Top Breweries in Mexico

Cerveza Loba ★ 4.5

Cerveza Loba in Guadalajara is the Mercado Santa Tere taproom on Gregorio Davila 76, a 2015-opened brewery serving Witbier, IPA and Porter with a gastropub.

Patan Ale House ★ 4.5

Patan Ale House in Guadalajara is the Americana 24-tap craft beer hall on Morelos 1281, a Berlin-meets-California room pouring local and Mexican microbrews.

Cerveceria Escala ★ 4.4

Cerveceria Escala in Guadalajara is the Providencia brewpub on Ruben Dario 1519, an 11-tap kitchen pairing IPA and Stout with Ensenada-style shrimp tacos.

Casa Trapiche ★ 4.4

Casa Trapiche in Guadalajara is the Ladron de Guevara beer garden on Ramos Millan 146, a Cerveceria de Colima rooftop pouring Colimita with Mejia-chef tacos.

Cerveza Patito ★ 4.4

Cerveza Patito at La Plancha Mercado Gastronómico is Mérida's most-recognized craft brewery, a Centro taproom pouring pilsner, IPA and porter from Xcanatún.

Cru Cru Brewing ★ 4.4

Cru Cru Brewing in Mexico City is the La Romita craft brewery in a 19th-century mansion off Plaza Romita, one of the early modern Mexico City craft breweries.

Falling Piano Brewing Co ★ 4.4

Falling Piano Brewing Co in Mexico City is the Roma Norte American-style craft brewery and taproom on Coahuila, a converted warehouse with hazy IPAs.

Drunkendog ★ 4.4

Drunkendog in Mexico City is the Condesa craft beer taproom on Avenida Nuevo Leon next to Parque Espana, a long bar with 38 rotating taps split.

Bilderberg Taproom Centro ★ 4.4

Bilderberg Taproom Centro pours six rotating lines on 5 Oriente in Puebla, from a rice lager to a Russian imperial stout, brewed over in Cholula.

TipSix lines rotate through dubbel, saison, rice lager, IPA and a Russian imperial stout that runs to twelve per cent.

Cerveceria Minerva ★ 4.3

Cerveceria Minerva in Guadalajara is the canonical Tapatio craft brewery since 2002, the Zapopan taproom pouring Colonial Stout, Viena Amber and pale ales.

Cerveceria La Blanca ★ 4.3

Cerveceria La Blanca in Guadalajara is the Arcos Vallarta wheat brewery on Lope de Vega 127, the first Mexican Weissbier operation famed for Bock and Ahumada.

Hop 3 The Beer Experience ★ 4.3

Hop 3 inside Paseo 60 Mérida pours 11 rotating Mexican craft taps and stocks 50-plus bottles, a beer-experience hub combining tastings with bottle retail.

Morenos Tasting Room ★ 4.3

Morenos Tasting Room in Mexico City is the Roma Norte multi-tap craft beer hall on Chiapas (formerly The Tasting Room), a 20-plus tap rotating room.

Puerto Juárez Brewery ★ 4.2

Puerto Juárez Brewery is a small front-yard microbrewery near the Puerto Juárez waterfront, pouring its own peach pale ales, IPA and oatmeal stout.

OrderThe oatmeal stout or the Lanchita IPA, with the house guacamole.

TipClosed Tuesday and Wednesday; it sits in a house front yard on Calle 51 in Puerto Juárez, so check the hours before you go.

Cervecería Mastache ★ 4.2

Cervecería Mastache in Mérida's San Ramón Norte runs a taproom on Avenida Cámara de Comercio, house pilsners and pale ales with Yucatecan beer snacks.

Oaxaca Brewing Co ★ 4.2

Oaxaca Brewing Co on Tinoco y Palacios is the city's flagship craft taproom, with stouts, IPAs, fruit ales and a small kitchen of pizzas in a Centro house.

Utopía Belgian Beer & Bistro ★ 4.2

Utopia Belgian Beer & Bistro has stocked Belgian bottles on 9 Oriente in Puebla for two decades, in a dark room that also sells beer to take home.

TipTwo decades of stocking Belgian bottles on 9 Oriente, with a retail shop attached for taking beer home.

Chela de Playa ★ 4.1

Chela de Playa runs its Cancún taproom on Avenida Huayacán beside Astoria, pouring its own Vienna lager, Kölsch, white IPA, pale ale and porter.

OrderThe house Vienna lager, KölXch and white IPA, with a torta wannabe from the antojitos menu.

TipThe brewery began in Playa del Carmen in 2012 and brews its own recipes; the Cancún taproom is the roomier of its two.

Esmeralda Brewing ★ 4.1

Esmeralda Brewing at La Plancha Mérida runs a four-tap counter of Yucatecan beers: sour-orange pale ale, Colorada tropical and Oasis oatmeal stout.

Apóstol Tap Room ★ 4.0

Apóstol Tap Room in Mérida's San Antonio Cucul brews IPA and blonde labels in-house, a Wednesday-Saturday Yucatecan brewery with a small grill kitchen.

Cervecería Cuerno de Toro ★ 4.0

Cervecería Cuerno de Toro in Mérida's north side runs Yucatán pilsner and porter labels, a Thursday-Saturday taproom with a small kitchen and grill snacks.

Oaxaco Cerveceria ★ 4.0

Oaxaco Cerveceria on Allende is a small Centro taproom with house IPAs, pulque-cerveza experiments and a wood-fired pizza kitchen running long evenings.

Consejo Cervecero ★ 4.0

Consejo Cervecero is the Reforma taproom with a rotating lineup of Mexican craft beers, IPAs and stouts on a 12-tap wall and a snack-board program.

Cabuche (craft beer program) ★ 4.0

Cabuche on Hidalgo runs a craft-beer program alongside pulque, mezcal and a 100-peso comida corrida, the broadest fermented-drink list in the Centro.

Fortuna Cervezas ★ 3.9

Fortuna Cervezas in Guadalajara is the Avenida Pablo Neruda craft taproom inside the Fortuna group, a Providencia favourite for pilsners and bean lagers.

Pulqueria Jalatlaco ★ 3.9

Pulqueria Jalatlaco on Aldama serves traditional pulque and curados (tuna, mango, apio) with a small botana plate, the most local drink room in the barrio.

Santisima Flor de Lupulo ★ 3.8

Santisima Flor de Lupulo is a small Reforma craft brewery focused on hop-forward Oaxacan IPAs and pale ales, with a Friday-Saturday taproom service.