Best Craft Breweries Worldwide: 50 editor picks

50 best craft breweries worth the trip across every TableJourney city. Editor-ranked. the craft breweries with destination taprooms.

Brasserie Cantillon ★ 4.9 · Brussels

Rue Gheude 56, 1070 Anderlecht

Cantillon in Brussels' Anderlecht has been blending lambics by spontaneous fermentation since 1900. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.

Hill Farmstead Brewery ★ 4.9 · Burlington

greensboro · 403 Hill Rd, Greensboro Bend, VT 05842

Shaun Hill founded the brewery in 2010 on family land in Greensboro Bend; the seventh-generation Hill descendant on a Northeast Kingdom plot held since 1788.

Tip: Download directions ahead; service is patchy past Hardwick. Retail allocations rotate.

Range Brewing ★ 4.8 · Brisbane

newstead · 4 Byres Street, Newstead QLD 4006

Range Brewing on Byres Street in Newstead runs an experimental craft program. Hazy IPAs and barrel-aged sours; can releases ship across Australia weekly.

Young Henrys ★ 4.8 · Sydney

newtown · 76 Wilford Street, Newtown NSW 2042

Newtown craft brewery on Wilford Street, Sydney. The Newtowner pale ale is the menu signature; street-art tank room and a year-round food-truck rotation.

De Hopduvel Beer Shop ★ 4.8 · Ghent

dok-noord · Dok-Noord 7/005, 9000 Gent

De Hopduvel has been one of Belgium's premier specialist beer shops since 1892. The Dok Noord location stocks more than 900 Belgian beers: obscure lambics.

Tip: Open Tuesday to Saturday 10:00-18:00; ask the staff to pack a mixed half-dozen for the evening.

Kamenitza Microbrewery ★ 4.8 · Plovdiv

centre · ul. Iztochen 33, 4000 Plovdiv

Kamenitza Microbrewery occupies part of the original 1881 brewery on Kamenitza Hill. Visitor centre, beer restaurant and small-batch craft beer beside.

Dieu du Ciel ★ 4.8 · Montreal

mile-end · 29 Avenue Laurier Ouest, Montreal, QC H2T 2N2

Dieu du Ciel is Montreal's best-loved brewpub, a cramped Laurier corner where flagship beers like Peche Mortel stout were first poured to a devoted crowd.

Tip: It is small and gets packed; go early evening and start with the Peche Mortel imperial stout.

SalamaNation ★ 4.8 · Helsinki

kamppi · Eerikinkatu 5, 00100 Helsinki

SalamaNation is Salama Brewing's central Helsinki bar in Kamppi, pouring 20 taps with the brewery's hop-forward IPAs and mixed-fermentation beers alongside.

Tip: Twenty taps split between Salama's own beers and rotating guests, with cans, bottles.

BBF Bordeaux Beer Factory ★ 4.8 · Bordeaux

chartrons · 64 Rue Borie, 33000 Bordeaux

BBF Bordeaux Beer Factory in the Chartrons is the citys best-known urban brewpub with six permanent house beers on tap, brewing sessions and a bottle shop.

Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday; brewery tours run on Saturdays at 14:00 and book up through the BBF site a week ahead.

BRLO Brwhouse ★ 4.8 · Berlin

gleisdreieck · Schoneberger Strasse 16, 10963 Berlin

BRLO Brwhouse sits in 38 upcycled shipping containers in the Park am Gleisdreieck, brewing a full range of craft lagers, IPAs and seasonal sours.

Brauerei Paeffgen ★ 4.8 · Cologne

agnesviertel · Friesenstrasse 64-66, 50670 Köln

Brauerei Paeffgen on Friesenstrasse in Cologne is the last independent house brewery in the city, founded by Hermann Päffgen in 1883; still hand-brewing.

Kehrwieder Kreativbrauerei ★ 4.8 · Hamburg

hammerbrook · Hammerbrookstrasse 67, 20097 Hamburg

Kehrwieder Kreativbrauerei on Hammerbrookstrasse in Hamburg has brewed American-style IPAs, saisons and seasonals since 2013, with a small taproom.

Tip: Closed Mon to Thu; the taproom takes walk-ins. Beer to-go in cans and bottles.

Augustiner-Bräu München ★ 4.8 · Munich

westend · Landsberger Strasse 31-35, 80339 München

Augustiner-Bräu München on Landsberger Strasse, founded 1328 as a monastery brewery, is Munich's oldest house; the Edelstoff Helles is what every locals.

Young Master Brewery ★ 4.8 · Hong Kong

wong-chuk-hang · 53 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong

Young Master in Wong Chuk Hang is Hong Kong's leading craft brewery, running a 40HL CraftStar brewhouse since 2016 with Asian ingredient led pales.

Tip: Try the Cha Chaan Teng pilsner brewed for local milk tea pairing; the Hua Diao stout is the cult pour.

Independence Brewing Company Versova ★ 4.8 · Mumbai

andheri · Shop 1, 2, 3 Akshay Villa, Jayaprakash Narayan Road, Seven Bungalows, Andheri West, Mumbai 400053

Independence Brewing Co in Versova runs a brewpub with American-craft ales, lagers and seasonal IPAs. The kitchen leans pizzas. Editor's TableJourney pick.

Tip: Friday night quiz from 20:30; book a booth for groups. Cash and card both accepted.

Whiplash Beer ★ 4.8 · Dublin

docklands · 67B Cherry Orchard Industrial Estate, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, D10 F657

Whiplash Beer in Ballyfermot Dublin 10, the craft label by Alex Lawes brewing hazy IPA and a clean lager, the city's most ubiquitous craft draft.

Tip: Find Whiplash at P. Mac's, Underdog and Fidelity on Queen Street. The Body Riddle IPA is the year-round flagship.

Bunker Brewery ★ 4.8 · Bologna

Via del Lavoro 53/A, 40127 Bologna BO

Bunker in Bologna's industrial east is the city's modern craft brewery and taproom from 2014, with daily-rotating IPAs and stouts, plus a daily small-plates.

Tip: Walk-in works; the taproom is closed Monday and Tuesday. The IPA Bolognino is the house flagship.

Archea Brewery ★ 4.8 · Florence

oltrarno · Via dei Serragli 44r, 50124 Firenze

Archea Brewery in Florence's Oltrarno is an independent craft pub on Via dei Serragli, leaning Italian and Tuscan on a rotating tap list that runs about.

Tip: Open daily from 18:00. The barman canners fresh take-home cans on request.

Ballarak Birrificio ★ 4.8 · Palermo

kalsa · Piazza Magione 28, 90133 Palermo

Ballarak on Piazza Magione in Palermo's Kalsa is the city's first craft brewery since 2016, four house taps with rotating IPAs, lager and stouts.

Tip: Tap list rotates monthly. The Suino Nero burger pairs with the IPA; piazza tables fill first in summer.

Ma Che Siete Venuti a Fa ★ 4.8 · Rome

trastevere · Via di Benedetta 25, 00153 Roma

Ma Che Siete Venuti a Fa in Rome's Trastevere is the famous tiny-room craft beer bar (the Football Pub) with 16 rotating taps of Italian and Belgian craft.

Tip: Open daily 11:00-02:00. Cash and card; the room holds 20; standing room only most nights.

Birrificio Torino ★ 4.8 · Turin

aurora · Via Parma 30, 10152 Torino

Birrificio Torino opened the city's first brewpub in 2001 inside an old candy factory near Piazza Castello. Mauro Mascarello and Claudia Fertino brew on site.

Fukuoka Craft Brewing ★ 4.8 · Fukuoka

hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0012, Japan

Fukuoka Craft Brewing's taproom opened March 2024 in the Daitos Annex next to Hakata Station. Hakata Lager and a Session IPA from the Okagaki brewery.

Tip: Standing-bar format. Taps rotate weekly; pizza and snacks available.

Funs Brewing Beerhouse Osaka ★ 4.8 · Osaka

Horie and Nishi-ku · 1-15-10 Kitahorie, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0014

Horie craft beer bar pouring 10 rotating taps from shortlisted Japanese microbreweries; a Kitahorie basement taproom with seasonal food pairings.

Schouskjelleren Mikrobryggeri ★ 4.8 · Oslo

grunerlokka · Trondheimsveien 2, 0560 Oslo

Schouskjelleren in the vaulted brick cellar of the original Schous brewery on Trondheimsveien is Oslo's second-oldest microbrewery, with a massive open.

Brovarnia ★ 4.8 · Gdańsk

ul. Szafarnia 9, 80-755 Gdańsk

Brovarnia in Gdańsk is the oldest active brewery in Pomerania, inside Hotel Gdańsk's 17th-century granary on Szafarnia. Booking recommended.

Tip: Brewery tours run by request; ask reception when you book the restaurant.

Weźże Krafta ★ 4.8 · Kraków

ul. Dajwór 16, 31-052 Kraków

Weźże Krafta in Kraków's Kazimierz pours 25 Polish craft taps and 200+ bottles. Wood-fired Neapolitan pizza alongside; in the Tytano old tobacco factory.

Tip: The Polish-sour shelf is the room's special; outdoor seating in the Tytano courtyard runs in summer.

Pinta Warsaw Nowogrodzka ★ 4.8 · Warsaw

ul. Nowogrodzka 18a, 00-511 Warszawa

Pinta on Nowogrodzka in Warsaw is the city taproom of the Wieprz-based brewery, the founder of the Polish craft hop wave. Modern IPA, double IPA.

Garage Beer Co ★ 4.8 · Barcelona

eixample · Carrer del Consell de Cent 261, 08011 Barcelona

Garage Beer Co in Barcelona's Eixample is the city's reference craft taproom: 18 taps of in-house and guest beers, a NEIPA-led house style with bar snacks.

Tip: Open daily. The Cherry Pop sour and the Soup IPA are the in-house pours; the food menu runs from 12:00.

Cervezas Rio Azul ★ 4.8 · Seville

Calle Lana 6, Poligono Hytasa, 41006 Sevilla

Cervezas Rio Azul on Calle Lana in Seville's Hytasa industrial quarter is the city's flagship craft brewery in a converted textile mill, with hoppy.

Tip: About half an hour walk from centro, easier by bicycle, bus (lines 26, 38), metro (L1 Cocheras) or car (free monitored parking).

Stigbergets Bryggeri ★ 4.8 · Gothenburg

Ringon · Stalverksgatan 2, 417 07 Goteborg

Stigbergets is Gothenburg's most export-acclaimed craft brewery, known internationally for West Coast IPA and an innovative seasonal program.

The Populist ★ 4.8 · Istanbul

şişli · Merkez Mah., Birahane Sokak No:1/D, 34381 Şişli, İstanbul

The Populist inside the historic Bomonti Beer Factory, a Bomontiada brewpub pouring Torch Brewery's 12-tap rotation including a Turkish wheat with anise.

Pilot Beer ★ 4.8 · Edinburgh

leith · 5 Bonnington Industrial Estate, Tennant Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 5EJ

Pilot Beer brewery on Tennant Street in Leith Edinburgh, founded 2013 by Matt Johnson and Patrick Jones, an industrial-estate craft brewery known for fruited.

Tip: Taproom takes walk-ins Fri-Sat; the rest of the week is wholesale only. Try the Vienna Lager and the Mochaccino Stout.

The Kernel Brewery ★ 4.8 · London

borough-bermondsey · Arch 7 Dockley Road, London SE16 3SF

Evin O'Riordain's railway-arch brewery in Bermondsey London, founded 2009, the city's most-influential modern craft brewery, runs a Saturday-only retail.

Tip: Saturday market hours only (09:00-14:00). The bottle shop runs at the arch alongside Mons cheese and Maltby Street market.

Cloudwater Brew Co ★ 4.8 · Manchester

deansgate · Unit 9, Piccadilly Trading Estate, Gidding Road, Manchester M1 2NP

Manchester's modern brewing flagship since 2015, on the Piccadilly Trading Estate. Unit 9 taproom: 20 keg lines, walk-in cold store, weekend tours.

La Cumbre Brewing ★ 4.8 · Albuquerque

north-valley · 3313 Girard Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107

La Cumbre Brewing on Girard Boulevard in Albuquerque since 2010 anchors the city's craft scene, with Project Dank IPA

Burial Beer Co ★ 4.8 · Asheville

south-slope · 40 Collier Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Burial Beer Co opened on Collier Avenue in 2013 and is now one of Asheville's defining South Slope breweries.

Tip: The Forestry Camp restaurant on Shelburne Road is the Burial sister project; ride share between South Slope and the Forestry Camp barrel cellar.

Aeronaut Brewing Company ★ 4.8 · Boston

somerville · 14 Tyler St, Somerville, MA 02143

Aeronaut on Tyler Street in Union Square Somerville has run a science-themed craft brewery in Boston since 2014. Saturday Aeronaut food market runs in-house.

Tip: Saturday food market 12:00-17:00 has 12 vendors; pair with the day's Aeronaut taproom pour. The barrel-aged saison is the under-ordered beer.

The Alchemist Brewery and Visitor's Center ★ 4.8 · Burlington

stowe · 100 Cottage Club Rd, Stowe, VT 05672

John and Jen Kimmich founded The Alchemist in 2003; the Heady Topper IPA from this Stowe brewery (35 miles from Burlington) sparked the entire haze-IPA.

Tip: Same-day Heady-Topper four-packs sell out by midday on weekends; arrive at open.

Half Acre Beer Company ★ 4.8 · Chicago

2050 W Balmoral Ave, Chicago, IL 60625

Half Acre Beer Co. in Chicago is the Bowmanville brewery on Balmoral since the 2021 consolidation, with the Daisy Cutter pale ale at its core.

Tip: Daisy Cutter cans are everywhere, but at the taproom you can order it on cask, which is the way the brewers themselves drink it.

Wolf's Ridge Brewing ★ 4.8 · Columbus

downtown · 215 N 4th St, Columbus, OH 43215

Wolf's Ridge Brewing on North Fourth Street in Columbus downtown has run a family-owned brewery and dining room since 2013, the reference brewery.

Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project ★ 4.8 · Denver

3350 Brighton Blvd, Denver, CO 80216

Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project in Denver is Chad Yakobson's RiNo wild-ale brewery, a Brettanomyces specialist and a national craft benchmark.

Sun King Brewery Downtown ★ 4.8 · Indianapolis

mass-ave · 135 N College Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46202

Sun King Brewery on North College in Indianapolis is the city's biggest local. The downtown taproom runs the full lineup with rotating food trucks outside.

Monkish Brewing ★ 4.8 · Los Angeles

20311 S Western Ave, Torrance, CA 90501

Monkish Brewing in Torrance, Los Angeles County brews some of the most-sought-after hazy IPAs in California. Bottle releases sell out in minutes online.

Lincoln's Beard Brewing Co. ★ 4.8 · Miami

7360 SW 41st St, Miami, FL 33155

Lincoln's Beard Brewing in Miami is the 2016 Westchester taproom at 7360 SW 41st Street in the Bird Road Art District, with Tacos & Tattoos on the back patio.

Tip: Wednesday karaoke is a local rite. The IPA flight is the order; food trucks rotate weekly on the back patio.

Surly Brewing Company ★ 4.8 · Minneapolis

saint-paul · 520 Malcolm Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414

Surly Brewing on Malcolm Avenue has run a destination brewery and beer hall in Minneapolis since 2014. The Furious IPA and Bender brown ale.

Bearded Iris Brewing ★ 4.8 · Nashville

germantown · 101 Van Buren St, Nashville, TN 37208

Bearded Iris Brewing's Germantown flagship in Nashville pulled out of the East Nashville origin site and now anchors Van Buren Street with hop-forward IPAs.

Tip: The Homestyle IPA is the constant on tap; the Greenway from this side of the canal is a 15-minute walk to downtown.

Urban South Brewery ★ 4.8 · New Orleans

1645 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Urban South Brewery in New Orleans is the Lower Garden District craft brewery on Tchoupitoulas Street near the Convention Center, with a family-friendly.

Tip: The Urban Smash burger window inside the taproom runs solid burgers; happy hour is 15:00-18:00 weekdays.

Tip: The Warehouse has the full kitchen; Long Story Short on Butler is the smaller taproom.

Best Craft Breweries Worldwide