Since any general “top breweries” list will inevitably be dominated by breweries who make IPAs, we asked about your favorite beers and brewers in these eight specific styles.
Favorite Saison Brewer
1. Dupont (1)*
2. Boulevard (2)*
3. Jester King (6)*
4. Hill Farmstead (3)
5. Allagash (4)
6. Funkwerks (8)
7. Side Project (10)
8. Ommegang (5)
9. Sante Adairius (12)
10. Off Color (+)
11. Russian River (+)
12. Afterthought (+)
13. Floodland (19)
14. New Belgium (+)
15. New Glarus (+)
16. Oxbow (11)
17. Fair Isle (7)
18. Upright (+)
19. Holy Mountain (+)
20. Is/Was (+)
Favorite Stout or Porter Brewer
1. Guinness (1)
2. Founders (2)
3. North Coast (10)
4. Goose Island (4)
5. Deschutes (6)
6. Side Project (11)
7. Firestone Walker (15)
8. Bear Republic (+)
9. Bottle Logic (+)
10. Toppling Goliath (17)
11. Left Hand (3)
12. Revolution (+)
13. Bell’s (5)
14. Breakside (+)
15. Great Divide (20)
16. Odell (+)
17. Sierra Nevada (12)
18. Tree House (8)
19. The Bruery (13)
20. Burial (+)
Favorite American IPA Brewer
1. Russian River (1)
2. Odell (15)
3. Bear Republic (+)
4. Sierra Nevada (2)
5. Breakside (8)
6. Bell’s (4)
7. Green Cheek (+)
8. Stone (3)
9. Lagunitas (5)
10. Firestone Walker (10)
11. Hop Butcher (+)
12. Tree House (7)
13. North Park (+)
14. Triptych (+)
15. Half Acre (14)
16. Fat Head’s (19)
17. Trillium (+)
18. Slice (+)
19. Alvarado Street (+)
20. Maine Beer (20)
Favorite Abbey-Style Brewer
1. St. Bernardus (6)
2. Ommegang (2)
3. Chimay (1)
4. Allagash (3)
5. Rochefort (8)
6. Westvleteren (7)
7. New Belgium (5)
8. Westmalle (4)
9. The Lost Abbey (10)
10. Unibroue (11)
11. Duvel (9)
12. La Trappe (17)
13. Delirium (16)
14. Boulevard (15)
15. The Bruery (+)
16. Monkish (20)
17. North Coast (+)
18. Victory (+)
19. Monkless (14)
20. Russian River (+)
Favorite Pale Ale Brewer
1. Sierra Nevada (1)
2. Odell (20)
3. Bear Republic (+)
4. Three Floyds (4)
5. Half Acre (10)
6. Breakside (+)
7. Oskar Blues (2)
8. Toppling Goliath (5)
9. Green Cheek (+)
10. Hop Butcher (+)
11. Triptych (+)
12. Deschutes (3)
13. Tree House (13)
14. Cellarmaker (+)
15. Lagunitas (15)
16. Maine Beer (9)
17. Bell’s (6)
18. pFriem (+)
19. Hill Farmstead (7)
20. Stone (+)
Favorite Hazy IPA Brewer
1. Tree House (1)
2. Odell (+)
3. Hop Butcher (8)
4. Sierra Nevada (2)
5. Bear Republic (+)
6. Green Cheek (+)
7. WeldWerks (4)
8. Monkish (9)
9. Other Half (5)
10. The Alchemist (3)
11. Breakside (+)
12. Triptych (+)
13. Pinthouse (+)
14. Stone (+)
15. Trillium (6)
16. Firestone Walker (17)
17. North Park (+)
18. Toppling Goliath (15)
19. Cellarmaker (+)
20. Revision (+)
Favorite Sour or Wild Ale Brewer
1. Cantillon (1)
2. Russian River (3)
3. Jester King (2)
4. Side Project (9)
5. Crooked Stave (5)
6. The Bruery (+)
7. Cascade (4)
8. de Garde (14)
9. Urban Artifact (10)
10. Odell (+)
11. Breakside (+)
12. The Rare Barrel (11)
13. Destihl (17)
14. New Belgium (8)
15. Allagash (6)
16. Sante Adairius (20)
17. Wicked Weed (15)
18. Firestone Walker (+)
19. The Lost Abbey (+)
20. Drekker (18)
Favorite Lager Brewer
1. Bierstadt Lagerhaus (1)
2. Dovetail (5)
3. Jack’s Abby (3)
4. Chuckanut (9)
5. Goldfinger (+)
6. Green Cheek (+)
7. Samuel Adams (2)
8. Bear Republic (+)
9. Augustiner (+)
10. Odell (+)
11. Breakside (+)
12. The ABGB (14)
13. Suarez (+)
14. Wayfinder (7)
15. Zwei (+)
16. Ronin Fermentation (+)
17. Yuengling (4)
18. Enegren (+)
19. Great Lakes (16)
20. Weihenstephaner (8)
