What are your top 5 beer cities?

Bend OR
PDX
New Glarus WI
Chambly QC
Bellingham WA

 

At this point I think I could consider Anaheim as a top city on its own.

 

My top 5 that I have been to:

1) Bamberg
2) Dublin
3) Bruges
4) Warsaw
5) Boston

 

Had some nice beers there 40 years ago. Made a lasting impression. And @JamFuel was there recently, it's still going strong!

 

Staying onshore...
Portland, Me
Burlington, Vt (and around... stole from someone else but agree)
Tampa, Fl
San Diego, Ca
Ft. Collins, Co

 

What did you like best in Brooklyn?

 

Only 5 in the whole world? That is impossible! So here is my 12 pack of favorites. In no particular order
1. Chicago
2. Denver
3. Bruges
4. London
5. Asheville
6. San Diego
7. Portland ME
8. Portland OR
9. Waterbury VT
10. Brussels
11. St. Louis
12. Minneapolis

 

Brooklyn Brewery Special Effects hoppy amber and IPA. Would love to visit, must physically come to the States one day!

 

The Northeast Kingdom -- as @jhavs points out, largely because of the gem in Greensboro, but also Montpelier, etc. Such a wonderful place to hike and bike and refuel at pretty much any little spot you can find. They almost all have jaw-dropping taplists.

Chicago and surrounding areas -- this region REALLY knows beer.

Tampa -- there may be no other city that I've had quite as much fun surrounding beer than this.

Austin -- only for Jester King though, which isn't even in Austin as far as I'm concerned (not a pleasant city to visit to begin with). Still, I could spend days upon days at JK and the hill country upon which it's nestled. If only it was in San Antonio instead.

Akron -- yep! We've got a nice little scene out here, to my taste, and I never run out of excuses to bounce around (and Cleveland, of course).

I can only wish that I had spent more time in Europe, but I was too young for that to count. I hope to invest in a trip to Belgium next year.

 

New York
Chicago
Munich
Brussels
San Francisco
Denver
San Diego
Portland, ME
Boston
Philadelphia

 

Of the places I've visited:

• Portland, OR
• Seattle, WA
• San Diego, CA
• London, England

My knowledge of the beer scene in San Francisco, CA is pretty outdated by now, but I'll give 'em an Honorable Mention based on history. I suspect they'd make the list if my info were more current.

 

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Whenever I tell someone from Germany that I traveled to Lübeck as a tourist, they always respond "Why on Earth did you do that?" It ended up being a great contrast to Bavaria.

 

The 5 best beer cities I've been to (after my beer geekiness took off):
1. Derby (Others would say Nottingham or Sheffield)
2. Edinburgh (easily combined with Glasgow)
3. Prague / Praha
4. Barcelona
5. Copenhagen / København

Jeez - only 5? I should add Sacramento, London (huge!), Antwerpen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Cambridge, Göteborg, Helsinki ... And Stavanger, close to where I live (unfortunately with Norwegian beer prices).

 

My top 5 I’ve been to:

1) San Diego
2) Brussels
3) Chicago
4) St Louis
5) Copenhagen

The main criteria I’m looking at is pretty much - are there several easily accessible places where I can regularly drink world class beers across multiple styles?

 

Fixed that for ya Paul

 

Munich
Prague
Philadelphia
NYC
Boston

Planning a trip to the UK next spring where I plan to drown myself in all of the cask ale I can get my hands on.

 

Prague, Munich, Vienna, some Trappist Abbey in Belgium and Escondido to represent California for old times’ sake.
The best always being the one I’m currently at - wait, we have just moved to Vienna, why am I crazy about German Helles then?

 

In no particular order:

Chicago
St. Louis
San Diego
Minneapolis
Brussels

 

Personally traveled to ratings:

1) San Diego/SoCal
2) Asheville, NC
3) Portland and Oregon in general
4) Portland, ME
5) San Francisco/NoCal

Worldwide which i have not traveled much out of the US:

1) Belgium - love the yeast strains and awesome use of them (Disclosure, never been here but is a bucket list item - open for advice on how to be a beer tourist here)
2) United States - love the diversity of styles here
3) Germany - love the excellence in brewing to style and tradition
4) England - love the sessionable ales and the availability of cask ales
5) Scotland - love the country and the use of local traditions (peat flavored ales)

Cheers!
Tom