Hill Farmstead of Greensboro has been ranked second best brewer in the world by RateBeer.com. Several Vermont beers also ranked among the world's 100 best. (see rankings below).
This list is the top 100 brewers in the world according the reviews taken last year and weighted by performance within and outside of style. The winners here are presented alphabetically and reflect the top performing brewers of over 16 thousand worldwide listed at RateBeer. The top 5 brewers are indicted by asterisk.
brewer
city
state
country
3 Fonteinen
Beersel
-
Belgium
8 Wired Brewing
Blenheim
-
New Zealand
AleSmith Brewing Company - * Rated #1
San Diego
California
USA
Allagash Brewing Company
Portland
Maine
USA
Alpine Beer Company
Alpine
California
USA
Amager Bryghus
Kastrup
-
Denmark
Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company
Gilbert
Arizona
USA
Avery Brewing Company
Boulder
Colorado
USA
B. Nektar Meadery
Ferndale
Michigan
USA
Ballast Point Brewing Company
San Diego
California
USA
Bear Republic Brewing Company
Healdsburg
California
USA
Beer Here
Køge
-
Denmark
Bells Brewery - * Rated #5
Galesburg
Michigan
USA
Boston Beer Company
Boston
Massachusetts
USA
Boulevard Brewing Company
Kansas City
Missouri
USA
Brasserie Dunham
Dunham
Quebec
Canada
Brasserie Rochefort
Rochefort
-
Belgium
Brauerei Aying
Aying
Bavaria
Germany
BrewDog
Ellon, Aberdeenshire
-
Scotland
Brewery Ommegang (Moortgat)
Cooperstown
New York
USA
Brooklyn Brewery
Brooklyn
New York
USA
Brouwerij de Molen
Bodegraven
-
Netherlands
Buxton
Buxton
Derbyshire
England
Cantillon
Brussels
-
Belgium
Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Elmsford
New York
USA
Cigar City Brewing
Tampa
Florida
USA
Crooked Stave
Denver
Colorado
USA
Dark Horse Brewing Company
Marshall
Michigan
USA
De Dolle Brouwers
Diksmuide
-
Belgium
De Struise Brouwers
Oostvleteren
-
Belgium
Deschutes Brewery
Bend
Oregon
USA
Dieu du Ciel
Montreal
Quebec
Canada
Dogfish Head Brewery
Milton
Delaware
USA
Drakes Brewing Company
San Leandro
California
USA
Epic Brewing Co. (Utah)
Salt Lake City
Utah
USA
Evil Twin Brewing
Copenhagen / Brooklyn
-
Denmark
Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Paso Robles
California
USA
Founders Brewing Company
Grand Rapids
Michigan
USA
Fuller’s
London
Greater London
England
Funky Buddha Brewery
Oakland Park
Florida
USA
Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)
Chicago
Illinois
USA
Grassroots Brewing
Greensboro Bend
Vermont
USA
Great Divide Brewing Company
Denver
Colorado
USA
Great Lakes Brewing Company
Cleveland
Ohio
USA
Green Flash Brewing Co.
San Diego
California
USA
HaandBryggeriet (Norway)
Drammen
-
Norway
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Portland
Oregon
USA
Half Acre Beer Company
Chicago
Illinois
USA
Hill Farmstead Brewery - * Rated #2
Greensboro
Vermont
USA
Hoppin’ Frog Brewery
Akron
Ohio
USA
Jack’s Abby Brewing
Framingham
Massachusetts
USA
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Dexter
Michigan
USA
Kuhnhenn Brewing
Warren
Michigan
USA
Lagunitas Brewing Company
Petaluma
California
USA
Le Trou du Diable
Shawinigan
Quebec
Canada
Les Trois Mousquetaires
Brossard
-
Canada
Magic Rock
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
England
Maine Beer Company
Freeport
Maine
USA
Microbrasserie Charlevoix / Le Saint Pub
Baie-St-Paul
Quebec
Canada
Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Anchorage
Alaska
USA
Mikkeller
Copenhagen
-
Denmark
Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
New Belgium Brewing Company
Fort Collins
Colorado
USA
New Glarus Brewing Company
New Glarus
Wisconsin
USA
Nøgne Ã
Grimstad
-
Norway
North Coast Brewing Company
Fort Bragg
California
USA
Oakham
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
England
Odell Brewing Company
Fort Collins
Colorado
USA
Oskar Blues Brewery
Longmont
Colorado
USA
Pipeworks Brewing Company
Chicago
Illinois
USA
Pizza Port (Carlsbad)
Carlsbad
California
USA
Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
San Marcos
California
USA
Prairie Artisan Ales
Krebs
Oklahoma
USA
Revolution Brewing Company
Chicago
Illinois
USA
Rogue Ales
Newport
Oregon
USA
Russian River Brewing - * Rated #4
Santa Rosa
California
USA
Saint Louis Brewery
Maplewood
Missouri
USA
Sante Adairius Rustic Ales
Capitola
California
USA
Shorts Brewing Co.
Bellaire
Michigan
USA
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Chico
California
USA
Smuttynose Brewing Company
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
USA
Southampton Publick House
Southampton
New York
USA
Southern Tier Brewing Company
Lakewood
New York
USA
St. Bernardus Brouwerij
Watou
-
Belgium
Stillwater Artisanal
Baltimore
Maryland
USA
Stone Brewing Co.
Escondido
California
USA
Surly Brewing Company
Brooklyn Center
Minnesota
USA
The Bruery
Placentia
California
USA
The Kernel
London
Greater London
England
Thornbridge
Bakewell
Derbyshire
England
Three Floyds Brewing Company - * Rated #3
Munster
Indiana
USA
Tired Hands Brewing Company
Ardmore
Pennsylvania
USA
To à l
Copenhagen
-
Denmark
Toppling Goliath
Decorah
Iowa
USA
Tröegs Brewing Company
Hershey
Pennsylvania
USA
Unibroue (Sapporo)
Chambly
Quebec
Canada
Upright Brewing
Portland
Oregon
USA
Victory Brewing Company
Downingtown
Pennsylvania
USA
Westbrook Brewing
Mt. Pleasant
South Carolina
USA
Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus
Westvleteren
-
Belgium
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The Top Beers In The World
The top 100 beers in the world according the reviews taken last year and weighted by performance within and outside of style. The winners here are presented alphabetically and reflect the top performing beers of hundreds of thousands listed at RateBeer. All winners in this category are eligible for award certificates.
beer
brewer
state
country
3 Fonteinen Hommage
3 Fonteinen
-
Belgium
Alchemist Heady Topper
The Alchemist
Vermont
USA
AleSmith Barrel Aged Old Numbskull
AleSmith Brewing Company
California
USA
AleSmith Barrel Aged Wee Heavy
AleSmith Brewing Company
California
USA
AleSmith IPA
AleSmith Brewing Company
California
USA
AleSmith Speedway Stout
AleSmith Brewing Company
California
USA
Avery Uncle Jacob’s Stout
Avery Brewing Company
Colorado
USA
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Ballast Point Brewing Company
California
USA
Bells Black Note Stout
Bells Brewery
Michigan
USA
Bells Expedition Stout
Bells Brewery
Michigan
USA
Bells Hopslam
Bells Brewery
Michigan
USA
Bells Two Hearted Ale
Bells Brewery
Michigan
USA
Bush de Nuits (Scaldis Prestige de Nuits)
Dubuisson
-
Belgium
Cigar City Cafe Americana Double Stout
Cigar City Brewing
Florida
USA
Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout
Cigar City Brewing
Florida
USA
Cigar City Marshal Zhukov’s Imperial Stout
Cigar City Brewing
Florida
USA
Dark Horse Bourbon Barrel Plead the 5th Imperial Stout
Dark Horse Brewing Company
Michigan
USA
Deschutes The Abyss
Deschutes Brewery
Oregon
USA
Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel
Dieu du Ciel
Quebec
Canada
Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA
Dogfish Head Brewery
Delaware
USA
Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break
Evil Twin Brewing
-
Denmark
Firestone Walker 17 (XVII Seventeenth Anniversary Ale)
Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
California
USA
Firestone Walker Double Jack IPA
Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
California
USA
Firestone Walker Parabola
Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
California
USA
Firestone Walker Sucaba
Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
California
USA
Firestone Walker Wookey Jack Black Rye IPA
Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
California
USA
Founders Backwoods Bastard
Founders Brewing Company
Michigan
USA
Founders Breakfast Stout
Founders Brewing Company
Michigan
USA
Founders Imperial Stout
Founders Brewing Company
Michigan
USA
Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)
Founders Brewing Company
Michigan
USA
Founders Porter
Founders Brewing Company
Michigan
USA
Funky Buddha Last Snow Porter
Funky Buddha Brewery
Florida
USA
Goose Island Bourbon County Barleywine
Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)
Illinois
USA
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)
Illinois
USA
Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer Blauw/Blue
Brouwerij Het Anker
-
Belgium
Grassroots Brother Soigné
Grassroots Brewing
Vermont
USA
Grassroots Legitimacy
Grassroots Brewing
Vermont
USA
Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout
Great Divide Brewing Company
Colorado
USA
Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout
Great Divide Brewing Company
Colorado
USA
Hair of the Dog Adam
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Oregon
USA
Hair of the Dog Adam from the Wood
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Oregon
USA
Hair of the Dog Matt
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Oregon
USA
Hill Farmstead Abner
Hill Farmstead Brewery
Vermont
USA
Hill Farmstead Double Citra
Hill Farmstead Brewery
Vermont
USA
Hill Farmstead Edward
Hill Farmstead Brewery
Vermont
USA
Hill Farmstead Everett
Hill Farmstead Brewery
Vermont
USA
Hill Farmstead Friendship and Reunion
Hill Farmstead Brewery
Vermont
USA
Hill Farmstead Society & Solitude #5
Hill Farmstead Brewery
Vermont
USA
Hill Farmstead Susan
Hill Farmstead Brewery
Vermont
USA
Jester King Atrial Rubicite
Jester King Brewery
Texas
USA
Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock
Kuhnhenn Brewing
Michigan
USA
La Cumbre Elevated IPA
La Cumbre Brewing Company
New Mexico
USA
Lawson’s Finest Double Sunshine IPA
Lawson’s Finest Liquids
Vermont
USA
Lost Abbey Cable Car
Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
California
USA
Lost Abbey Deliverance
Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
California
USA
Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze
Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
California
USA
Maine Beer Lunch
Maine Beer Company
Maine
USA
Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast
Mikkeller
-
Denmark
Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel
Mikkeller
-
Denmark
Mikkeller X Imperial Stout 2006/2013
Mikkeller
-
Denmark
New Glarus R & D Sour Fruit
New Glarus Brewing Company
Wisconsin
USA
New Glarus Raspberry Tart
New Glarus Brewing Company
Wisconsin
USA
New Glarus Serendipity
New Glarus Brewing Company
Wisconsin
USA
New Glarus Strawberry Rhubarb
New Glarus Brewing Company
Wisconsin
USA
New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red
New Glarus Brewing Company
Wisconsin
USA
North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
North Coast Brewing Company
California
USA
Old Chimneys Good King Henry Special Reserve
Old Chimneys
Suffolk
England
Perennial Barrel Aged Abraxas
Perennial Artisan Ales
Missouri
USA
Port Brewing Older Viscosity
Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
California
USA
Prairie Artisan Ales Bomb!
Prairie Artisan Ales
Oklahoma
USA
Rochefort Trappistes 10
Brasserie Rochefort
-
Belgium
Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)
Russian River Brewing
California
USA
Russian River Blind Pig IPA
Russian River Brewing
California
USA
Russian River Consecration
Russian River Brewing
California
USA
Russian River Pliny the Elder
Russian River Brewing
California
USA
Russian River Pliny the Younger
Russian River Brewing
California
USA
Russian River Supplication
Russian River Brewing
California
USA
Russian River Temptation
Russian River Brewing
California
USA
Samuel Adams Utopias
Boston Beer Company
Massachusetts
USA
Sante Adairius Saison Bernice
Sante Adairius Rustic Ales
California
USA
St. Bernardus Abt 12
St. Bernardus Brouwerij
-
Belgium
Stone Enjoy By IPA
Stone Brewing Co.
California
USA
Stone Imperial Russian Stout
Stone Brewing Co.
California
USA
Struise Black Albert
De Struise Brouwers
-
Belgium
Struise Pannepot
De Struise Brouwers
-
Belgium
Struise Pannepot Reserva
De Struise Brouwers
-
Belgium
Surly Abrasive Ale
Surly Brewing Company
Minnesota
USA
Surly Darkness
Surly Brewing Company
Minnesota
USA
The Bruery Bois
The Bruery
California
USA
Thornbridge Bracia
Thornbridge
Derbyshire
England
Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout
Three Floyds Brewing Company
Indiana
USA
Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA
Three Floyds Brewing Company
Indiana
USA
Three Floyds Zombie Dust
Three Floyds Brewing Company
Indiana
USA
Tired Hands HandFarm
Tired Hands Brewing Company
Pennsylvania
USA
To à l Sort Mælk
To à l
-
Denmark
Toppling Goliath Kentucky Brunch
Toppling Goliath
Iowa
USA
Toppling Goliath Mornin’ Delight
Toppling Goliath
Iowa
USA
Toppling Goliath pseudoSue
Toppling Goliath
Iowa
USA
Westvleteren 12 (XII)
Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus
-
Belgium
Westvleteren Extra 8
Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus
-
Belgium
Source: RateBeer 2.7.2014 - See more at: http://www.ratebeer.com/RateBeerBest/bestbeers-world2014.asp#sthash.p22O...
PHOTO: Shaun Hill owner of Hill Farmstead. Photo by Joyce Marcel, Vermont Business Magazine.