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In spite of the fact that they sold a minority stake of their company to AB InBev last year…RateBeer remain a relevant online portal when it comes to community-sourced ratings and beer rankings.
And last week RateBeer announced 2017’s best breweries in the world!
The winning breweries were presented as an ordered top ten, and unordered top one hundred, and reflect the top performers from RateBeer’s over 24,000 breweries.
RateBeer’s Top 10 Breweries For 2017
1. Hill Farmstead Brewery, Vermont
2. Cloudwater Brew Company, Manchester, England
3. Trillium Brewing Company, Massachusetts
4. AleSmith Brewing Company, California
5. Cycle Brewing, Florida
6. Omnipollo, Sweden
7. Other Half Brewing, New York
8. Cigar City Brewing, Florida
9. Mikkeller, Denmark
10. Evil Twin Brewing, Denmark
RateBeer’s Top 100 Breweries For 2017
| brewer | city | state | country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Seven Island Brewery | Corfu | – | Greece | |
| Abnormal Beer Company | San Diego | California | USA | |
| AleSmith Brewing Company | San Diego | California | USA | |
| Allagash Brewing Company | Portland | Maine | USA | |
| Almanac Beer Company | San Francisco | California | USA | |
| Alpine Beer Company (CA) | Alpine | California | USA | |
| Amager Bryghus | Kastrup | – | Denmark | |
| Angry Chair Brewing | Tampa | Florida | USA | |
| Avery Brewing Company | Boulder | Colorado | USA | |
| Ballast Point Brewing Company (Constellation) | San Diego | California | USA | |
| Beavertown Brewery | Tottenham Hale | Greater London | England | |
| Bell’s Brewery | Galesburg | Michigan | USA | |
| Bellwoods Brewery | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | |
| Bokkereyder | Hasselt | – | Belgium | |
| Bottle Logic Brewing | Anaheim | California | USA | |
| Boulevard Brewing Company (Duvel-Moortgat) | Kansas City | Missouri | USA | |
| Brasserie Auval Brewing Co. | Val d’Espoir | Quebec | Canada | |
| Brasserie de la Senne | Brussels | – | Belgium | |
| Brasserie Dunham | Dunham | Quebec | Canada | |
| BrewDog | Ellon, Aberdeenshire | – | Scotland | |
| Brewery Ommegang (Duvel-Moortgat) | Cooperstown | New York | USA | |
| Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen | Lot, Beersel | – | Belgium | |
| Brouwerij de Molen | Bodegraven | – | Netherlands | |
| Brouwerij Kees | Middelburg | – | Netherlands | |
| Browar Artezan | Błonie | – | Poland | |
| Browar Widawa | Chrząstawa Mała | – | Poland | |
| Buxton | Buxton | Derbyshire | England | |
| Cantillon | Brussels | – | Belgium | |
| Casey Brewing and Blending | Glenwood Springs | Colorado | USA | |
| Cellarmaker Brewing Company | San Francisco | California | USA | |
| Cigar City Brewing | Tampa | Florida | USA | |
| Cloudwater Brew Co | Manchester | Greater Manchester | England | |
| Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project | Denver | Colorado | USA | |
| Cycle Brewing | Saint Petersburg | Florida | USA | |
| De Garde Brewing | Tillamook | Oregon | USA | |
| De Struise Brouwers | Oostvleteren | – | Belgium | |
| Deschutes Brewery | Bend | Oregon | USA | |
| Dieu du Ciel | Montreal | Quebec | Canada | |
| Dogfish Head Brewery | Milton | Delaware | USA | |
| Dugges Bryggeri | Landvetter | – | Sweden | |
| Evil Twin Brewing | Brooklyn | New York | USA | |
| Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat) | Paso Robles | California | USA | |
| Founders Brewing Company | Grand Rapids | Michigan | USA | |
| Fremont Brewing Company | Seattle | Washington | USA | |
| Fuller’s | Chiswick | Greater London | England | |
| Funky Buddha Brewery (Constellation) | Oakland Park | Florida | USA | |
| Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev) | Chicago | Illinois | USA | |
| Hair of the Dog Brewing Company | Portland | Oregon | USA | |
| Half Acre Beer Company | Chicago | Illinois | USA | |
| Hill Farmstead Brewery | Greensboro | Vermont | USA | |
| Hoppin’ Frog Brewery | Akron | Ohio | USA | |
| J. Wakefield Brewing | Miami | Florida | USA | |
| Jack’s Abby Brewing | Framingham | Massachusetts | USA | |
| Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery | Athens | Ohio | USA | |
| Kuhnhenn Brewing | Warren | Michigan | USA | |
| Lagunitas Brewing Company (Heineken) | Petaluma | California | USA | |
| Lervig Aktiebryggeri | Stavanger | – | Norway | |
| Magic Rock Brewing | Huddersfield | West Yorkshire | England | |
| Maine Beer Company | Freeport | Maine | USA | |
| Midnight Sun Brewing Company | Anchorage | Alaska | USA | |
| Mikkeller | Copenhagen | – | Denmark | |
| Mikkeller San Diego | San Diego | California | USA | |
| Modern Times Beer | San Diego | California | USA | |
| New Glarus Brewing Company | New Glarus | Wisconsin | USA | |
| Nøgne Ø (Hansa Borg) | Grimstad | – | Norway | |
| Northern Monk Brew Co. | Leeds | West Yorkshire | England | |
| Omnipollo | Stockholm | – | Sweden | |
| Other Half Brewing | Brooklyn | New York | USA | |
| Perennial Artisan Ales | St. Louis | Missouri | USA | |
| Pipeworks Brewing Company | Chicago | Illinois | USA | |
| Pips Meadery | Beach Park | Illinois | USA | |
| Põhjala | Tallinn | – | Estonia | |
| Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey | San Marcos | California | USA | |
| Prairie Artisan Ales | Tulsa | Oklahoma | USA | |
| Russian River Brewing | Santa Rosa | California | USA | |
| Sante Adairius Rustic Ales | Capitola | California | USA | |
| Schramm’s Mead | Ferndale | Michigan | USA | |
| Side Project Brewing | Maplewood | Missouri | USA | |
| Sierra Nevada Brewing Company | Chico | California | USA | |
| Siren | Finchampstead | Berkshire | England | |
| Stigbergets Bryggeri | Göteborg | – | Sweden | |
| Stillwater Artisanal | Baltimore | Maryland | USA | |
| Stone Brewing | Escondido | California | USA | |
| Superstition Meadery | Prescott | Arizona | USA | |
| Surly Brewing Company | Minneapolis | Minnesota | USA | |
| Tempest Brewing Co | Tweedbank, Scottish Borders | – | Scotland | |
| The Bruery | Placentia | California | USA | |
| The Kernel Brewery | Bermondsey | Greater London | England | |
| Three Floyds Brewing Company | Munster | Indiana | USA | |
| Tired Hands Brewing Company | Ardmore | Pennsylvania | USA | |
| To Øl | Copenhagen N | – | Denmark | |
| Toppling Goliath | Decorah | Iowa | USA | |
| Tree House Brewing Company | Charlton | Massachusetts | USA | |
| Trillium Brewing Company | Boston | Massachusetts | USA | |
| Uiltje Brewing Co. | Haarlem | – | Netherlands | |
| Victory Brewing Company (ABV) | Downingtown | Pennsylvania | USA | |
| Voodoo Brewing Co. | Meadville | Pennsylvania | USA | |
| Warpigs Brewpub | Copenhagen | – | Denmark | |
| Westbrook Brewing | Mount Pleasant | South Carolina | USA | |
| Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus | Westvleteren | – | Belgium |
RateBeer’s ranking was compiled a number of ways…
“The summarization is based on ten different weighted scales that place an emphasis on reviews of the past year and top performing beers but also includes historical all-around performance, a brewer’s range of performance across styles, and other factors to compare newer and older, larger and smaller brewers under a single method of processing,”
