So one thing you may know about me is that I really like craft beer. And the undisputed best way to enjoy craft beer is directly at the brewery that produces it. There’s just something about the smell of hops and spent grain that makes the beer taste so much better.
I’ve been to breweries all over the country, and it’s one of my favorite way to explore new areas I’m visiting, whether it’s for work or pleasure. My girlfriend Angie and I even visited every brewery in Cincinnati earlier this year. Check out the comprehensive list of breweries I’ve been to below.
California (7)
Angel City Brewery – Los Angeles
Arts District Brewing Co. – Los Angeles
Ballast Point Brewery – San Diego
BJ’s Brewhouse – Chula Vista
Half Door Brewing Co. – San Diego
Karl Strauss Brewing Company – San Diego
Stone Brewing – San Diego
Georgia (2)
Monday Night Brewing – Atlanta
SweetWater Brewing Company – Atlanta
Indiana (1)
Great Crescent Brewery – Aurora
Kentucky (10)
Blue Stallion Brewing Company – Lexington
Braxton Brewing Company – Covington
Braxton Labs – Bellevue
Darkness Brewing – Bellevue
Ei8ht Ball (now closed) – Bellevue
Hofbrauhaus – Newport
Mash Cult Brewery – Florence
Mirror Twin Brewing – Lexington
West Sixth Brewing – Lexington
Wooden Cask Brewing Company – Newport
Missouri (1)
Anheuser-Busch Brewery – St. Louis
Nebraska (3)
Benson Brewery – Omaha
Infusion Brewing Co. – Omaha
Farnam House Brewing Company – Omaha
Ohio (49)
13 Below Brewery – Cincinnati
Bad Tom Smith Brewing – Cincinnati
Blank Slate Brewing Company (now closed) – Cincinnati
BrewDog DogTap – Canal Winchester
Brink Brewing Co. – Cincinnati
Butcher and the Brewer – Cleveland
Cellar Dweller Craft Beers – Morrow
Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. – Cincinnati
The Dayton Beer Company – Dayton
DogBerry Brewing – West Chester
Elevator Brewery – Columbus
Fibonacci Brewing – Cincinnati
Fifth Street Brewpub – Dayton
Fifty West Brewing Company – Cincinnati
Fifty West Production Works – Cincinnati
FigLeaf Brewing Company – Middletown
Four String Brewing Company – Columbus
Grainworks Brewing Company – West Chester
Great Lakes Brewing Company – Cleveland
Grove City Brewing Company – Grove City
Kindred Artisan Ales – Gahanna
Land Grant Brewing Company – Columbus
Lock 27 Brewing – Dayton
Listermann Brewery/Triple Digit – Cincinnati
MadTree Brewing – Cincinnati
March First Brewing – Cincinnati
Market Garden Brewery – Cleveland
Mt. Carmel Brewing Company – Cincinnati
Municipal Brew Works – Hamilton
Narrow Path Brewing Co. – Loveland
Nine Giant Brewing – Cincinnati
North High Brewing – Columbus
Old Firehouse Brewery – Williamsburg
Paradise Brewing – Cincinnati
The Queen City Brewery of Cincinnati – Blue Ash
Rhinegeist Brewery – Cincinnati
Rock Bottom Brewery – Cincinnati
Rivertown Brewery & Barrel House – Cincinnati
Rivertown Brewery & Barrel House – Monroe
Seventh Son Brewing Co. – Columbus
Streetside Brewery – Cincinnati
Taft’s Ale House – Cincinnati
Taft’s Brewing Co. (Brewpourium) – Cincinnati
Tap & Screw Brewery – Cincinnati
Toxic Brew Company – Dayton
Urban Artifact – Cincinnati
Warped Wing Brewing Company – Dayton
The Woodburn Brewery – Cincinnati
Yellow Springs Brewery – Yellow Springs
Ontario (1)
Oast House Brewers – Niagara
Pennsylvania (8)
Appalachian Brewing Company – Harrisburg
The Church Brew Works – Pittsburgh
East End Brewing Company – Pittsburgh
Fat Head’s Saloon – Pittsburgh
Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh
Lancaster Brewing Company – Harrisburg
Penn Brewery – Pittsburgh
Rock Bottom Brewery – Pittsburgh
Tennessee (1)
Smoky Mountain Brewery – Gatlinburg
Wisconsin (1)
Milwaukee Ale House – Milwaukee
Current count of breweries I’ve visited: 84