Downingtown, Pennsylvania
victorybeer.com
Victory Brewing Company cofounders Bill Covaleski and Ron Barchet rode the same school bus together, then both studied brewing in Germany—a country rich in historical brewing context. As a result Victory pays homage to brewing tradition while embracing the freedom that makes American craft brewers so great. It’s Prima Pils and HopDevil Ale are perfect...
Escondido, California
stonebrew.com
Since 1996, Greg Koch and Steve Wagner have been producing some of California’s—and the country’s—best beer at Stone Brewing Co. The brewery’s offerings and brand image are in-your-face, as is evident from its Arrogant Bastard Ale, a big, hoppy beer with the phrase “You’re not worthy” printed right on the bottle. That doesn’t seem to turn anyone away—Stone is about...
Santa Rosa, California
russianriverbrewing.com
In 2002, Vinnie and Natalie Cilurzo bought Russian River Brewing Company from then-owner Korbel Champagne Cellars. Vinnie had been overseeing the brewery since the champagne giant founded the brewery five years prior, during which time he helped Russian River earn many nods as one of the best small brewing companies in the U.S....
New Glarus, Wisconsin
newglarusbrewing.com
Like so many neighboring creameries, New Glarus Brewing Company is still run by the same husband and wife who originally founded the brewery, in 1993. Dan and Deb Carey have taken their small start-up and shown the craft brewing world what it really means to stay true to one’s roots, having managed to become the 32nd largest brewery in the...
Even a cheeseAholic might have to think twice when asked if he is a cheesepodder or a cheesecaker. Likewise, would he know how to dodge a cheese-knife? Or would he just cheese it?
Dairy curds have influenced more than our diets: they have spawned a diversity of phrases and idioms, many of which have, alas, fallen out of use because of time, fashion, and the inevitable changes in language—which are about as...
Milton, Delaware
dogfish.com
Sam Calagione was one of the first brewers in the country to disprove the notion that only West Coasters could concoct crazy, high-alcohol, hoppy beers in the mid-1990s. While folks like Greg Koch were turning heads with their far-out beers in California, Calagione was launching Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats, a brewpub in Milton, Delaware, which soon earned a...
Bend, Oregon
deschutesbrewery.com
While Deschutes Brewery churns out enough award-winning craft beer to maintain its ranking as the twelfth largest brewery in the country, it all began with Deschutes Brewery and Public House, a small brewpub in Bend, Oregon, in 1988. With enough interest generated from the brewpub, founder Gary Fisher expanded the company into its present-day facility in 1993...
Brooklyn, New York
brooklynbrewery.com
Steve Hindy and Tom Potter founded the Brooklyn Brewery in 1988 at the very beginning of the American craft beer movement. Hindy, in fact, began homebrewing while he was a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press—beer was hard to come by in Beirut in the 1980s. Hindy and Potter, a banker, would go on to form what is one of the 50 largest breweries...
Kansas City, Missouri
blvdbeer.com
One of the Midwest’s oldest—and now most popular—craft breweries, Boulevard Brewing Company sold its first keg of pale ale to a nearby Mexican restaurant in 1989. Since then, founder John McDonald has seen his brewery ranked as the country’s sixteenth largest brewery, and he has launched a series of experimental beers packaged in corked 750 ml bottles. While...
Boulder, Colorado
averybrewing.com
Adam Avery’s eponymous brewery is an ideal model of the innovation and freedom exhibited by American craft brewers today: it bucks tradition and style by brewing beers to its liking and following the single goal of “making the beers that we want to drink and finding markets and fans with equally eccentric palates.”
Avery beers may be bold, odd, and...
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