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Craft beer cities

Brewery rosters, tasting notes, and visit guides for 41 craft beer destinations across 16 American cities and 25 international ones.

Chicago, ILSeattle, WADenver, COAsheville, NCBend, ORBrooklyn, NYBurlington, VTChico, CALos Angeles, CAPortland, MESan Diego, CASan Francisco, CAAthens, GAAustin, TXCleveland, OHTampa, FLBangkok, ThailandBarcelona, SpainRome, ItalyTokyo, JapanLondon, United KingdomBerlin, GermanyCopenhagen, DenmarkMelbourne, AustraliaAmsterdam, NetherlandsBrussels, BelgiumMunich, GermanyPrague, CzechiaDublin, IrelandMexico City, MexicoToronto, CanadaAuckland, New ZealandSingapore, SingaporeCape Town, South AfricaSão Paulo, BrazilBuenos Aires, ArgentinaSeoul, South KoreaHong Kong, Hong KongMadrid, SpainParis, FranceMontreal, Canada
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United States 16

Chicago, IL
The imperial stout capital
5 breweries
Seattle, WA
Pacific Northwest hop pioneer
4 breweries
Denver, CO
Mile-high beer capital
3 breweries
Asheville, NC
Mountain South beer capital
2 breweries
Bend, OR
Highest brewery-per-capita ratio in America
2 breweries
Brooklyn, NY
Where the modern American craft scene came of age
2 breweries
Burlington, VT
Birthplace of the New England IPA
2 breweries
Chico, CA
Sierra Nevada's hometown
2 breweries
Los Angeles, CA
America's second-biggest craft beer city
2 breweries
Portland, ME
Maine's craft beer capital
2 breweries
San Diego, CA
The West Coast IPA capital of America
2 breweries
San Francisco, CA
Where American craft beer started
2 breweries
Athens, GA
College-town craft beer destination
1 brewery
Austin, TX
Texas craft beer epicenter
1 brewery
Cleveland, OH
Great Lakes brewing tradition
1 brewery
Tampa, FL
Florida craft beer powerhouse
1 brewery

Europe 12

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dutch craft beer's home — windmill breweries in Noord plus the canal-belt taproo…
7 places
Barcelona, Spain
Spanish craft beer's biggest hub — local IPA-forward breweries in Eixample and P…
8 places
Berlin, Germany
The non-traditional German craft city — Kreuzberg taprooms and Friedrichshain br…
6 places
Brussels, Belgium
The world's beer capital — lambic/gueuze country, plus the deepest Belgian bottl…
7 places
Copenhagen, Denmark
Mikkeller's home turf — Nørrebro and Østerbro micro-breweries plus a deep beer c…
6 places
Dublin, Ireland
Guinness's home and Ireland's craft beer revival — perfect-pour Guinness pubs pl…
7 places
London, United Kingdom
Cask ales meet modern craft — central pubs with hand-pulls plus a deep East and …
8 places
Madrid, Spain
Spain's other craft capital — Chamberí brewpubs, Centro taprooms, and Oso Brew C…
7 places
Munich, Germany
Bavaria's beer hall capital — 500+ years of Reinheitsgebot tradition plus a smal…
6 places
Paris, France
France's surprising craft beer hub — 11ème and 19ème arrondissement brewpubs lea…
7 places
Prague, Czechia
Pilsner's homeland — traditional Czech lager culture plus a rapidly maturing cra…
7 places
Rome, Italy
Italian birrifici plus the Trastevere tap-bar scene — Open Baladin pioneered Ita…
8 places

Asia 5

Bangkok, Thailand
The post-2017 license-loosening rebirth — Thai breweries + an international tap-…
7 places
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Asia's small but punchy craft hub — Central and Sheung Wan microbars plus Tsim S…
6 places
Seoul, South Korea
Asia's second-wave craft hub — Itaewon's beer mile plus emerging Seongsu and Map…
7 places
Singapore, Singapore
Small but premium — Chinatown craft taprooms plus a curated bottle-shop scene bu…
7 places
Tokyo, Japan
Japanese craft beer in its second-wave maturity — Shibuya/Shimokitazawa tap bars…
7 places

Americas 5

Buenos Aires, Argentina
South America's other craft beer hub — Palermo brewpubs alongside the suburbs' p…
7 places
Mexico City, Mexico
Latin America's craft beer leader — Roma/Condesa brewpubs alongside emerging nei…
7 places
Montreal, Canada
Quebec's craft beer powerhouse — Old Port brewpubs + Plateau bottle shops feedin…
7 places
São Paulo, Brazil
Brazil's craft beer capital — Vila Madalena and Pinheiros brewpubs alongside awa…
7 places
Toronto, Canada
Ontario's craft brewery hub — Distillery District + west-end taprooms with a gro…
6 places

Oceania 2

Auckland, New Zealand
Garage Project country — NZ's craft scene clusters around Kingsland's "Beer Mile…
6 places
Melbourne, Australia
Australia's craft beer epicenter — Collingwood and Fitzroy brewery hubs plus a d…
7 places

Africa 1

Cape Town, South Africa
Africa's craft beer capital — a rising scene anchored in Woodstock and Salt Rive…
7 places