Top 20 Breweries in your state

1. Surly
2. August Schell
3. Summit
4. Great Waters
5. Minneapolis Town Hall
6. Steel Toe
7. Flat Earth
8. Brau Brothers
9. Lift Bridge
10. Harriet
11. Fulton
12. Lake Superior
13. Lucid
14. Barley John's
15. Third Street
16. Big Wood
17. Badger Hill
18. ...

I'm out of steam. Much more difficult than it should be. Maybe I'm just crappy at this.

 

You should be so lucky to have 20 breweries in your state. I think Alabama might have just hit 20 in the last month. But considering there was only 1 operating brewery (Olde Towne: who is coincidentally closed now) in the state just 5 years ago, that's pretty cool.

 

There is literally no way I could attempt to list, in any kind of meaningful order, my top 20 out of almost 200 breweries in the great state of Washington—most of which I've never had a single beer from. I just realized recently that after 3 years of seeking out the best beers from around the world, I've had beers from a paltry 183 breweries—which is about the same number of breweries in this state alone.

I don't take much issue with the Pour Fool's list, although of course my list would look a little different; I take issue with his dismissive, condescending attitude when he's come on BA forums to "discuss" beer.

 

Can I name 20 worthwhile? Seems like a challenge. In no particular order.

Brooklyn
Kelso
Singlecut
Peekskill
Barrier
Blue Point
Greenport Harbor
Port Jeff
Captain Lawrence
Three Heads
Big Alice
Ommegang
Rushing Duck
Newburgh
Matt
Fire Island
Southern Tier
Chelsea
Coney Island
Bronx

I'm sure there are some upstate/great lakes area breweries that don't make it to the city and I have no idea of. This was my list without google assistance.

 

Founders
Bells
Shorts
New Holland
Schmohz
Mt. Pleasant Brewing Company
Grand Rapids Brewing Company
HopCat
Saugatuck Brewing Co.
Atwater
Kuhnhenn Brewing
Dark Horse Brewing Co.
North Peak Brewing Co.

Sorry, all I could come up with at 2:07 am!!!

 

Gonna give it a shot... attempting the ranking as well, but consider this ROUGH draft:

1. Russian River
2. Firestone Walker
3. Bruery
4. Alpine
5. Alesmith
6. Societe
7. Stone
8. Port / Lost Abbey
9. Lagunitas
10. Sierra Nevada
11. Beachwood BBQ
12. Almanac
13. Taps
14. Ballast Point
15. Kern River
16. Bootlegger's
17. Bear Republic
18. Hangar 24
19. Green Flash
20. FiftyFifty

 

In no particular order and going only with breweries that I have decent experience with:

Founders
Bells
Shorts
Dark Horse
Arcadia
Jolly Pumpkin
Kuhnhenn
New Holland
Dragonmead
Right Brain
Odd Side
Vivant
Arbor
Greenbush
North Peak
Atwater
Schmohz

(listing three more would be easy, but it would not be from experience)

 

No order implied

Peekskill
Rushing Duck
Ithaca
Southern Tier
Ommegang
Southampton
Brooklyn
Captain Lawrence
Olde Saratoga
Saranac
Barrier
Crossroads
Keegan
Horseheads
Greenport Harbor
Three Heads
Schmaltz
Newburgh
Defiant
Sixpoint

 

There is only about 25 breweries (including brew pubs) in NJ. Beside the AB-INBEV plant in Newark, I don't know who not to list.

 

This is kinda tough...

1. Jester King Craft Brewery
2. Freetail Brewing Co.
3. Live Oak Brewing
4. Hops & Grain
5. Real Ale Brewing Co.
6. Austin Beerworks
7. (512) Brewing
8. Karbach Brewing Co.
9. Lone Pint Brewing
10. Saint Arnold Brewing
11. Deep Elluim Brewing Co.
12. Black Star Co-op
13. Lakewood Brewing
14. Southern Star Brewing Co.
15. Adelbert's Brewing Co.
16. Cedar Creek Brewing Co.
17. Martin House Brewing Co.
18. Rahr & Sons Brewing Co.
19. Rogness Brewing
20. Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co.

... the order changes by the moment, however Jester King is usually on top.

 

To be fair to the brewers, I will only list breweries I have reviewed at least 6 beers from.
1) Stoudts
2) Victory
3) Sly Fox
4) Weyerbacher
5) Troegs
6) Philadelphia
7) Yards
8) Lancaster
9) Rivertowne
10) Yuengling
11) Lion

 

In no particular order:

1. Olde Hickory
2. Foothills
3. Wicked Weed
4. Duck-Rabbit
5. Highland
6. NoDa
7. Pisgah
8. Olde Mecklenburg
9. Lonerider
10. Big Boss
11. Fullsteam
12. Mother Earth
13. Green Man
14. Aviator
15. French Broad
16. Natty Greene's
17. Ass Clown
18. Outer Banks Brewing
19. Natahala Brewing
20. Wedge

 

Hahahaha! I live in Rhode Island dude. There's not enough land area to fit 20 breweries.

 

20? I don't think we even have 10 worth even noting.

I'd go.

1. Hardywood
2. Williamsburg AleWerks
3. Blue Mountain
4. Devils Backbone
5-20 Bunch of mediocrity

 

These would probably be the most likely for my top 20 from PA, in no particular order:

1. Tired Hands
2. Victory
3. Troegs
4. Voodoo
5. Pizza Boy
6. Weyerbacher
7. Bullfrog
8. Selin's Grove
9. Sly Fox
10. Spring House
11. Stoudt's
12. Yards
13. Allentown/Bethlehem Brew Works
14. Dock Street
15. East End
16. Forest & Main
17. Helltown
18. Iron Hill
19. Lancaster
20. McKenzie

Though I think #19 could be easily swapped out if I taste a big line-up of another brewery.

 

I'm just going to list a few:

1. Great Lakes
2. Christian Moerlein
3. Mt. Carmel Brewing
4. Rivertown Brewing
5. Thirsty Dog
6. Fat Heads

 

Florida
Cigar City Beer
St Somewhere
I NOT could really rank the rest, many are so local only.
I was surprised we have 20 micros, lol
most do not distro, or if they do its not far.

 

No particular order

1.Founder's
2. Bell's
3. Dark Horse
4. Short's
5. New Holland
6. Kuhnhenn
7. Brewery Vivant
8. Odd Side Ales
9. Arbor Brewing
10. Greenbush
11. Perrin
12. The Livery
13. Griffin Claw
14. Arcadia
15. Right Brain
16. Dragonmead
17. Frankenmuth
18. Jolly Pumpkin
19. North Peak
20. Witch's Hat

And soon to be Unruly Brewing. They are close to opening and I've had a lot of Eric's (their brewmaster) beers and they are great. I would say B. Nektar but then I would probably be banished from this site.

 

My state doesnt have 20 breweries.