole Foods Market - Chandler | Angel’s Trumpet Ale House |
| Arkansas | Flying Saucer Draught Emporium - Little Rock | |||||
| California | Russian River Brewing | Beachwood BBQ | The Bruery | El Cerrito Market & Liquor | Berkeley Bowl Market - West | Churchill’s Pub and Grille |
| Colorado | Trinity Brewpub | Choice City Butcher and Deli | Odell Brewing Company | Wilburs Total Beverage | Falling Rock Tap House | |
| Connecticut | Willimantic Brewing Company and Main Street Cafe | Two Roads Brewing Company | Mountview Plaza Wines and Liquors | The Ginger Man - Norwalk | ||
| Delaware | Dogfish Head Brewing & Eats | Fins Fish House and Raw Bar | Dogfish Head Brewery | Total Wine & More - Claymont | Two Stones Pub | |
| Florida | Redlight Redlight Beer Parlour & Brewery | Peg’s Cantina | Cigar City Brewing | Knightly Spirits - Orange Blossom Trail | Grassroots Natural Market | Mermaid Juice |
| Georgia | Wrecking Bar Brewpub | Trappeze Pub | Terrapin Beer Company | Hop City Craft Beer and Wine - West Midtown | The Porter Beer Bar | |
| Hawaii | Kona Brewing Company - Kailua | Kona Brewing Company - KoKo Marina Pub | The Liquor Collection | REAL a gastropub | ||
| Idaho | Sockeye Grill & Brewery - Cole Rd | Flying Pie Pizzaria - Boise (State St.) | Laughing Dog Brewing | Enoteca - Fine Wine and Beer | Boise Co-Op | BitterCreek Ale House |
| Illinois | Revolution Brewing Company - Milwaukee Ave Brewpub | Northdown Cafe and Taproom | Half Acre Beer Company & Taproom | West Lakeview Liquors | Whole Foods Market - Lincoln Park | Local Option |
| Indiana | New Albanian Brewing Company Pizzeria and Public House | M. Mogger’s Restaurant & Pub | New Day Craft Mead & Cider | Keg Liquors - Clarksville | The Heorot | |
| Iowa | Court Avenue Restaurant and Brewing Co. | Reds Alehouse | Toppling Goliath | John’s Grocery | El Bait Shop | |
| Kansas | Free State Brewing Company | Barley’s Brewhaus - Overland Park | Goebel Liquor | |||
| Kentucky | Against the Grain Brewery & Smokehouse | Sergio’s World Beers | Country Boy Brewery | The Party Source | Valu Market - Bardstown Rd. | Holy Grale |
| Louisiana | The Chimes Restaurant & Oyster Bar | NOLA Brewing Co. | Stein’s Market and Deli | Avenue Pub | ||
| Maine | Liquid Riot Bottling Company | Ebenezer Kezars Restaurant and Pub | Maine Beer Company | Tully’s Beer & Wine | Novare Res Bier Café | |
| Maryland | Evolution Craft Brewing Company - Public House | Of Love & Regret - Pub and Provisions | Burley Oak Brewery | State Line Liquors | Max’s Taphouse | |
| Massachusetts | Cambridge Brewing Company | Horseshoe Pub & Restaurant | Jack’s Abby Brewing | Julio’s Liquors | Armsby Abbey | |
| Michigan | HopCat | Slows Bar BQ | Founders Brewing Company | Champane’s Wine Cellars | Siciliano’s Specialty Market | Ashley’s |
| Minnesota | Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery | Town Hall Tap | Surly Brewing Company | Heritage Liquor | The Happy Gnome | |
| Missouri | Schlafly Tap Room - Saint Louis Brewery | Bailey’s Range | Side Project Cellar | Wine and Cheese Place (Clayton) | Bridge Tap House & Wine Bar | |
| Montana | Tamarack Brewing | Montana Ale Works | Bayern Brewing | Liquid Planet | Worden’s Market & Deli | The Rhinoceros |
| Nebraska | Upstream Brewing Company (Old Market) | Beertopia | Crescent Moon Alehouse (Huber Haus & Max and Joes) | |||
| Nevada | Silver Peak Restaurant & Brewery | Yard House - Las Vegas (Town Square) | Banger Brewing Company | Total Wine & More - Las Vegas (Summerlin), NV | Aces & Ales (Tenaya Way) | |
| New Hampshire | Portsmouth Brewery | Smuttynose Brewing Company | Bert’s Better Beers | |||
| New Jersey | Iron Hill Maple Shade | Cloverleaf Tavern | Kane Brewing Company | Oak Tree Discount Wines and Liquors | Andy’s Corner Bar | |
| New Mexico | Marble Brewery | La Cumbre Brewing Co. | Jubilation Fine Wines and Spirits | |||
| New York | The Peekskill Brewery | Blue Monk | Other Half Brewing Co. | Half Time | DeCicco Food Market (Ardsley) | Tørst (Torst) |
| North Carolina | Wicked Weed Brewing | Barley’s Taproom and Pizzeria - Asheville | Wicked Weed Funkatorium | Bruisin’ Ales | The Common Market | The Thirsty Monk |
| North Dakota | Laughing Sun Brewing Company | Happy Harry’s Bottle Shop - Fargo (45th Street) | ||||
| Ohio | Jackie O’s Brewpub & Public House | Brews Cafe | Jackie O’s Production Facility & Taproom | Vintage Estate Wine and Beer | Jungle Jim’s International Market - Fairfield | Tremont Tap House |
| Oklahoma | Pete’s Place Restaurant & Brewery | Midtown Liquor | RePUBlic Gastropub | |||
| Oregon | Cascade Brewing Barrel House | Higgins Restaurant and Bar | Hair of the Dog Brewing Company | The Bier Stein | Beaumont Market | Belmont Station |
| Pennsylvania | Tired Hands Brewing Company - Brew Cafe | Sharp Edge Creekhouse | Weyerbacher Brewing Company | The Beer Store | Whole Foods Market - Plymouth Meeting | Capones Restaurant |
| Rhode Island | Julian’s | Nikki’s Liquors | The Malted Barley | |||
| South Carolina | Barley’s Taproom & Pizzeria | Westbrook Brewing Company | The Charleston Beer Exchange | Whole Foods Market - Greenville | Flying Saucer Draught Emporium - Columbia | |
| Tennessee | Terminal BrewHouse | 12 South Tap Room and Grill | Yazoo Brewing Company | Craft Brewed | Flying Saucer Draught Emporium - Nashville | |
| Texas | Draught House Pub and Brewery | Meddlesome Moth | Jester King Brewery | D&Q - The Beer Station | Whole Foods Market - Lamar, and Bar Lamar | Craft and Growler |
| Utah | Squatters BrewPub (SLC Brewing) | Epic Brewing Company | The Bayou | |||
| Vermont | American Flatbread Burlington Hearth / Zero Gravity Craft Brewery | Prohibition Pig Restaurant | Hill Farmstead Brewery | Craft Beer Cellar - Waterbury | Hunger Mountain Coop | Three Penny Taproom |
| Virginia | Blue Mountain Brewery and Hop Farm | Mekong Restaurant | Strangeways Brewing | Grape And Gourmet | Whole Foods Market - Vienna | The Birch |
| Washington | Walking Man Brewing & Public House | Yard House - Seattle | Reuben’s Brews | The Beer Junction | Whole Foods Market - Roosevelt Square | Brouwer’s Cafe |
| Washington DC | The Arsenal at Bluejacket | Birch & Barley | DC Brau | Chevy Chase Wine and Liquors | ChurchKey | |
| Wisconsin | Vintage Brewing Company | Brasserie V | New Glarus Brewing | Historic Casanova Liquors | Woodman’s Foods - Oak Creek | Sugar Maple |
| Wyoming | Snake River Brewing Co. | Sanford’s Pub and Grub - Cheyenne | Thai Me Up Restaurant & Brewery | |||
| GERMANY | brewpub | restaurant | brewer tap room | bottle shop | grocery | bar |
| Bavaria | Brauerei Witzgall | Ayingers Speis und Trank | Kloster Andechs | Landbierparadies | Tap House Munich | |
| Berlin | Vagabund Brauerei | Das Meisterstück | Hopfen & Malz | Hopfenreich | ||
| Brandenburg | Braumanufaktur Forsthaus Templin | |||||
| Hamburg | Altes Mädchen Braugasthaus | Craft Beer Store | Galopper des Jahres | |||
| Hesse | Maruhn | |||||
| North Rhine-Westphalia | Braustelle | P&M Getränke | Gaststätte Lommerzheim | |||
| Saxony | Gasthaus und Gosebrauerei Bayerischer Bahnhof | |||||
| ENGLAND | brewpub | restaurant | brewer tap room | bottle shop | grocery | bar |
| Bedfordshire | Wellington Arms | |||||
| Berkshire | Siren Craft Brewery | Grumpy Goat | Nags Head | |||
| Buckinghamshire | Hop Pole Inn | White Horse | ||||
| Cambridgeshire | Bacchanalia - Mill Road | Cambridge Blue | ||||
| Cheshire | Brewery Tap (Spitting Feathers) | Chester Beer and Wine | Redwillow Bar | |||
| Cornwall | Blue Anchor | |||||
| Cumbria | Beer Hall (Hawkshead) | Tebay Services | ||||
| Derbyshire | Brunswick Inn | Buxton Tap House | ||||
| Devon | Beer Engine | Darts Farm | Teign Cellars | |||
| Durham | Half Moon (Crafty Pint) | Rat Race Ale House | ||||
| East Sussex | Trafalgar Wines | Evening Star (Dark Star) | ||||
| East Yorkshire | Lion & Key | |||||
| Essex | Ales By Mail | Ale House | ||||
| Gloucestershire | Small Bar | Moor Brewery Tap | Favourite Beers | Beer Emporium | ||
| Greater London | Cock Tavern (Howling Hops) | Duke’s Brew & Que (Beavertown) | Brew By Numbers Brewery | Kris Wines | Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell | |
| Greater Manchester | Marble Arch Inn (Marble) | Beermoth | Port Street Beer House | |||
| Hampshire | Bitter Virtue | Guide Dog | ||||
| Herefordshire | Barrels (Wye Valley) | |||||
| Hertfordshire | BEER:shop | Rising Sun | ||||
| Isle Of Wight | Cowes Ale House | |||||
| Kent | Foundry Brew Pub (Canterbury Brewers) | Bottle Shop - Canterbury | ||||
| Lancashire | Tap House | |||||
| Leicestershire | Swan and Rushes | |||||
| Merseyside | Ship in a Bottle | Ship and Mitre | ||||
| Norfolk | St. Andrews Brewhouse | Beers Of Europe | Fat Cat | |||
| North Yorkshire | North Riding Brew Pub | Trembling Madness Drinks Shop | York Tap | |||
| Nottinghamshire | Vat and Fiddle (Castle Rock) | BrewDog Nottingham | ||||
| Oxfordshire | Hook Norton Brewery Visitor Centre | Royal Blenheim (White Horse) | ||||
| Rutland | Exeter Arms (Barrowden) | Grainstore Brewery | ||||
| Shropshire | White Lion Inn (Hop & Stagger) | Appleyards Delicatessen | Crown | |||
| Somerset | Bath Brew House (James Street Brewery) | Independent Spirit | Raven | |||
| South Yorkshire | Wellington (Little Ale Cart) | Sheffield Tap (Tapped Sheffield) | Shakespeare’s Ale & Cider House | |||
| Staffordshire | Burton Bridge Inn (Burton Bridge) | Duke of York (Joules) | ||||
| Suffolk | Dove Street Inn | |||||
| Surrey | Cobbett’s Real Ales | Egham United Services Club (EUSC) | ||||
| Tyne & Wear | Glug | Bacchus | ||||
| West Midlands | Beacon Hotel (Sarah Hughes) | Cotteridge Wines | Wellington (Black Country Inns) | |||
| West Sussex | Gribble Inn | Dolphin & Anchor (JDW) | ||||
| West Yorkshire | Rat & Ratchet | Refectory (Northern Monk) | Beer Ritz | Grove | ||
| Wiltshire | Weighbridge Brewhouse | King’s Head Inn (JDW) | ||||
| Worcestershire | Coach and Horses (Weatheroak Hill) | Firefly | ||||
| CANADA | brewpub | restaurant | brewer tap room | bottle shop | grocery | bar |
| Alberta | Sugarbowl | Sherbrooke Liquor Store | Beer Revolution Craft Beer and Pizza Bar | |||
| British Columbia | Spinnakers Brewpub | Brassneck Brewery | Brewery Creek Cold Beer and Wine Store | The Alibi Room | ||
| Nova Scotia | Stillwell | |||||
| Ontario | Bellwoods Brewery | beerbistro | Grand River Brewing | barVolo | ||
| Prince Edward Island | The Gahan House | |||||
| Quebec | Dieu du Ciel | Le Fourquet Fourchette | Microbrasserie Dieu du Ciel | Dépanneur Peluso (Bonisoir) | Vices et Versa | |
| Saskatchewan | Bushwakker Brewpub | Paddock Wood Microbrewery |