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Best in Beer 2022 Readers’ Choice: Your Favorite Beer Cities

Here are the best cities in the United States and around the world for drinking craft beer, according to our readers.

Illustration by Jamie Bogner
Illustration by Jamie Bogner

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↑ Higher than 2021
↓ Lower than 2021
= Same as 2021
+ New to list.
→ Moved from another category

U.S. Cities

1. Asheville, North Carolina =
2. Chicago, Illinois ↑
3. Denver, Colorado ↓
4. San Diego, California ↓
5. Portland, Oregon ↓
6. Fort Collins/Greeley, Colorado ↑
7. Portland, Maine ↓
8. Santa Rosa, California +
9. Seattle, Washington ↓
10. St. Louis, Missouri ↑
11. Bend, Oregon ↑
12. Boston, Massachusetts ↓
13. Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, Michigan ↓
14. Austin, Texas ↑
15. Milwaukee, Wisconsin ↓
16. Minneapolis, Minnesota ↓
17. San Francisco, California +
18. New York, New York +
19. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ↓
20. Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida =

International Cities

1. Munich, Germany =
2. Brussels, Belgium =
3. Prague, Czechia ↑
4. Dublin, Ireland =
5. London, England ↓
6. Bamberg, Germany ↑
7. Copenhagen, Denmark ↑
8. Amsterdam, Netherlands ↑
9. Bruges, Belgium ↓
10. Antwerp, Belgium ↑

Best in Beer 2022 (December-January 2023)
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