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I love craft beer. If you’re reading this, hopefully, you do as well. I try to find as many local craft beers as possible whenever I travel. Many places have at least one craft beer bar these days (and if they don’t, someone will open one soon), and even older local breweries are beginning to evolve as new small breweries pop up and make exciting beers. Different beer styles are popular in different places worldwide, and many microbreweries use unique local ingredients to make beers you won’t find anywhere else. Seeking out these local beers is a great way to get to know the place you’re visiting. In my experience, craft beer fans are some of the best people around, so if you find them, you’re also likely to get some other great tips on restaurants & activities you should seek out on your stay in addition to great craft beer recommendations.
I’ve written many posts about where I’ve had the best craft beer around the world. These posts are about places I have personally visited and/or researched, with details about the selection, atmosphere, and more. Hopefully, they are a helpful guide to you as you seek out the best craft beer when you travel. I’ll constantly write more of them, so watch for more great beer lists soon! If a space has a title but is not linked yet, that’s a post I plan to write soon. This is meant to be an easy way to see all of my posts about craft beer, so if a place isn’t included, that doesn’t mean they don’t have great beer; I just haven’t written about it.
- North America
- United States
- Alabama
- Arizona
- California
- The best craft beer in Arcadia, California
- The best craft beer in Atascadero, California
- The best craft beer in Belmont, California
- The best craft beer in Bishop, California
- The best craft beer in Carpinteria, California
- The best craft beer in Cotati, California
- The best craft beer in Downtown Los Angeles, California
- The best craft beer in Mammoth Lakes, California
- The best craft beer in Mill Valley, California
- Top craft beer bars in Monterey, California
- The best craft beer in Palm Springs – Palm Desert- Coachella Valley, California
- The best craft beer in Paso Robles, California
- The best craft beer in Rohnert Park, California
- The best craft beer in San Carlos, California
- The best craft beer in Santa Rosa, California
- The best craft beer in Sonora, California
- Florida
- Maryland
- The best craft beer in Bethesda, Maryland
- The best craft beer in Silver Spring, Maryland
- Nevada
- New York
- The best craft beer in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City
- The best craft beer in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York City
- The best craft beer in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City
- The best craft beer in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City
- The best craft beer in Flushing, Queens, New York City
- The best craft beer in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City
- The best craft beer in Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York City
- The best craft beer in Long Island City – New York City
- The best craft beer in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, New York City
- The best craft beer in Ridgewood, Queens, New York City
- Pennsylvania
- United States
- Europe
- Austria
- The best craft beer in Vienna, Austria
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- The best craft beer in Berlin, Germany
- The best craft beer in Frankfurt, Germany
- Craft Beer in Munich, Germany
- Greece
- The best craft beer in Athens, Greece
- The best craft beer in Kalamata, Greece
- The best craft beer in Naxos, Greece
- The best craft beer in Santorini, Greece
- Iceland
- Ireland
- The best craft beer in Cork, Ireland
- The best craft beer in Kerry & Dingle, Ireland
- The best craft beer in Dublin, Ireland
- The best craft beer in Killarney, Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Portugal
- The best craft beer in Cascais, Portugal
- The best craft beer in Lisbon, Portugal
- The best craft beer in Porto, Portugal
- The best craft beer in Sintra, Portugal
- Spain
- The best craft beer in Barcelona, Spain
- The best craft beer in Bilbao, Spain
- The best craft beer in Gijon, Spain
- The best craft beer in Granada, Spain
- The best craft beer in Malaga, Spain
- The best craft beer in Oviedo, Spain
- The best craft beer in Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- The best craft beer in Ronda, Spain
- The best craft beer in San Sebastian, Spain
- The best craft beer in Sevilla, Spain
- The best craft beer in Tarragona, Spain
- The best craft beer in Valencia, Spain
- Sweden
- The best craft beer in Gothenburg, Sweden
- The best craft beer in Malmo, Sweden
- The best craft beer in Stockholm, Sweden
- The best craft beer in Umea, Sweden
- Switzerland
- The best craft beer in Zurich, Switzerland
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- The best craft beer in Bridport, England
- The best craft beer in Cambridge, England
- The best craft beer in Canterbury, England
- The best craft beer in Dover, England
- The best craft beer in Edinburgh, Scotland
- The best craft beer in Glasgow, Scotland
- The best craft beer in Greenwich, England
- The best craft beer in Liverpool, England
- The best craft beer in Central London – Westminster – SoHo – Covent Garden – Pimlico – Mayfair, England
- The best craft beer in the City of London, England
- The best craft beer in the East End of London – Bethnal Green – Tower Hamlets
- The best craft beer in East London – Hackney – Shoreditch – Dalston – Hoxton – Clapton – Stoke Newington – Hackney Wick
- The best craft beer in Stratford – Royal Docks – West Ham – East Ham – Canning Town – Borough of Newham – East London
- The best craft beer in Walthamstow – Waltham Forest – Blackhorse Beer Mile
- The best craft beer in North London – Camden – Bloomsbury – Kentish Town – Hampstead
- The best craft beer in South London – Brixton – Lambeth – Clapham – Vauxhall
- The best craft beer in Richmond, London, England
- The Bermondsey Beer Mile in London
- The best craft beer in Whitstable, England
- The best craft beer in Windermere & the Central Lakes, Lake District, England
- The best craft beer in Windsor, England
- Austria
- Asia
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- The best craft beer in Aomori, Japan
- The best craft beer in Fukuoka, Japan
- The best craft beer in Hakodate, Japan
- The best craft beer in Kumagaya, Japan
- Craft beer in Kyoto, Japan
- The best craft beer in Morioka, Japan
- The best craft beer in Nara, Japan
- The best craft beer in Osaka, Japan
- The best craft beer in Sapporo, Japan
- The best craft beer in Tokyo, Japan
- The best craft beer in Tono, Japan
- The best craft beer in Yokohama, Japan
- The best craft beer in Yuzawa, Japan
- South Korea
- Australasia & Oceania
- Caribbean
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Great list & I have added it to Evernote. You don’t have Slovenia. I recently did a post about it after we visited (Ljubljana) – wonderful place! I even did a little Google Map to highlight the places:
https://travelwanker.world/ljubljana-slovenia-gem-place-serves-craft-beer-day-1/
Are you kidding? You have omitted Oregon where craft beer was born!!!
As I wrote above, this is a list of the places I have written about. Oregon has excellent craft beer – I just don’t have any posts about it. Thanks for contributing your misplaced outrage!