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In spite of the fallout that followed its 100% acquisition by AB InBev in 2019… RateBeer remains a powerful and relevant online portal when it comes to crowd-sourced ratings and beer rankings…
And now in its 21th year, RateBeer just announced 2020’s best breweries in the world.
Performance for the year 2020 was highly weighted with four years of user data considered in its ranking.
This list reflects the top performing brewers from the over 34,000 listed at RateBeer. 2020’s winners here represent a small portion of the top 1% of brewers worldwide.
| 1 | Hill Farmstead Brewery
🇺🇸Greensboro, Vermont, United States
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| 2 | Side Project Brewing
🇺🇸Maplewood, Missouri, United States
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| 3 | Russian River Brewing Company
🇺🇸Santa Rosa, California, United States
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| 4 | Trillium Brewing Company
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| 5 | Tree House Brewing Company
🇺🇸Charlton, Massachusetts, United States
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| 6 | Three Floyds Brewing Company
🇺🇸Munster, Indiana, United States
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| 7 | Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)
🇺🇸Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
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| 8 | Cloudwater Brew Co
🇬🇧Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
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| 9 | AleSmith Brewing Company
🇺🇸San Diego, California, United States
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| 10 | Tired Hands Brewing Company
🇺🇸Ardmore, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 11 | Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey
🇺🇸San Marcos, California, United States
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| 12 | Sante Adairius Rustic Ales
🇺🇸Capitola, California, United States
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| 13 | The Kernel Brewery
🇬🇧Bermondsey, Greater London, England
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| 14 | Cigar City Brewing (CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective)
🇺🇸Tampa, Florida, United States
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| 15 | New Glarus Brewing Company
🇺🇸New Glarus, Wisconsin, United States
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| 16 | Toppling Goliath Brewing Co.
🇺🇸Decorah, Iowa, United States
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| 17 | The Bruery
🇺🇸Placentia, California, United States
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| 18 | Surly Brewing Company
🇺🇸Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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| 19 | Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat)
🇺🇸Paso Robles, California, United States
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| 20 | De Garde Brewing
🇺🇸Tillamook, Oregon, United States
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| 21 | Mikkeller
🇩🇰Copenhagen, NULL, Denmark
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| 22 | Stone Brewing
🇺🇸Escondido, California, United States
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| 23 | Brouwerij De Molen (Swinkels Family Brewers)
🇳🇱Bodegraven, NULL, Netherlands
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| 24 | Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
🇺🇸Chico, California, United States
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| 25 | Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!
🇨🇦Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada
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| 26 | Hoppin’ Frog Brewery
🇺🇸Akron, Ohio, United States
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| 27 | Fuller’s (Asahi)
🇬🇧Chiswick, Greater London, England
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| 28 | Modern Times Beer
🇺🇸San Diego, California, United States
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| 29 | Cycle Brewing
🇺🇸Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
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| 30 | Browar PINTA
🇵🇱Wieprz, NULL, Poland
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| 31 | Bell’s Brewery
🇺🇸Comstock, Michigan, United States
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| 32 | Maine Beer Company
🇺🇸Freeport, Maine, United States
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| 33 | Allagash Brewing Company
🇺🇸Portland, Maine, United States
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| 34 | To Øl
🇩🇰Copenhagen N, NULL, Denmark
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| 35 | De Struise Brouwers
🇧🇪Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium
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| 36 | Alpine Beer Company (CA)
🇺🇸Alpine, California, United States
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| 37 | Siren Craft Brew
🇬🇧Finchampstead, Berkshire, England
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| 38 | Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States
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| 39 | Jack’s Abby Brewing
🇺🇸Framingham, Massachusetts, United States
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| 40 | Buxton Brewery
🇬🇧Buxton, Derbyshire, England
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| 41 | Bokke
🇧🇪Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium
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| 42 | Brasserie Dunham
🇨🇦Dunham, Quebec, Canada
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| 43 | Cellarmaker Brewing Company
🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States
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| 44 | Anchorage Brewing Company
🇺🇸Anchorage, Alaska, United States
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| 45 | Other Half Brewing
🇺🇸Brooklyn, New York, United States
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| 46 | Garage Project
🇳🇿Wellington, NULL, New Zealand
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| 47 | Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
🇺🇸Portland, Oregon, United States
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| 48 | Brewery Ommegang (Duvel Moortgat)
🇺🇸Cooperstown, New York, United States
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| 49 | Cantillon
🇧🇪Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
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| 50 | Magic Rock Brewing (Lion Co. – Kirin Holdings)
🇬🇧Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
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| 51 | Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
🇧🇪Beersel, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
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| 52 | Boulevard Brewing Company (Duvel Moortgat)
🇺🇸Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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| 53 | Crooked Stave
🇺🇸Denver, Colorado, United States
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| 54 | Funky Buddha Brewery (Constellation Brands)
🇺🇸Oakland Park, Florida, United States
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| 55 | Põhjala
🇪🇪Tallinn, NULL, Estonia
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| 56 | Deschutes Brewery
🇺🇸Bend, Oregon, United States
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| 57 | Victory Brewing Company (ABV)
🇺🇸Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 58 | Abdij St. Sixtus – Westvleteren
🇧🇪Westvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium
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| 59 | Pipeworks Brewing Company
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States
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| 60 | Brasserie de la Senne
🇧🇪Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
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| 61 | Les Trois Mousquetaires [LTM]
🇨🇦Brossard, Quebec, Canada
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| 62 | Suarez Family Brewery
🇺🇸Livingston, New York, United States
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| 63 | Browar Trzech Kumpli
🇵🇱Tarnów, NULL, Poland
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| 64 | Verdant Brewing Co
🇬🇧Falmouth, Cornwall, England
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| 65 | Nøgne Ø (Hansa Borg)
🇳🇴Grimstad, NULL, Norway
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| 66 | Amager Bryghus
🇩🇰Kastrup, NULL, Denmark
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| 67 | Westbrook Brewing
🇺🇸Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States
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| 68 | Casey Brewing and Blending
🇺🇸Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States
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| 69 | Evil Twin Brewing
🇺🇸Queens, New York, United States
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| 70 | Avery Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)
🇺🇸Boulder, Colorado, United States
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| 71 | Fremont Brewing Company
🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States
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| 72 | Bottle Logic Brewing
🇺🇸Anaheim, California, United States
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| 73 | De Dolle Brouwers
🇧🇪Diksmuide, West Flanders, Belgium
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| 74 | Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
🇺🇸Dexter, Michigan, United States
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| 75 | Schramm’s Mead
🇺🇸Ferndale, Michigan, United States
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| 76 | Perennial Artisan Ales
🇺🇸St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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| 77 | Bellwoods Brewery
🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| 78 | Stillwater Artisanal
🇺🇸Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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| 79 | Brasserie du Bas-Canada
🇨🇦Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
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| 80 | Half Acre Beer Company
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States
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| 81 | Angry Chair Brewing
🇺🇸Tampa, Florida, United States
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| 82 | Wylam Brewery
🇬🇧Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England
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| 83 | Mikkeller San Diego
🇺🇸San Diego, California, United States
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| 84 | Superstition Meadery
🇺🇸Prescott, Arizona, United States
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| 85 | Omnipollo
🇸🇪Stockholm, NULL, Sweden
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| 86 | J. Wakefield Brewing
🇺🇸Miami, Florida, United States
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| 87 | Lagunitas Brewing Company (Heineken)
🇺🇸Petaluma, California, United States
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| 88 | BrewDog
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland
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| 89 | Ballast Point Brewing Company (Kings & Convicts)
🇺🇸San Diego, California, United States
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| 90 | Browar Widawa
🇵🇱Chrząstawa Mała, NULL, Poland
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| 91 | Drakes Brewing Company
🇺🇸San Leandro, California, United States
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| 92 | Tempest Brewing Co.
Tweedbank, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland
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| 93 | The Veil Brewing Company
🇺🇸Richmond, Virginia, United States
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| 94 | Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy – Brasserie Rochefort
🇧🇪Rochefort, Namur, Belgium
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| 95 | Brew By Numbers
🇬🇧Bermondsey, Greater London, England
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| 96 | Brauerei Aying Franz Inselkammer
🇩🇪Aying, Bavaria, Germany
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| 97 | Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company
🇺🇸Gilbert, Arizona, United States
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| 98 | Dogfish Head Brewery (Boston Beer Co.)
🇺🇸Milton, Delaware, United States
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| 99 | Holy Mountain Brewing Company
🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States
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| 100 | Uiltje Brewing Company
🇳🇱Haarlem, NULL, Netherlands
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Congratulations to all of this year’s winners…Live long and prosper.
