How Many Breweries Have You Visited?

I honestly I have no idea. I try to go to a couple every time I'm out of state. I do collect grass ware from the really good ones, and I have at least 40 glasses.

My favorites:

Goose island (I still think it's the best there is)
Founders
Vivant
Bells
Cascade
Hair of the Dog
Stone
3 Floyd's

 

Not enough

 

MI
Bells

IL
Goose Island
Half Acre
Revolution

PA
Tired Hand

VT
Hill Farmstead
Fiddle Head
The Alchemist

MA
Tree House
Trillium
Night Shift

NY
Other Half
Finback
Threes
Peekskill

NH
Wood Stock

NJ
Triumph (Princeton)
Magnify
Conclave
Departed Soles

CA
Pizza Port
Coronado
Ballast Point

DC
3 Stars
Right Proper People
Blue Jacket

India- Bangalore (Not worth visiting except Wind Mill)
Wind Mill
Arbor
Prost
The Bier Club
The Toit
Brewsky
District 6

10 States, 2 countries more to come.....

 

~25.

In order of my preference (this isn't just on beer alone, but the actual brewpub itself with ambiance, customer service, location, setup, food (if available), etc.):

Founders Brewing Company Grand Rapids, MI
Cigar City Brewing Tampa, FL
Tree House Brewing Company Monson, MA
3 Floyds Brewing Co. Munster, IN
Wicked Weed Brewing Asheville, NC
Russian River Brewing Company Santa Rosa, CA
Karbach Brewing Co. Houston, TX
Deviate Brewing Indianapolis, IN
Half Acre Beer Company Chicago, IL
Willimantic Brewing Co. Willimantic, CT
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company Decorah, IA
Fat Heads Pittsburgh, PA
Saint Arnold Brewing Company Houston, TX
Upstate Craft Beer Co. Greenville, SC
Goose Island Clybourn Chicago, IL
Smylie Brothers Brewing Co. Evanston, IL
Cycle Brewing Saint Petersburg, FL
Goose Island Beer Co. Chicago, IL
Peg's Cantina & Brew Pub Gulfport, FL
Temperance Beer Co. Evanston, IL
Emmett's Brewing Company Palatine, IL
New Holland Brewing Company Holland, MI
Great Basin Brewing Co. Reno, NV
Dark Horse Brewing Company Marshall, MI... not the best experience here.

 

Not enough. I've been to:

Anheuser-Busch (I'm a STL boy, it was the first brewery I ever went to back in 2000), St. Louis, MO
Fiddlehead, Shelburne, VT
Maine Beer Co., Freeport, ME
Allagash, Portland, ME
Foundation, Portland, ME
Bissell Brothers, Portland, ME
Harpoon, Boston, MA
Tree House, Monson, MA
Trillium, Boston and Canton, MA
Night Shift, Everett, MA
Trailhead, St. Charles, MO
Schlafly, St. Louis, MO
Other Half, Brooklyn, NY
Prohibition Pig, Waterbury, VT
Watch City Brewery (defunct), Waltham, MA

I think that's it.

 

76 so far.

 

Around 45 so far. I plan on checking off some breweries in the Philly and D.C. areas next.

 

Good thread idea. Here's my list. Of course, since I live here, most are in Minnesota.

Granite City Brewing in St. Cloud, MN
Beaver Island Brewing in St. Cloud, MN
Spilled Grain Brewing in Annandale, MN
Bad Habit Brewing in St. Joseph, MN
Foxhole Brewing in Wilmar, MN
Goat Ridge Brewing in New London, MN
LTD Brewing in Hopkins, MN
Montgomery Brewing in Montgomery, MN
Schell's Brewing in New Ulm, MN
U4ic Brrwing in Belle Plaine/Blakeley, MN
Flat Earth Brewing in St. Paul, MN
Sidhe Brewing in St. Paul, MN
Lupulin Brewing in Big Lake, MN
Enki Brewing in Victoria, MN
Badger Hill Brewing in Shakopee, MN
Lupine Brewing when it was in St. Cloud, MN - it is now in Delano, MN
Kinney Creek Brewing in Rochester, MN
Oliphant Brewing in Somerset, WI
Valkyrie Brewing in Dallas, WI
Stone Arch Brewing in Appleton, WI
Pitchfork Brewing in Hudson, WI
American Sky when it was in Hudson, WI - it is part of Lucid Brewing, or whatever they call themselves now.
Backpocket Brewing in Coralville, IA
Padre Island Brewing in South Padre Island, TX
Bone Island Brewing in Key West, FL

So, my # is 25. I hope to add more in the near future.

 

Solemn Oath in Naperville, IL
Two Brothers in Warrenville, IL
Urban Legend in Westmont, IL
Penrose in Geneva, IL
Alter Brewery in Downers Grove, IL
Stockholm's in Geneva, IL
Lagunitas in Chicago
Haymarket in Chicago
Local Option in Chicago (could be a toss up on this, yes they brew their own but I'm mainly there for other taps)
Imperial Oak in Western Springs, IL
Slapshot in Chicago, IL
Flossmoor Station in Flossmoor, IL
Three Floyds in Muenster, IN
Bent River in Davenport, IA
Great River in Davenport, IA
Blue Cat in Rock Island, IL
New Glarus in New Glarus, WI
Allagash in Portland, ME
Bissell Brothers in Portland, ME
UFF in Portland, ME
Rising Tide in Portland, ME
Sebago in Portland, ME
Maine Beer Co., in Freeport, ME
McGuffy's in Freeport, ME
Southern Pacific in San Francisco, CA
Russian River in Santa Rosa, CA
Northcoast Brewery in Fort Bragg, CA
Iron Springs Brewery in Fairfax, CA
The Kernel in London, UK

 

This thread coming alive caused me to look at my numbers from May, 2013 and compare them to today. I retired in 2013 and have traveled a bit since then, so I have more time to see what is out there. My brewery count just 3 years later has nearly doubled to 359 (in 28 states). It has kind of become a hobby for my wife and me to scout out breweries when we travel, and more new ones are definitely on the horizon. Reviews were written for the past 230 of them, so check them out if you are curious.

 

Norfolk, VA: Smartmouth, O Connor, Coelacanth, Bold Mariner
VA Beach, VA: Reaver Beach, Young Vets, Gordon Biersch (yeah, I'm counting it)
Chesapeake, VA: Big Ugly
Afton, VA: Blue Mountain
Williamsburg, VA: Annheuser-Busch
Roanoke/Salem, VA: Parkway, Soaring Ridge, Flying Mouse
Richmond, VA: Hardywood, Isley, Ardent, Strangeways, Mekong (not really the Answer cuz I didn't go in back)
Rosland, VA area: Devils Backbone Basecamp, Wild Wolf
Lexington, VA: Devils Backbone Outpost, Blue Lab
Charlottesville, VA: South Street, Champion, Three Notch'd
Staunton, VA: Shenandoah Valley, Redbeard, Queen City
Greensboro, NC: Natty Greenes, Gibbs Hundred, Preyer
On the way to Nags Head, NC: Weeping Radish
Salisbury, MD: Evolution
Ocean City, MD: Assawoman Bay, Ocean City BC
Nashville, TN: Blackstone
New Orleans, LA: Crescent City, Courtyard, NOLA Brewing
Florida: McGuires, Darwin (Bradenton, FL)

Somewhere around 40 or so... almost one for every year I was born, I guess.

I got about half a dozen near me I need to get off my a$$ and go to. Also hope to add 3-4 more with a trip to Harrisonburg VA this summer (been over 20 years since I've revisited that town).

 

1 Stone-Escondido
2 Stone- Oceanside
3 Alesmith-Miramar
4 Green Flash-Mira Mesa
5 Ballast Point-Scripps Ranch
6 Lightening-Poway
7 Hess-Miramar
8 Karl Strauss-4S Ranch
9 Karl Strauss-Sorrento Mesa
10 Rough Draft-Mira Mesa
11 New English-Sorrento Valley
12 Wet N Wreckless-Mira Mesa
13 Societe-Kearny Mesa
14 Port Brewing/Lost Abbey-San Marcos
15 Iron Fist-Vista
16 Aztec-Vista
17 Mother Earth-Vista
18 Belching Beaver-Vista
19 Stumblefoot-San Marcos
20 Coronado Brewery-Coronado
21 Alpine Beer-Alpine
22 Oceanside Ale Works-Oceanside
23 Breakwater-Oceanside
24 Pizza Port-Solana Beach
25 Pizza Port-Carlsbad
26 Prohibition-Vista
27 Rock bottom brewery -La Jolla
28 Mission Brewery-Downtown
29 Gordon Biersch-Mission Valley
30 Latitude 33-Vista
31 Back Street Brewery-Vista
32 Manzanita-Santee
33 BJ's Brewery-Escondido
34 Helms-Clairmont Mesa
35 Indian Joes Brewing-Vista
36 Oggis- Point Loma
37 Rip Current-San Marcos
38 Fezziwigs Arcana Brewing-Carlsbad
39 White Labs-Miramar
40 Off Beat Brewing-Escondido
41 Culture Brewing-Solana Beach
42 Coronado Tasting Room-Bay Park
43-Left Coast-San Clemente
44-Intergalactic Brewing- Mira Mesa
45-Beachwood Brewing Long Beach
46-Black Market Brewing-Temecula
47-The Bruery-La Placentia
48-Saint Archer-Miramar
49-Big Bear Mountain Brewery-Big Bear
50-Ballast Point-Little Italy
51-On The Tracks-Carlsbad
52-Nickel Beer Company-Julian
53-Booze Brothers-Vista
54-BNS Brewing-Santee
55-Pizza Port-Bressi Ranch Carlsbad
56-Barrel Harbor-Vista
57-Iron Fire Brewing-Temecula
58-Border X-San Ysidro
59-2 Kids Brewing-Miramar
60-Mother Earth Tap Room-Vista
61-Ballast Point-Lindavista
62-Acoustic Ales-midtown
63-Pizza Port -Ocean Beach
64-Julian Brewing-Julian
65-ChuckAlex Brewing-Ramona
66-Abnormal Wine and Beer Cork & Craft-RB
67-Toolbox-Vista
68-Council Brewing-Kearny Mesa
69-Pacific Brewing-Miramar
70-Benchmark Brewing-Mission Valley
71-Groundswell Brrewing- Mission Valley
72-Stone Brewing-Liberty Station
73-Ballast Point-Miramar
74-Karl Strauss-La Jolla
75-Culture Brewing-OB
76-32 North Brewing- Miramar
77-Twisted Manzanita-Pacific Beach
78-Cellar 3-Poway
79-Border X-Barrio Logan
80-Lost Abbey-Cardiff
81-Kilowatt Brewing-Clairmont
82-Reckless Brewing-Miramar
83-Dos Desperados-San Marcos
84-Karl Strauss-Sorrento Valley
85-Second Chance-RB
86- Bay City Brewing-Point Loma
87-Alesmith-Miramar. New location
88-O Sullivan Brothers-Miramar
89-Valley Center Brewing-Valley Center
90-Bagby Beer-Oceanside
91-Mike Hess-Ocean Beach
92-Fall Brewing-North Park
93-Culver Brewing-Carlsbad
94-Beara Roots Brewing-Vista
95-Duckfoot Brewery-Miramar
96-Rockingham Brewery-Derry
97-Kelsen Brewery-Derry
98-From The Barrel-Londonderry
99-603 Brewing-Londonderry
100-White Birch Brewing-Londonderry
101-Smuttynose Brewing-Hampton
102-Earth eagle Brewing-Portsmouth
103-Portsmouth Brewing-Portsmouth
104-Stone Face Brewing-Newington NH
105-Beara Irish-Portsmouth
106-Tributary Brewing-Kittery Maine
107-Nightshift Brewery-Everett, MA
108-Trillium-Boston
109-Deciduous Brewing-Newmarket,NH
110-Throwback Brewery-North Hampton, NH
111-Hill Farmstead-Greensboro, VT
112-Schilling Beer-Littleton, NH

 

For some reason, years ago, I started ticking breweries rather than beers. I've been to 71 in 3 states and 6 countries.

101 North Brewing Petaluma CA
1516 Brewing Vienna Austria
21st Amendment San Francisco CA
3rd Street Aleworks Santa Rosa CA
7 Stern Brau Vienna Austria
Alpine Beer Company Alpine CA
Anderson Valley Brewing Boonville CA
Arizona Wilderness Brewing Gilbert CA
Auburn Ale House Auburn CA
Ballast Point San Diego CA
Bear Republic Healdsburg CA
Beltain Brewing Novato CA
Bloodline Brewing Santa Rosa CA
Blue Frog Fairfield CA
Bosphorus Brewing Company Istanbul Turkey
Broken Drum San Rafael CA
Carneros Sonoma CA
Cellarmaker's Brewing San Francisco CA
Cooperage Brewing Company Santa Rosa CA
Dempsey's Restaurant And Brewery Petaluma CA
Drake's Brewing San Leandro CA
Eggenberg Cesky Krumlov Czech Rep.
Elevation 66 El Cerrito CA
Faction Brewing Alameda CA
Fall River Redding CA
Fate Brewing Company Scottsdale AZ
Fogbelt Brewing Santa Rosa CA
Four Peaks Tempe AZ
Galway Bay Brewery Galway Ireland
Green Flash San Diego CA
Half Moon Bay Brewing (Mavericks) Half Moon Bay CA
Hen House Brewing Santa Rosa CA
Huss Brewing Tempe AZ
Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Faifax CA
Lagunitas Petaluma CA
Lichtenthaler Brau Vienna Austria
Lumberyard Brewing Flagstaff AZ
Magnolia Brewing San Francisco CA
Marin Brewing Company Larkspur CA
Mendocino Brewing Ukiah CA
Moonlight Brewing Santa Rosa CA
Moylan's Novato CA
Napa Point Brewing Napa CA
Napa Smith Brewing Napa CA
North Coast Brewing Fort Bragg CA
Other Half Brewing Company New York NY
Petaluma Hills Brewing Petaluma CA
Pivovarsky Dum Prague Czech Rep.
Pizza Orgasmica San Rafael CA
Pizza Port (Ocean Beach) San Diego CA
Plow Brewing Company Santa Rosa CA
Port Brewing San Marcos CA
Rubicon Brewing Sacramento CA
Russian River Santa Rosa CA
Ruth McGowan's Brewpub/Cloverdale Ale Cloverdale CA
Salm Brau Vienna Austria
SanTan Chandler AZ
Sierra Nevada Chico CA
Societe Brewing San Diego CA
Sonoma Springs Sonoma CA
Speakeasy San Francisco CA
St. Florian's Windsor CA
Stone Escondido CA
Stone Oceanside CA
Strahov Pivovar Prague Czech Rep.
Stumptown Guerneville CA
Taps Istanbul Turkey
Triple Rock Berkely CA
U Flecku Pivovar Prague Czech Rep.
Ukiah Brewing Company Ukiah CA
Warped Brewing Sebastopol CA
Wood Four Brewing Sebastopol CA
Zamocky Pivovar Bratislava Slovakia

 

Too many to remember. First one was Stroh's in Detroit. Last one was Bangin Banjo, probably headed there this weekend (BA friend in town).

 

In Fort Collins:
New Belgium
Odell
Funkwerks
Snowbank
Pateros Creek
Equinox
1933
Coopersmith's
Horse and Dragon

Also Historic Brewing, Mother Road, and the Lumberyard in Flagstaff, AZ

 

I've been to 151. Mostly CA(about 110) but i try to go a brewery in every state or country i visit. At one point i tried to go to every brewery in San Diego but when 1 or 2 were opening up every week, it is very hard to keep up(especially for my liver).

 

Too lazy to count, but I am guessing 50.

 

Alabama-
Good People
Avondale
Cahaba
Trim Tab

Alaska-
Skagway

Arizona-
Gordon Biersch

Georgia-
Max Lager's
5 Seasons Westside

New Jersey-
Harvest Moon

New York-
Other Half
Heartland
Threes
Strong Rope
Brooklyn
Keg and Lantern
Rockaway
Big Alice
Singlecut

North Carolina-
Wicked Weed
Green Man
Burial
Asheville
Wedge

Ohio-
Seventh Son
Hoof Hearted
Wolf's Ridge

Pennsylvania-
Crabby Larry's(now closed)
Guild Hall(now closed)
Barren Hill(now closed)
Nodding Head
Tower Hill
Triumph
Iron Hill
Sly Fox
Armstrong Ales
Victory
Tired Hands
Earth + Bread
Kennett
Round Guys
Forest & Main
Free Will
Yards
2nd Story
Vault
Neshaminy Creek
Broken Goblet
Naked
Bucks County
Crooked Eye
Fegley's Allentown
Conshohocken
Manayunk
Weyerbacher
Prism
Two Rivers
Rock Bottom
Stoudt's
Yuengling

Tennessee-
Tennessee Brew Works
Yazoo
Jackalope
Blackstone

Wisconsin-
The Great Dane
Wisconsin

Virgin Islands-
St. John Brewers

Puerto Rico-
Old Harbor(now closed)

Hoping to hit Pizza Boy and a couple others in that area in a couple weeks and some in England and Europe next month.

 

Approximately 60

 

Coors (Golden) - twice
Miller (Milwaukee) - once
Gandy Dancer (Sioux Falls) - once
My father's basement - multiple times