Great Breweries
Temples of beer, from Trappist abbeys to craft legends. 14 places, mapped and ready to build a trip around.
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DublinBestMay, Jun, SepClimate37–66°FCurrencyEURLanguageEnglishAirportDUBSeven floors rising through the heart of the St. James's Gate brewery.
Pilsner Urquell
PlzenBestMay, Jun, SepClimate28–77°FCurrencyCZKLanguageCzechAirportPRGBirthplace of the pilsner. Taste it unfiltered from oak barrels in the cellars.
Weihenstephan
FreisingBestYear-roundClimate28–77°FCurrencyEURLanguageGermanRecord-breaker, World's oldest brewery · Germany.
Cantillon
BrusselsBestMar, Apr, OctClimate36–75°FCurrencyEURLanguageDutchAirportBRUA living museum of lambic, spontaneously fermented in a 1900 brewery.
Westvleteren (St. Sixtus)
VleterenBestMay, Jun, SepClimate37–73°FCurrencyEURLanguageDutchAirportBRUThe Trappist monks' cloistered abbey. Many call it the best beer in the world.
BrewDog
Ellon, ScotlandBestMay–JulClimate34–64°FCurrencyGBPLanguageEnglishAirportABZThe punk brewery that rewrote the craft beer rulebook from northeast Scotland.
Mikkeller
CopenhagenBestMay–JulClimate34–70°FCurrencyDKKLanguageDanishAirportCPHThe gypsy brewer's home bars: Copenhagen's temple of experimental beer.
Sierra Nevada
Chico, CaliforniaBestVariesClimate39–102°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishAirportRDDThe brewery that lit the American craft revolution with its Pale Ale.
Russian River
Santa Rosa, CaliforniaBestVariesClimate41–86°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishAirportSTSPilgrimage site for Pliny the Elder and wild sour ales in wine country.
The Alchemist
Stowe, VermontBestVariesClimate10–79°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishAirportBTVHome of Heady Topper, the hazy IPA that started a global obsession.
Tree House Brewing
Charlton, MassachusettsBestVariesClimate23–82°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishAirportBOSA cult New England IPA maker with lines out the door for every drop.
Founders Brewing
Grand Rapids, MichiganBestVariesClimate19–82°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishAirportGRRA Beer City USA cornerstone famous for KBS and big barrel-aged stouts.
Great Divide
Denver, ColoradoBestVariesClimate12–90°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishAirportDENA Denver institution pouring Yeti stouts in the shadow of the Rockies.
Hofbrauhaus
MunichBestSep–OctClimate28–75°FCurrencyEURLanguageGermanAirportMUCMunich's cavernous 1589 beer hall: the spiritual home of Oktoberfest.