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Best Breweries in the World!!

Here are breweries that produce outstanding beers!

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St. Sixtus - Westvleteren in Vleteren

Voted the best beer in the world several times!

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Brouwerij St Bernardus in Poperinge

Rarely can you tour this brewery, but I got in! They produced Westvleteren for a long time but when St. Sixtus brought production in house they made their own!

Het Anker in Mechelen

Open Brew Day is 2/24, my bday! Always a treat to visit and watch them brew. They make a fantastic lineup including Cuvee Van de Keizer only brewed 2/24.

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Cantillon in Anderlecht

A working brewery that produces Geuze and is so old it is a museum! Spontaneous fermentation is still used here. Must see, must taste. Prepare for different!

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Abbey d'Orval in Florenville

An amazing place that produces just one style beer (unless you count the one for the monks). I think IMHO this is the best beer in the world!

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Brooklyn Brewery in Brooklyn

Garrett Oliver produces some incredible beers including a recent collaboration with Schneider & Sons from Germany. Outstanding!

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co in Chico

Gotta give props to one of the early break aways from the mega brewers! These guys consistently make great beers!

Harpoon Brewery in Boston

Totally connected to it's customer, these guys make great beer and share it with 1,000's that come to their frequent parties. Maybe the best IPA made!

Gritty Mc Duff's Brewing Co in Auburn

Outstanding seasonal ales all year long!

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Long Trail Brewing Co Inc in Bridgewater Corners

Tucked away in the mountains of Vermont this brewer makes terrific ales year 'round including a great winter ale called "Hibernator".

Fullers Brewery in Hammersmith

One of the last independents of London. Fuller's is one of the world quality producers.

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Schneider-Weisse in Freising

Producers of Aventinus, in my top 4 beers of the world! Absolutely one of the worlds great brewers.

Brasserie Thiriez in Esquelbecq

A French brewery with a great tasting room. It's a one man show that brews great beers. Well worth a visit!!! Great tasting room.

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Stone Brewing Co. in Escondido

A new facility, these guys make great stuff! Love their IPA!!!

Deschutes Brewery Portland Public House in Portland

An incredible lineup of great beers year in year out! For sure one of the best in the world.

Goose Island Brewing Inc in Chicago

A mid-west brewer known to put out high quality beers! Love their Christmas Ale.

Smuttynose Brewing Co in Portsmouth

They make a BIG IPA and several other terrific beers. One of the best in New England.

Allagash Brewing Co Inc in Portland

Small but worldly. These guys are big into collaboration with global brewers! Yummy stuff from Maine!!

New Belgium Brewing Co in Fort Collins

Fat Tire is one great beer after a full day on the slopes! Love this brewer!!

Fantôme Brasserie Sprl in Érezée

Small "farmhouse" like brewer making unique, special brews!

D L Geary Brewing Co in Portland

Another from Maine, maybe it's the cold winters, but Geary's is another high quality micro brewer!

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Southern Tier Brewing Co in Lakewood

Creative brewer making a difference in the beer marketplace. Really good stuff!!

Privatbrauerei Erdinger Weißbräu Werner Brombach GmbH in Erding

I love the German wheats and these guys make some of the best.

Birrificio Baladin S R L in Piozzo

Italy has come into the micro brew space and these guys are leading the way with a variety of well crafted brews!

Mercury Brewing Co. in Ipswich

Makers of Ipswich Ale and Stone Cat, I love what these guys are doing here in Massachusetts. Fantastic brewer.

Full Sail Brewery in Hood River

The variety of beers from this brewer is terrific producing a long list of high quality brews.

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton

Famous for their 60, 90 and 120 minute IPA's ... they produce everything you can imagine. Midas Touch is devine!

Northampton Brewery in Northampton

Small and unique this brewer has carved out a strong following as it produces some excellent beers.

Nøgne Ø Det Kompromissløse Bryggeri AS in Grimstad

A fine collection of brews all distinctive all really good!

Aass Bryggeri in Drammen

Love, love, love their Christmas Ale!

Boerderij De Koningshoeven B.V. in Tilburg

The only Trappist producer outside of Belgium make extreemly good beers.

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Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa

Forget the grapes! This is where to go in Sonoma Wine Country!! Pliny the Younger is one of the best beers in the world and available for a short time.

3 Floyds Brewing Co LLC in Munster

Dark Lord, nuff said! Available only at their festival (Dark Lord Day) in April.

Portsmouth Brewery & Restaurants in Portsmouth

Kate the Great Russian Imperial Stout brings these guys great fame!

Alesmith Brewing Co in San Diego

YuleSmith changes from a winter to a summer a;e, gotta look closely at the bottle, but love the summer IPA version and the winter amber.

Founders Brewing Co in Grand Rapids

Founders is a Grand Rapids brewer known to produce very high quality beers year 'round. The Breakfast Stout will give you coffee on the nose and make you think it's sunrise.

Abbaye Notre-Dame De Saint-Remy in Rochefort

Monks build beer right!

Brouwerij Bosteels in Buggenhout

Makers of Tripel Karmeliet, Kwak, and Deus, need I say more!

Struise Brouwers in Lo-Reninge

Pannepot is a top 10 beer in the world and number one by some. Creative quality sums up these guys.

Van Steenberge Brouwerij nv in Evergem

These guy produce a great selection of beers including Piraat which is in my top 4 beers produced in the world.

Brouwerij De Ranke in Wevelgem

Two brothers create these magical beers on the weekend at the Deca Brewery! True works of passion!!

Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan in Freising

Wheat beer producers extraordinaire!

Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown

Fine, fine producer! Broad selection and I can't find a bad one in the bunch.

The Bruery in Placentia

Had my first bruery beer in CA @ Monks Kettle, wow, wow, wow ... fantastic brewer!

Brasserie Duyck in Jenlain

I love farmhouse ales from Northern France and Duyck not only produces a strong consistent product they've kept the tradition alive and current.

Founders Brewing Co in Grand Rapids

The list of incredible brews from this place is very long. Consistantly producing fantastic beers.

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Achouffe in Houffalize

Consistently fantastic!! A full range of excellent beers.

Maui Brewing Co in Lahaina

Quality brews in paradise! What a nice combination :)

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Brasserie Caracole in Dinant

Small basically one man show that produces great beers available in the US!

Leave a comment (2 comments)

kevin said 11 months, 2 weeks ago:

great list! Want to try to go on the anchor steam brewery tour when you're out here?

dougnboston said 11 months, 2 weeks ago:

Sure! Would love to!!

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