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Best Places For Beer By Subregion
The very best places to have a beer
For the year 2017
Jan 25, 2018
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 | Bear Tooth Theatrepub and Grill | Midnight Sun Brewing Company | La Bodega | Humpy's Great Alaskan Alehouse | |
| Arizona | Papago Brewing Company | 1702 (formerly Local Dough) | Superstition Meadery | Plaza Liquors | Whole Foods Market - Chandler | Angel's Trumpet Ale House |
| Arkansas | Stone's Throw Brewery | Flying Saucer Draught Emporium - Little Rock | ||||
| California | Russian River Brewing | Beachwood BBQ | Sierra Nevada Brewing Company | El Cerrito Market & Liquor | Berkeley Bowl Market - West | Churchill's Pub and Grille |
| Colorado | Trinity Brewpub | Choice City Butcher and Deli | Avery Brewing Company | Wilburs Total Beverage | Falling Rock Tap House | |
| Connecticut | Willimantic Brewing Company and Main Street Cafe | OEC Brewing (Ordinem Ecentrici Coctores) | Mountview Plaza Wines and Liquors | Cask Republic | ||
| 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 | Cajun Café on the Bayou | 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 | Brick Store Pub | |
| Hawaii | Kona Brewing Company - Kailua | Kona Brewing Company - KoKo Marina Pub | Yard House - Honolulu | |||
| Idaho | 10 Barrel Brewing Boise | Woodland Empire Ale Craft Tap Room | A New Vintage Wine Shop | Boise Co-Op | BitterCreek Ale House | |
| Illinois | Revolution Brewing Company - Milwaukee Ave Brewpub | The Bavarian Lodge | Revolution Brewing Company - Kedzie Ave Taproom | West Lakeview Liquors | Whole Foods Market - Lincoln Park | Local Option |
| Indiana | New Albanian Brewing Company Pizzeria and Public House | Rathskeller | New Day Craft Mead & Cider | Keg Liquors - Clarksville | Trion Tavern | |
| Iowa | Exile Brewing Company | The Sanctuary Pub | Confluence Brewing Company | 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 | Frisco Tap House and Brewery | Of Love & Regret - Pub and Provisions | Burley Oak Brewery | State Line Liquors | Max's Taphouse | |
| Massachusetts | Cambridge Brewing Company | Row 34 | Jack's Abby Brewing | Julio's Liquors | Fort Point Market | Armsby Abbey |
| Michigan | HopCat | Slows Bar BQ | Founders Brewing Company | Merchant's Fine Wine | Siciliano's Specialty Market | Ashley's |
| Minnesota | Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery | Town Hall Tap | Surly Brewing Company | Blue Max Liquors | The Happy Gnome | |
| Missouri | Schlafly Tap Room - Saint Louis Brewery | Beer Kitchen | Side Project Cellar | Wine and Cheese Place (Clayton) | Bridge Tap House & Wine Bar | |
| Montana | Tamarack Brewing Company | Montana Ale Works | Bayern Brewing | Liquid Planet | The Rhinoceros | |
| Nebraska | Upstream Brewing Company (Old Market) | Beertopia | Crescent Moon Alehouse (Huber Haus & Max and Joes) | |||
| Nevada | Brasserie Saint James | Yard House - Las Vegas (The LINQ) | Banger Brewing Company | Total Wine & More - Las Vegas (Summerlin), NV | Aces & Ales (Tenaya Way) | |
| New Hampshire | Portsmouth Brewery | Schilling Beer Co. | Bert's Better Beers | Strange Brew | ||
| New Jersey | Iron Hill Maple Shade | Cloverleaf Tavern | Kane Brewing Company | Oak Tree Discount Wines and Liquors | Andy's Corner Bar | |
| New Mexico | Bosque Brewery and Taproom | La Cumbre Brewing Co. | Jubilation Fine Wines and Spirits | |||
| New York | The Peekskill Brewery | Eleven Madison Park | Other Half Brewing Co. | Half Time | DeCicco & Sons (Ardsley) | Tørst (Torst) |
| North Carolina | Wicked Weed Brewing | Barley's Taproom and Pizzeria - Asheville | Sierra Nevada Brewery - North Carolina | Bruisin' Ales | The Common Market - Plaza Midwood | Thirsty Monk Brewery & Pub |
| North Dakota | Laughing Sun Brewing Company | JL Beers - Downtown Fargo | ||||
| Ohio | Jackie O's Brewpub & Public House | Dutch's Bar & Bottle Shop | Hoppin' Frog Tasting Room | Vintage Estate Wine and Beer | Jungle Jim's International Market - Fairfield | La Cave Du Vin |
| Oklahoma | Pete's Place Restaurant & Brewery | Midtown Liquor | James E. McNellies Public House - Tulsa | |||
| 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 Southampton | Whole Foods Market - Plymouth Meeting | Capones Restaurant |
| Rhode Island | Julian's | Nikki's Liquors | Pour Judgement | |||
| South Carolina | Edmund's Oast | Barley's Taproom & Pizzeria | Westbrook Brewing Company | The Greenville 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 | The Answer Brewpub | Mekong Restaurant | Strangeways Brewing | Grape And Gourmet | Whole Foods Market - Vienna | The Birch |
| Washington | Naked City Taphouse | Yard House - Seattle | Fremont Brewing Company | The Beer Junction | Whole Foods Market - Roosevelt Square | Brouwer's Cafe |
| Washington DC | The Arsenal at Bluejacket | Birch & Barley | Atlas Brew Works | Chevy Chase Wine and Liquors | ChurchKey | |
| Wisconsin | Ale Asylum | Brasserie V | New Glarus Brewing | Discount Liquor | 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 |
| Baden-Württemberg | Mon Petit Cafe | |||||
| Bavaria | Brauerei Kundmueller | Ayingers Speis und Trank | Kloster Andechs | Biervana | Tap House Munich | |
| Berlin | Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens - Berlin | Das Meisterstück | BRLO BRWHOUSE - Craft Beer, Brewery, Restaurant | Hopfen & Malz | Muted Horn | |
| Brandenburg | Braumanufaktur Forsthaus Templin | |||||
| Hamburg | Alles Elbe | Beyond Beer | Galopper des Jahres | |||
| Hesse | Maruhn | Naiv | ||||
| North Rhine-Westphalia | Braustelle | P&M Getraenke | Craftbeer Corner Coeln | |||
| Saxony | Gasthaus und Gosebrauerei Bayerischer Bahnhof | |||||
| ENGLAND | brewpub | restaurant | brewer tap room | bottle shop | grocery | bar |
| Berkshire | Siren Craft Brewery | Nags Head | ||||
| Cambridgeshire | Bacchanalia - Mill Road | Pint Shop | ||||
| Cheshire | Cellar | |||||
| Cornwall | Blue Anchor | |||||
| Cumbria | Beer Hall (Hawkshead) | |||||
| Derbyshire | Brunswick Inn | Buxton Tap House | Alexandra Hotel (Castle Rock) | |||
| Devon | Taphouse & Bottle Shop at Tuckers Maltings | Darts Farm | Teign Cellars | |||
| Dorset | Goat and Tricycle (Wadworth) | |||||
| Durham | Victoria Inn | |||||
| East Sussex | Evening Star (Dark Star) | |||||
| Essex | Ales By Mail | Ale House | ||||
| Gloucestershire | Moor Brewery Tap | Favourite Beers | Small Bar | |||
| Greater London | Cock Tavern (Maregade) | Kernel Brewery | Kris Wines | Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell | ||
| Greater Manchester | Marble Arch Inn (Marble) | Cloudwater Brew Co | Beermoth | Port Street Beer House | ||
| Hampshire | Bitter Virtue | Guide Dog | ||||
| Hertfordshire | BEER:shop | Mermaid | ||||
| Kent | Foundry Brew Pub (Canterbury Brewers) | BottleShop: Canterbury | ||||
| Lancashire | Booths Supermarket (Various Locations) | |||||
| Leicestershire | Offie | BrewDog Leicester | ||||
| Merseyside | Ship & Mitre | Ship in a Bottle | Clove Hitch / 23 Club | |||
| Norfolk | Beers Of Europe | Fat Cat | ||||
| North Yorkshire | Trembling Madness Drinks Shop | York Tap | ||||
| Northamptonshire | Malt Shovel Tavern | |||||
| Nottinghamshire | Brew Cavern | Canalhouse (Castle Rock) | ||||
| Oxfordshire | Hook Norton Brewery Visitor Centre | Royal Blenheim (White Horse) | ||||
| Shropshire | Chez Sophie | |||||
| Somerset | Independent Spirit | Raven | ||||
| South Yorkshire | Sheffield Tap (Tapped Sheffield) | Shakespeare's Ale & Cider House | ||||
| Staffordshire | Burton Bridge Inn (Burton Bridge) | Coopers Tavern | ||||
| Suffolk | Beautiful Beers | |||||
| Surrey | Egham United Services Club (EUSC) | |||||
| Tyne & Wear | Bridge Tavern (Tavernale) | Glug | Bacchus | |||
| West Midlands | Beacon Hotel (Sarah Hughes) | Burning Soul Brewing Company | Cotteridge Wines | Wellington (Black Country Inns) | ||
| West Yorkshire | Rat & Ratchet | Bundobust | Magic Rock Tap | Beer Ritz | Grove | |
| Worcestershire | 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 | The Port | Stillwell | ||||
| Ontario | Bellwoods Brewery | beerbistro | Grand River Brewing | Bar Hop | ||
| Prince Edward Island | The Gahan House | |||||
| Quebec | Dieu du Ciel | Le Fourquet Fourchette | Microbrasserie Dieu du Ciel | Dépanneur Peluso (Bonisoir) | Bistro L'Autre Oeil (Aylmer) | |
| Saskatchewan | Bushwakker Brewpub | Beer Brothers Gastropub and Deli |