Craft Beer reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 272 Reddit reviews across 36 subreddits and 43 posts to rank the best Craft Beer brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/CraftBeer, r/Adelaide, r/Chattanooga, r/Netherlands, r/VancouverCraftBeer. Top-rated brands include Oddstory (4.6/5), Hutton & Smith (4.8/5), Little Bang (4.6/5).
Stats
Reviews272
Subreddits36
Posts43
Brands98
Products5
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#1
Oddstory
4.6
(11)
"If you’re more on the sour/dark/weird side, Oddstory is unbeatable."
"Oddstory."
"Definitely Oddstory."
"Oddstory hands down."
"Oddstory gets points for producing some creative/interesting stuff that's also quite good."
"Oddstory wins. The Greenhouse being the location of choice."
"Oddstory and greenhouse (counting as one) are my top 3."
"Oddstory is consistent and pretty good."
"Odd Story and Five Wits are great too!"
"I'd personally pick Oddstory"
#2
Hutton & Smith
4.8
(8)
"Then drive to Hutton and Smith to taste their beer."
"If you prefer IPAs, Hutton & Smith."
"Hutton and Smith."
"The best brewed beer is probably Hutton and Smith."
"Hutton and Smith hands down."
"Hutton and Smith and Wanderlinger are my top 2."
"Best bets are Hutton & Smith, Oddstory, and Five Wits."
"Hutton and Smith is super chill."
#3
Little Bang
4.6
(8)
"Honestly, best locals are Little Bang and Kickback."
"Little Bang, Brew Boys, Big Shed, and Suburban are my favourites."
"Little bang ❤️"
"Heaps of local smaller breweries that are great. Little bang."
"Little Bang are my personal favourites in the Adelaide area."
"Swell and Little Bang."
"Little bang"
"Little Bang do some good ones as well."
#4
Sapwood
4.8
(5)
"Sapwood is considered by many to be one of the best breweries in the country"
"It’s Sapwood 1, Elder Pine 2, then a LARGE gap"
"Sapwood no contest."
"Sapwood brews the best hoppy beers and also lagers."
"Sapwood is by far the best, as they do every style of beer well."
#5
Superflux
4.8
(5)
"Dageraad and superflux put out some of the best in their respective styles."
"Superflux has about 6 different IPAs on tap along with traditional offerings such as a lager, pale ale, and even a pilsner."
"Double and Triple IPA’s from Superflux generally score pretty high."
"Superflux in general, just amazing beers from tap."
"Something from superflux, a hazy IPA and a NW IPA would be good choices."
#6
Human Robot
4.8
(5)
"Best lagers in the city."
"Human Robot"
"Is a must."
"Human Robot is one of the best lager brewers in that part of the country."
"Human robot is my favorite brewery in the area, but they are known for their pilsners, lagers and hazies"
#7
Wandering Tortoise
4.8
(5)
"My midtown favorites."
"Wandering Tortoise"
"Wandering Tortoise, Theodore, Angels Trumpet and The Churchill"
"Pretty centrally located too"
"Wandering tortoise... Good selection of beer."
#8
Kickback
4.8
(5)
"Kickback is one of the lesser known ones, but one of my mates is a brewer, has judged international beer comps etc, and he didn't have a bad word to say about any of the Kickback ones."
"Tried the kickback ipa last weekend, a ripper!"
"Tried a kickback (aldinga) ipa last weekend too, really enjoyed it!"
"I’m a big fan of Kickback, their beers are really good."
"Their IPAs are generally solid, other stuff seems to be not so much. But if you like ipa, worth a try."
#9
Spyglass
4.6
(5)
"100%."
"Spyglass and Able Ebenezer (Merrimack)"
"Spyglass.. 100%."
"As far as good NH brews, look for: Spyglass, Kettlehead, Decidious, Modestman, Schilling, Stoneface."
"The music is way too louder."
#10
Dageraad
4.6
(5)
"Dageraad and superflux put out some of the best in their respective styles."
"Dageraad put out some of the best in their respective styles."
"Dageraad for Belgian style (also best overall)"
"Germans typically drink beers lighter on hops like lagers and Hefeweizen so something from dageraad would be a good option"
"Something from Dageraad"
#11
Biererei
4.0
(5)
"Biererei, Protokoll, Mikkeller...and since when is KASCHK owned by BRLO?!"
"Biererei, Muted Horn, Protokoll (and Manifest too), Birra for some Italian beer, Schneeeule Salon für Berliner Bierkultur (traditional Berliner Weisse), Hopfenreich, Lager Lager and Vagabund Brewery a little bit outside"
"Both adresses are definitely my favorite ones when I come in Berlin. With Biererei of course !"
"Biererei and Muted Horn."
"Biererei in Kreuzberg or Brew Dog. They server more than just their own beers and have 3 locations"
#12
Uraidla
5.0
(4)
"Have never had a bad beer from uraidla. They're top notch."
"Best local is Uraidla."
"Uraidla are producing some of the best in SA."
"Uraidla are my personal favourites in the Adelaide area."
#13
Dynamo Brewing
5.0
(4)
"Dynamo Brewing at Hello Monty is very well done and the bar is super comfortable."
"Dynamo Brewing inside of Hello Monty."
"Dynamo inside Hello Monty."
"Hello Monty aka Dynamo Brewing. Cool spot at the bar and the beer is crafted to perfection."
#14
Russian River
5.0
(4)
"Had Russian River and hill farmstead on when I was there"
"Make the short trip to Russian river"
"Russian River if we are talking north of San fran!"
"Russian River isn’t too far from SF. (Relatively speaking…)."
#15
Moersleutel
5.0
(4)
"Great for stouts"
"My favourite brewery is Moersleutel."
"Moersleutel has the best beers."
"Moersleutel, Frontaal, Dutch Bargain and Uiltje come to mind."
#16
Monkey Town
3.8
(5)
"Monkey Town is sometimes really really amazing."
"Monkey Town and Oddstory are my go to places."
"Monkey Town has been the most innovative, especially with the Double IPAs."
"Monkey Town is great."
"Some smaller decent guys are Monkey Town and Hello Monty."
#17
Quality Inn
4.8
(4)
"Quality Inn has the best selection of local beer in the city."
"The quality inn beer vendor is literally called The "Craft Beer Market". They have such a phenomenal selection."
"Quality Inn (Grant & Pembina) Beer Boutique (east on Regent) Charleswood Beer Market (west on Roblin) Dakota vendor (behind Tapps)"
"Quality Inn beer vendor (Grant and Pembina), Charleswood Beer Mkt (west Winnipeg) and Beer Boutique (Transcona/east Winnipeg) are your best bets"
#18
Working Draft
4.5
(4)
"Working Draft is king for a brewery."
"For breweries: Go to Working Draft."
"TONS of options!"
"Working Draft Beer Company is a solid brewery with many options."
#19
Ology
4.3
(4)
"They also do a fantastic Pilsner, some great IPAs."
"OLOGY"
"I love sours and spirits, so Ology is my favorite."
"Most sours and IPA’s, Ology."
#20
Jopen
5.0
(3)
"Go to Jopen in haarlem."
"Jopen beer, ij beer."
"My favorites breweries are Jopen in Haarlem."
#21
Track
5.0
(3)
"Head to Track and Cloudwater taprooms."
"You’ve got three breweries 2 minutes from each other in Track, Cloudwater and Sureshot."
"Joule is amazing, and the tap room at the Track brewery is also lovely."
#22
Kings Beer and Wine
5.0
(3)
"Great. Half of the place is a bar with lots of taps."
"Top notch."
"60+ taps plus a large selection of beers in their fridge"
#23
Nevel
5.0
(3)
"Very original wild ales brewery that does something unique."
"Nevel and poesiat & kater are my favourite breweries."
"Nevel from nijmegen, its a natural brewery that's very special."
#24
Ales Unlimited
5.0
(3)
"I third Ales Unlimited. They have the freshest beer in town."
"Ales Unlimited in Pac Heights."
"Ales Unlimited in Pacific Heights (few blocks from Alta Plaza Park). They reopened recently and have an excellent selection of Belgian beers."
#25
Frontaal
4.7
(3)
"Super consistently brewing great beers."
"Frontaal and Folkingebrew are my favs."
#26
Kings
4.7
(3)
"Kings on central and Thomas. They have 84 on tap."
"150ish bottles, 60 drafts"
"Kings."
#27
Oyster City
4.7
(3)
"Best is Oyster City with Deep coming in a close second."
"My favorite is probably Oyster City."
"Best college atmosphere with solid solid beers, Oyster City."
#28
Rift
4.7
(3)
"Rift for sure"
"Second Rift."
"30 rotating taps and a large canned selection"
#29
Imagination
4.7
(3)
"Imagination and Oddpitch produce fantastic beer."
"Produce fantastic beer."
"Imagination and Bayern are the best breweries in town."
#30
Kettlehouse
4.7
(3)
"Get some coldsmoke!"
"Kettlehouse Cold Smoke."
#31
Westbrook
4.3
(3)
"Westbrook has an A+ stout cellar."
"I 2nd Westbrook."
"Westbrook makes great IPA’s and Sours."
#32
Deep
4.3
(3)
"Deep is one of the best breweries in Florida."
"Best Overall for quality, Deep."
"As far as breweries I prefer Deep."
#33
Shapeshifter
4.0
(3)
"Shapeshifter for IPA."
"Shapeshifter, Penny Red, Uraidla, Lobethal."
"Shapeshifter do some good ones as well."
#34
Common Roots
5.0
(2)
"I love common roots and Northway brewing!"
"In South Glens Falls"
#35
Smiling Samoyed
5.0
(2)
"Heaps of local smaller breweries that are great. smiling Samoyed."
"Smiling Samoyed."
#36
Left Handed Giant
5.0
(2)
"Longer walking distance and better: Left Handed Giant on the river."
"Try Left Handed Giant's taproom on Finzels Reach."
#37
Blindman River
5.0
(2)
"Best Session Ale: BLINDMAN RIVER (Lacombe)"
"Blindman Brewing’s River Session Ale is my go to recommendation."
#38
Oddpitch
5.0
(2)
"Produce fantastic beer."
#39
Balter
5.0
(2)
"Balter XPA and Bentspoke Crankshaft win many of the awards."
"Balter XPA has won a lot of awards."
#40
Alder
5.0
(2)
"Alder for me!"
"Alder does some dooope hoppy stuff, especially west coast."
#41
Brasseria Della Fonte
5.0
(2)
"Some of the best dark beers in the world (though all their beers are really good)"
"If you're into dark beers, Brasseria Della Fonte and Crak."
#42
Grifter
5.0
(2)
"My top 3 breweries in Sydney (not in order) 1. Grifter 2. Young Henry's 3. Village days."
"Personally I would recommend Grifter and grab an Omen Stout."
#43
Bellwoods
5.0
(2)
"I'd probably say Jelly King series by Bellwoods."
"Bellwoods or Sawdust City."
#44
Proletariat
5.0
(2)
"My favorite beer bar in NYC"
"Proletariat, Blind Tiger, Beer Run, Milk & Hops, Carmine Street Beer, Alphabet City Beer Co, Fools Gold, Augurs Well, Grotta Local, Top Hops."
#45
Original Pattern
5.0
(2)
"Generally have the freshest Original Pattern, Barebottle, Humble Sea, Urban Roots."
"If you’re an IPA person, Original Pattern and Fieldwork would be good choices too."
#46
Collective Arts
5.0
(2)
"Collective Arts in Canada for sure. The N/A guava gose tastes like the real thing."
"In a world of many, many IPA's one reigns supreme: Collective Arts' Ransack the Universe."
#47
21st Amendment
5.0
(2)
"21st Amendment’s Hell or High Watermelon"
"21st amendment"
#48
Sante Adarius
5.0
(2)
"Sante Adarius has a taproom in Oakland now."
"I’d argue they’re one of the best breweries in CA, I would definitely check them out."
#49
Fierce
5.0
(2)
"- Fierce"
"There's a lot of great places for a beer in the northern quarter: Fierce."
#50
Laughing Monk
5.0
(2)
"Laughing monk is one of my all time favorite breweries."
"If you want some great microbreweries in the city go to Laughing Monk, Cellarmaker, or Barebottle."
#51
Four Winds
5.0
(2)
"Four Winds / Superflux / Brassneck / Strange Fellows / Dageraad would be the breweries I would recommend as “best to try”"
"Four winds, brassneck, 33 acres and 33 exp, backcountry"
#52
Cask
5.0
(2)
"Cask on New Islington marina takes some beating imo."
"- Cask"
#53
SARA
5.0
(2)
"Check out SARA, Cellarmaker, ghost town, almanac, great notion, fieldworks, original pattern, laughing monk."
"I couldn't recommend SARA enough."
#54
Big Heads
5.0
(2)
"Bigheads. 'Nuff said."
"Big Heads bottle shop has the best selection."
#55
The Wayward
5.0
(2)
"I second The Wayward."
"The Wayward."
#56
Northern Monk
5.0
(2)
"Northern Monk, the Gaslamp, Port Street Beer House, Joule are all good."
"Does Northern Monk class as craft beer? That's my go to bar in NQ for beer."
#57
Sierra Nevada
5.0
(2)
"Sierra Nevada makes some damn good NA beer."
"Sierra Nevada Pale Ale or any other pale ale with Cascade (or similar) hops."
#58
Yards
5.0
(2)
"I had a great experience at Yards when I visited Philly."
"Yards is the flagship philly brewery."
#59
Six Twelve Brewing
5.0
(2)
"Six Twelve Brewing in St Agnes are fantastic!"
"Smaller breweries - SixTwelve, Shapeshifter, Kickback. Goodisons."
#60
HopDog
5.0
(2)
"I can recommend HopDog. They specialize on Frankonian craft beers."
"[Hopdog] has a good selection of Frankonian lagers on tap."
#61
Fahr
5.0
(2)
"Fahr is the closest real German "Reinheitsgebot" beer you'll find in probably Canada."
"Fahr from Turner Valley, Alberta has won all sorts of awards for their beers."
#62
Ghost Town
5.0
(2)
"Ghost Town and Original Pattern. Blackhammer is good too."
"Great wild ales and IPAs too."
#63
Standard Beer
5.0
(2)
"Standard Beer. Say Hello to Brett for me."
"Standard Beer is the correct answer."
#64
The Lamb and Flag
5.0
(2)
"The Lamb and Flag, Royal Blenheim and the Grapes are the best city centre pubs for beer selection."
"The Lamb and Flag had a superb beer selection."
#65
Ca del Brado
5.0
(2)
"Ca del Brado near Bologna for your Wild/Sour Beers."
"If you're into sours and wilds Ca del Brado is spectacular."
#66
Slow Lane
4.5
(2)
"Slow Lane."
"Slow Lane in botany opened a couple of years after one drop and do really interesting things."
#67
City Beer Store
4.5
(2)
"City beer store!"
#68
Fieldwork
4.5
(2)
"Fieldworks in Berkeley, Cellarmaker (yes a pizza joint) in Bernal Heights"
"For IPA, both Lagunitas and Fieldwork have solid options in the Bay Area."
#69
Unibroue
4.5
(2)
"Basically anything from Unibroue ( blanche de chambly is my favorite)."
"Check out the brews from Unibroue."
#70
Maallust
4.5
(2)
"You’ll definitely need to check the beers from the ’Maallust’ brewery"
#71
Rudy's
4.5
(2)
"Go to Rudy’s. I was just there a few days ago. Great selection and lots of craft beers."
"As others have said Rudy's downtown."
#72
Kompaan
4.5
(2)
"No doubts."
#73
Pikes
4.5
(2)
"Heaps of local smaller breweries that are great. pikes beer."
"Pikes have put out some decent beers (the recent barrel aged smoked rye stout was very nice)"
#74
Effingut
4.5
(2)
"Effingut , must try"
"Effingut."
#75
BierCab
4.5
(2)
"BierCab. Without a doubt, in my opinion."
#76
Hi Time Wine Cellars
4.5
(2)
"The recs for Hi Time Wine Cellars on 17th-- the beer cave is awesome."
"Hi time wine cellars"
#77
Bierothek
4.5
(2)
"Bierothek"
"Bierothek is now your best bet."
#78
Great Northern
4.5
(2)
"Check out the Great Northern on Commercial."
"Seconding Great Northern, and the OG Garden Path spot in Burlington."
#79
Brassneck
4.5
(2)
"Brassneck and superflux are my go tos"
"Brassneck, Strange Fellows, Parallel 49, and Superflux have always been de."
#80
Koto
4.0
(2)
"Kotos, O'Duncan's, and Anchor are my favorite places for craft beer."
"Koto on main. They have a variety of house beers on tap including seasonal."
#81
Muted Horn
4.0
(2)
"Personally muted horn is my favourite because it’s usually a bit more chill."
"Go to Manifest or Muted Horn to have a beer."
#82
Fate
4.0
(2)
"Fate Brewing Co."
"Fate."
#83
Charles Towne Fermentory
4.0
(2)
"Charles Towne Fermentory is probably the best for just straight up beer."
"Personally I like: Charles Towne Fermentory."
#84
Bayern
4.0
(2)
"Cranky Sam, Draughtwurks, Bayern, Big Sky"
"Bayern is my favorite, it’s all German style beer."
#85
Edmund's Oast
4.0
(2)
"Edmunds Oast, Low Tide Brewing, and Frothy Beard are my recommendations."
"Edmund's Oast, Munkle, and Bevi Bene are all solid breweries close together."
#86
Hi Times
4.0
(2)
"Either Hi Times or Brewery Row, both in Costa Mesa (Hi Times closer to the Peninsula). Enjoy!"
"Maybe Hi times? They have everything"
#87
Bowden
4.0
(2)
"Bowden, Brewboys and Brightstar if you’re around the inner west, all are pretty good."
"Bowden brewing do a pretty good ipa"
#88
Total Wine
4.0
(2)
"Nothing beats total wine in the valley."
"Surprised me positively."
#89
Batch Brewing Company
4.0
(2)
"Go to Darling Square. There's a Batch Brewing Company bar and plenty of food options."
"Go to Darling Square. There's a Batch Brewing Company bar and plenty of food options."
#90
Pinta
4.0
(2)
"Pinta."
"Pinta, Szynkarnia."
#91
Pirate Life
4.0
(2)
"Pirate Life"
"Then there’s some bigger ones like pirate life."
#92
Station 101
4.0
(2)
"Station 101 in Milford has a great draft and can selection."
"Station 101 in Milford is worth the trip."
#93
Toit
4.0
(2)
"Toit."
"Toit IBC Great state dive Doolally’s (check spelling) 24k craft brews Effingut."
#94
Small Gods
4.0
(2)
"Small Gods sells a nice North German Pilsner"
"Anything from Small Gods"
#95
The Grapes
4.0
(2)
"The Lamb and Flag or The Grapes."
"The Grapes on George Street has probably the biggest selection, leaning craft."
#96
U Brambory
3.0
(2)
"U Brambory at the Brühl. Both are near the inner city."
"U Brambory - not local craft beer but czech craft beer."
#97
Vale Brewery
3.0
(2)
"Heaps of local smaller breweries that are great. vale brewery."
"Vale brewery and pikes are garbage."
#98
Coopers
2.5
(2)
"Had a few craft beers but I always seem to gravitate back to Coopers"
"And Coopers died when they moved breweries. The stout is close to what it was but Sparkling is nowhere near the same."
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