Where St. Louis drinks local: brewpubs, taprooms and the new wave.
Taprooms, brewpubs and the local beer scene in St. Louis worth taking a tram to.
Urban Chestnut's Grove Bierhall pours German-leaning lagers and American ales in a 400-seat hall built in a 1920s warehouse, with Fordo's pizza on site.
Tip: The Bierhall is huge and family-friendly; the Zwickel lager is the flagship pour. Pizza comes from Fordo's in the same space.
Urban Chestnut's original Midtown brewery and biergarten pours its German and American lineup near Grand Center, the first home of a big local craft name.
Tip: The biergarten is the draw in warm months. Tours of the brewing operation run on select days; check the calendar.
Schlafly is St. Louis's original craft brewery, and its downtown Tap Room pours the full range in a brick brewpub that has anchored the scene since 1991.
Tip: The pumpkin ale in autumn and the pale ale year-round are the calling cards. The brewpub kitchen does solid pub food.
4 Hands brews a broad American range from IPAs to barrel-aged stouts at a large taproom near Soulard, one of the city's most widely distributed craft names.
Tip: The taproom near the stadium fills on game days. City Wide is the easy-drinking flagship; ask about barrel-aged releases.
Side Project is the metro's most acclaimed craft brewery, specialising in barrel-aged sours and farmhouse ales that draw national beer pilgrims to Maplewood.
Tip: Allocations of the sought-after barrel-aged bottles go fast; check release schedules. The nearby Cellar is the tasting bar.
Rockwell's flagship near the Grove brews crisp lagers and saisons and pours them with tavern-style pizza, a well-regarded newer name in St. Louis beer.
Tip: The tavern-style pizza pairs with the house lager. Rockwell also runs a seasonal beer garden in Francis Park.
Civil Life brews sessionable English-style ales in Tower Grove South, a low-key brewery whose American Brown is a local classic. A neighbourhood beer garden.
Tip: The American Brown is the order, ideally in the leafy beer garden. It is cash-friendly and unpretentious by design.
Narrow Gauge brews some of the region's most sought-after hazy IPAs in Florissant, a small operation that took silver at the 2025 Great American Beer Fest.
Tip: The hazy and imperial IPAs are the reason to make the north-county drive. Can releases sell through quickly.
Ryan and Lindsay Sherring brew Belgian-inspired and American styles at this Maryland Heights taproom, a husband-and-wife operation growing since 2015.
Tip: The taproom is family-friendly with rotating taps. A west-county stop worth pairing with nearby Creve Coeur Lake.
Schlafly's Maplewood Bottleworks is the brand's larger production brewery and restaurant, with a beer garden, a Saturday farmers market and brewery tours.
Tip: The patio and the seasonal farmers market on the lot make it a daytime destination. Tours run on weekends.