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Best in Beer 2025 Readers’ Choice: Your Favorite Beer Cities

Our readers voted on the best cities in the United States and around the world for drinking beer—here are the results.

Best in Beer 2025 Readers’ Choice: Your Favorite Beer Cities

U.S. Cities

1. Chicago, Illinois (5)
2. Austin, Texas (12)
3. Denver, Colorado (1)
4. San Diego, California (2)
5. Portland, Oregon (4)
6. Asheville, North Carolina (3)
7. Seattle, Washington (7)
8. Kansas City, Missouri (16)
9. Portland, Maine (8)
10. San Francisco Bay, California (+)
11. Los Angeles, California (9)
12. Sacramento, California (+)
13. Omaha, Nebraska (6)
14. New York, New York (+)
15. Monterey Bay, California (13)
16. St. Louis, Missouri (+)
17. Eugene, Oregon (+)
18. Boston, Massachusetts (10)
19. Bend, Oregon (+)
20. Fort Collins, Colorado (14)

International Cities

1. Munich, Germany (1)
2. Brussels, Belgium (2)
3. Prague, Czechia (4)
4. London, England (3)
5. Dublin, Ireland (7)
6. Copenhagen, Denmark (5)
7. Bamberg, Germany (8)
8. Tokyo, Japan (+)
9. Berlin, Germany (+)
10. Amsterdam, Netherlands (9)

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