Thousands of you voted in our annual Readers’ Choice poll, weighing in on your favorite beers, breweries, styles, bars, and more. What follows here are the breweries you said were your favorites, broken down into four different size categories based on production volume.
For all the Readers’ Choice results, be sure to see the print edition of our Best in Beer 2024 issue.
Small
(fewer than 5,000 barrels per year)
1. Green Cheek (Orange, California)
2. North Park (San Diego)
3. Highland Park (Los Angeles)
4. Monkish (Torrance, California)
5. Cerebral (Denver)
6. Goldfinger (Downers Grove, Illinois)
7. Wayfinder (Portland, Oregon)
8. Sante Adairius (Capitola, California)
9. Bierstadt Lagerhaus (Denver)
10. Triptych (Savoy, Illinois)
11. Everywhere (Orange, California)
12. Floodland (Seattle)
13. Fair Isle (Seattle)
14. Widowmaker (Braintree, Massachusetts)
15. Alma Mader (Kansas City, Missouri)
16. Cloudburst (Seattle)
17. Cellarmaker (San Francisco)
18. Gold Dot & Heater Allen (McMinnville, Oregon)
19. Side Project (Maplewood, Missouri)
20. Bearded Brewer (Omaha, Nebraska)
Small Regional
(5,000–25,000 barrels per year)
1. Outer Range (Frisco, Colorado, and Salanches, France)
2. Burial (Asheville, North Carolina)
3. Alvarado Street (Monterey, California)
4. Kros Strain (La Vista, Nebraska)
5. Hill Farmstead (Greensboro Bend, Vermont)
6. WeldWerks (Greeley, Colorado)
7. Hop Butcher For The World (Chicago)
8. Trillium (Canton, Massachusetts)
9. Von Ebert (Portland, Oregon)
10. Burgeon (Carlsbad, California)
11. Westbound & Down (Erie, Colorado)
12. The Alchemist (Stowe, Vermont)
13. Ghost Town (Oakland, California)
14. Block 15 (Corvallis, Oregon)
15. Pinthouse (Austin)
16. Schilling (Littleton, New Hampshire)
17. Pure Project (San Diego)
18. Solemn Oath (Naperville, Illinois)
19. Great Notion (Portland, Oregon)
20. Dovetail (Chicago)
Midsize Regional
(25,000–100,000 barrels per year)
1. Russian River (Santa Rosa, California)
2. Breakside (Portland, Oregon)
3. Tree House (Charlton, Massachusetts)
4. pFriem (Hood River, Oregon)
5. Other Half (Brooklyn, New York)
6. Revolution (Chicago)
7. Maine Beer (Freeport, Maine)
8. Fort George (Astoria, Oregon)
9. Half Acre (Chicago)
10. Toppling Goliath (Decorah, Iowa)
11. Destihl (Normal, Illinois)
12. Fat Head’s (Middleburg Heights, Ohio)
13. Pizza Port (Carlsbad, California)
14. Lawson’s Finest (Waitsfield, Vermont)
15. Fremont (Seattle)
16. Surly (Minneapolis)
17. AleSmith (San Diego)
18. Big Grove (Solon, Iowa)
19. Creature Comforts (Athens, Georgia)
20. Georgetown (Seattle)
Large
(100,000+ barrels per year)
1. Sierra Nevada (Chico, California)
2. Firestone Walker (Paso Robles, California)
3. New Belgium (Fort Collins, Colorado)
4. Founders (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
5. Allagash (Portland, Maine)
6. Three Floyds (Munster, Indiana)
7. Bell’s (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
8. New Glarus (New Glarus, Wisconsin)
9. Boulevard (Kansas City, Missouri)
10. Great Lakes (Cleveland)
11. Deschutes (Bend, Oregon)
12. Odell (Fort Collins, Colorado)
13. Dogfish Head (Milton, Delaware)
14. Wicked Weed (Asheville, North Carolina)
15. Avery (Boulder, Colorado)
16. Tröegs (Hershey, Pennsylvania)
17. Craft ‘Ohana (Maui, Hawaii, and San Diego)
18. Stone (Escondido, California)
19. Goose Island (Chicago)
20. Lagunitas (Petaluma, California)