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Best Beers, Brewers, New Brewers By Subregion

For the year 2018

Jan 22, 2019

UNITED STATES	top beer	top brewer	best new brewer
Alabama	Good People Snake Handler	Straight To Ale
Alaska	Anchorage A Deal With The Devil Barleywine (Double Oaked)	Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Arizona	Arizona Wilderness American Presidential Stout	Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company
Arkansas		Lost Forty Brewing
California	Bottle Logic Number Crunch	Russian River Brewing	Moksa Brewing Company
Colorado	Avery Mephistopheles Stout	Casey Brewing and Blending	The Intrepid Sojourner Beer Project
Connecticut	Two Roads / Evil Twin Saigon Scooter Selfie	Fox Farm Brewery	Fat Orange Cat Brew Company
Delaware	Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA	Dogfish Head Brewery
Florida	Cigar City Marshal Zhukov's Penultimate Push - Bourbon Barrel	Cigar City Brewing	3 Sons Brewing Company
Georgia	Terrapin Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout	Terrapin Beer Company (Tenth and Blake - MillerCoors)	New Realm Brewing
Hawaii	Maui Brewing Imperial CoCoNut PorTeR	Maui Brewing Company
Idaho	Woodland Empire Ada County Stout	Grand Teton Brewing Co.
Illinois	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	Short Fuse Brewing Company
Indiana	Three Floyds Dark Lord - Bourbon Vanilla Bean	Three Floyds Brewing Company
Iowa	Toppling Goliath Kentucky Brunch	Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
Kansas		Free State Brewing Company
Kentucky	Against the Grain 70K	Against the Grain Brewery	Gravely Brewing Company
Louisiana	NOLA Hopitoulas IPA	Great Raft Brewing	Port Orleans Brewing Company
Maine	Maine Beer Dinner	Maine Beer Company	Goodfire Brewing Company
Maryland	Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter	Stillwater Artisanal	Hysteria Brewing Company
Massachusetts	Samuel Adams Utopias	Trillium Brewing Company	BareWolf Brewing
Michigan	Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	Founders Brewing Company
Minnesota	Surly Darkness	Surly Brewing Company	Barrel Theory Beer Company
Mississippi	SPB Devil's Harvest Breakfast IPA	Southern Prohibition Brewery
Missouri	Perennial Abraxas - Barrel Aged	Side Project Brewing	Wellspent Brewing Company
Montana	Big Sky Moose Drool Brown Ale	Big Sky Brewing Company
Nebraska	Nebraska Little Betty	Nebraska Brewing Company	Kros Strain Brewing
Nevada	Revision Battle Of The Lords	Revision Brewing Company
New Hampshire	Smuttynose Baltic Porter	Smuttynose Brewing Company	Backyard Brewery and Kitchen
New Jersey	Kane A Night to End All Dawns	Kane Brewing Company
New Mexico	La Cumbre Elevated IPA	La Cumbre Brewing Company
New York	Evil Twin Double Barrel Jesus	Other Half Brewing	Alewife Brewing Company
North Carolina	Olde Hickory The Event Horizon	Wicked Weed Brewing (AB InBev)	Resident Culture Brewing Company
North Dakota		Drekker Brewing Company
Ohio	Jackie O's / Side Project Appervation	Hoppin' Frog Brewery	Fretboard Brewing
Oklahoma	Prairie / Evil Twin Bible Belt - Barrel Aged	Prairie Artisan Ales
Oregon	Deschutes The Abyss	De Garde Brewing	Wayfinder
Pennsylvania	Voodoo Imperial Breakfast Stout - Woodford Reserve Bourbon	Tired Hands Brewing Company	Urban Village Brewing Company
Rhode Island	Narragansett Autocrat Coffee Milk Stout	Tilted Barn Brewery
South Carolina	Westbrook Mexican Cake Imperial Stout	Westbrook Brewing
South Dakota		Fernson Brewing Company
Tennessee	Bearded Iris Tunnel Vision - Double Dry Hopped w/ Citra	Blackberry Farm	Heaven & Ale Brewing Co.
Texas	Jester King Atrial Rubicite	Jester King Brewery	Celis Brewery
Utah	Epic Big Bad Baptista	Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO)	Kiitos Brewing
Vermont	Hill Farmstead Aaron	Hill Farmstead Brewery
Virginia	The Veil Sleeping Forever (Apple Brandy Barrel)	The Veil Brewing Company	Solace Brewing Company
Washington	Fremont Brew 2000	Fremont Brewing Company	Garden Path Fermentation
Washington DC	DC Brau On the Wings of Armageddon	Bluejacket
West Virginia	Greenbrier Valley Devil Anse IPA	Bridge Brew Works	Weathered Ground Brewery
Wisconsin	Central Waters Black Gold	New Glarus Brewing Company	Working Draft Beer Company
Wyoming	Melvin * (Asterisk)	Melvin Brewing Company
GERMANY	top beer	top brewer	best new brewer
Baden-Württemberg	Braukollektiv Dolly IPA	Braukollektiv
Bavaria	Spezial Rauchbier Märzen	Brauerei Aying	American All-Stars Brewing Co
Berlin	Schneeeule / Himburgs BrauKunstKeller - BrettAmarsi	Fuerst Wiacek
Brandenburg		Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle
Bremen	Union Bremer Hanseat 2.0	Union Brauerei Bremen
Hamburg	Kehrwieder South Islay	Kehrwieder Kreativbrauerei	ÜberQuell Brauwerkstätten
Hesse	Flügge Fränk	Brauerei Flügge	Brauerei Flügge
Lower Saxony	Buddelship / Mashsee Moonshine Imperial Pils	Einbecker Brauhaus
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Störtebeker Nordik Porter	Störtebeker Braumanufaktur
North Rhine-Westphalia	Uerige Doppel Sticke	Uerige Obergärige Hausbrauerei	Brauerei Kemker
Rhineland-Palatinate	Eulchen Doppel-Bock 2016+	Kuehn Kunz Rosen
Saarland		Flammings Flammbräu - Brauhof Saar
Saxony	Bayerischer Bahnhof Original Leipziger Gose	Ritterguts Gose
Saxony-Anhalt		Colbitzer Heidebrauerei
Schleswig-Holstein	Sudden Death The Wolfman ate my Homework	Sudden Death Brewing	Wittorfer Brauerei
Thuringia	Köstritzer Meisterwerke Pale Ale	Köstritzer Schwarzbierbrauerei (Bitburger)
ENGLAND	top beer	top brewer	best new brewer
Bedfordshire	Courage Russian Imperial Stout (2011+)	Charles Wells (Marston's)
Berkshire	Siren Maiden 2017	Siren	New Wharf Brewing Co.
Buckinghamshire		XT Brewing
Cambridgeshire	Oakham Green Devil IPA	Oakham	BrewBoard
Cheshire	Redwillow Restless	RedWillow Brewery
Cornwall	Verdant / Equilibrium Keep Left	Verdant Brewing Co
Cumbria	Hawkshead / Cigar City Tiramisu Imperial Stout	Hawkshead
Derbyshire	Buxton / Omnipollo Yellow Belly Sundae	Buxton
Devon		Otter
Dorset	Badger An American Venture - Amarillo, Cascade & Mosaic	Badger (Hall & Woodhouse)
Durham	Durham Something Blue	McColl's Brewery	McColl's Brewery
East Sussex	Burning Sky Les Amis Du Brassage	Burning Sky	Cloak+Dagger
East Yorkshire	Atom Schrodinger's Cat	Atom	Bone Machine Brew Co
Essex	Solvay Society Tritium	Crouch Vale	Leigh on Sea Brewing Co.
Gloucestershire	Deya Saturated In Simcoe	Moor	Croft Ales
Greater London	Fuller's Imperial Stout (10.7%)	The Kernel Brewery	St. John at Hackney Brewery
Greater Manchester	Cloudwater NE DIPA Mosaic	Cloudwater Brew Co	Pomona Island Brew Co.
Hampshire	Vibrant Forest Kick-Start	Vibrant Forest
Herefordshire	Wye Valley HPA	Odyssey Brew Co
Hertfordshire	Mad Squirrel $umo	Mad Squirrel Brewing
Isle Of Wight		Goddards
Kent	Shepherd Neame Double Stout (5.2% - Bottle)	Alpha State	Iron Pier Brewery
Lancashire	Thwaites Crafty Dan 13 Guns	Northern Whisper	Northern Whisper
Leicestershire	Mount St. Bernard Abbey Tynt Meadow English Trappist Ale	Mount St. Bernard Abbey Brewery	Mount St. Bernard Abbey Brewery
Lincolnshire		Brewster's (UK)
Merseyside	Black Lodge / BrewDog Liverpool Wake 'n' Bake	Neptune Brewery
Norfolk	Poppyland Vossaøl	Poppyland
North Yorkshire	Brew York Imperial Tonkoko Stout	Samuel Smith	Beer Monkey Brew Co.
Northamptonshire	Nene Valley Manhattan Project	Nene Valley
Northumberland	Allendale Tall Stories Red IPA	Allendale
Nottinghamshire	Neon Raptor Moon Rocks	Black Iris	Liquid Light Brewing Company
Oxfordshire	Wychwood King Goblin (Bottle)	Hook Norton
Rutland	Baker's Dozen Electric Landlady	Baker's Dozen Brewing Co.
Shropshire	Salopian Lullaby	Salopian
Somerset	Wild Beer Wildebeest	Wild Beer	Yonder Brewing and Blending
South Yorkshire	Abbeydale You Scratch My Back	Abbeydale
Staffordshire	Titanic Plum Porter	Titanic (UK)
Suffolk	Burnt Mill / Finback Swimming Giants	Old Chimneys	Burnt Mill Brewery
Surrey		Dorking Brewery
Tyne & Wear	Wylam Imperial Macchiato	Wylam
Warwickshire	Purity Longhorn	Purity
West Midlands	Twisted Barrel Naido (Cascade/Azacca/Denali)	Fixed Wheel	Dig Brew Co
West Sussex	Ridgeway Imperial Russian Stout	Dark Star (Fullers)
West Yorkshire	Magic Rock Bearded Lady Dessert Edition: Toasted Pecan Praline Bourbon BA	Magic Rock Brewing
Wiltshire	Dark Revolution Velveteen	Dark Revolution
Worcestershire		Pershore
CANADA	top beer	top brewer	best new brewer
Alberta		Blindman Brewing	Town Square Brewing Company
British Columbia	Central City Thor's Hammer Barley Wine - Bourbon Barrel Aged	Superflux	Beere Brewing Company
Manitoba		Torque Brewing
New Brunswick	Trailway Hu Jon Hops	Trailway Brewing Company
Nova Scotia	2 Crows Fantacity	Stillwell	Stillwell
Ontario	Nickel Brook Café Del Bastardo	Bellwoods Brewery	Godspeed Brewery
Prince Edward Island		Prince Edward Island Brewing Company (The Gahan House)
Quebec	Dieu du Ciel! Péché Mortel (Bourbon)	Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!	Bièrerie Shelton
Saskatchewan		Black Bridge Brewery (SK)
Yukon		Yukon Brewing Company