Top New Brewers In The World

The Fair State Brewing Cooperative is the third cooperative brewery to open in the United States and the first of its kind in Minnesota. An idea hatched by three college friends who shared a passion for home brewing has quickly become a growing base of over 700 co-op members. Even at just a year old, this strong "one-for-all" community is helping to revitalize its Minneapolis neighborhood and serves as a hotbed for the creation of some of the best new craft beer.

Vox Populi is gypsy brewer Etienne Turcotte, who has emerged from the hotbed of brewing innovation that is Quebec, Canada. Etienne has received praise from our reviewers for his saisons inspired by Shaun Hill's Hill Farmstead Brewery and has collaborated with RateBeer Best invited brewer, Brasserie Dunham.

Kyoto is a city built on a culture of craftsmanship and refinement, and Kyoto Brewing Company has chosen the medium of beer as their connection to this tradition. They strive to develop their products through attention to detail, improvement of techniques, and furtherment of knowledge. The people behind the brewery are all transplants living in Japan -- Benjamin Falck is from Wales, Chris Hainge from the United States and Paul Speed from Canada.

Highland Park Brewery charismatically explores the world of beer using a seven-barrel brewhouse under the same roof as The Hermosillo, a neighborhood beer and wine bar. The brewery is comprised of four partners: Bob Kunz, Ross Stephenson, Michael Blackman and Dustin Lancaster. Bob carries most of the brewing duties and is as comfortable brewing with Brettanomyces and oak barrels as he is with figs and chiles.

The name Tod Mott should be familiar to beer fans around the world. Tod is the brewing legend responsible for the original recipe for Harpoon IPA and cult classic, Kate The Great Imperial Stout from Portsmouth Brewery. He's been a master brewer for over two decades, and has worked with some of the region's most renowned breweries. Tod and his wife Galen have now realized their dream and have launched their own brewery, Tributary Brewing Company in Kittery.

Auval is a one-man show brewing project by Ben Coulliard of Quebec. Ben started as a homebrew fanatic where he developed his brewing ideas and met those within the community who would become his first brewing project partners, Francis Joncas and Gilles Blanchet. In 2006, they created Pit Caribou together. Ten years later, Ben is a top new brewer in the world. His first beers at Auval were a barrel-aged saison, a wild ale and a Northeast style IPA.

Kees Bubberman began brewing in 1996 in his father's kitchen, where he passionately produced beers inspired by his favorite traditions. He began brewing professionally at Brewery Emelisse, a small regional brewery. After seven years experience there, he boldly launched his own project -- Brouwerij Kees -- and has made it his goal to produce the finest beer in the Netherlands.

A wine industry veteran turned brewer, Steve Doty naturally took to the use of wine barrels and related microflora in his beer making. His small, funky barrel house is a place where he spends most of his time, sweating the small stuff and infusing his fermentation with musical inspiration. His funk-themed beer names and wild psychedelic labels grace bottles that have been shared across the United States and beyond, receiving praise from top reviewers.
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John Wakefield's winding path to pro brewing included culinary education, a Mr Brew homebrew kit (a Christmas gift from wife Natalie), a Masters degree in accounting, an internship at Cigar City Brewing, and a lot of trial and error. John used a crowd-sourced program that generated $55,000 to open his own brewery -- a goal reached within 30 hours. J Wakefield Brewing is now operating in Miami's Winwood arts district.
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Troy Casey first began brewing sour and wild beer in 2009 when his love for these strange styles had consumed all of his brewing passion. He orginally set out to create a blendery -- a facility that doesn't have a brewery themselves, but still makes beer -- but has also taken to brewing as well. He operates Casey Brewing and Blending in Colorado's scenic Roaring Fork River Valley, a place where he and his fiancée also chose to make their home. Troy's greatest interest is in blending his aged brews to produce his target, signature profiles.
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