{"id":17496,"date":"2015-01-30T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=17496"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:11:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:11:28","slug":"ratebeer-top-100-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/ratebeer-top-100-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"RateBeer Top 100 Brewers in the World Announced; Midwest Well Represented"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n This morning, RateBeer released their list<\/a>\u00a0of the Top 100 Brewers in the World, as defined by the ratings of their users.<\/p>\n Right behind top-ranked Hill Farmstead<\/strong> of Vermont is Toppling Goliath<\/strong> of Decorah, IA; Three Floyds<\/strong>\u00a0in Munster ranked fourth in the world and Bells Beer<\/strong>\u00a0in Kalamazoo clocked in at number six.<\/p>\n The rest of the Great Lakes and Plains states are very<\/em> well represented — of the hundred listed breweries, a full fifth of them are close to Chicago.<\/p>\n There were a\u00a0few surprises in the list — for example, just\u00a0one Wisconsin brewery made the list and it wasn’t<\/em> New Glarus. (Central Waters earned an inclusion, however.) Goose Island didn’t make the cut either, despite being included\u00a0on last year’s Top Brewers list<\/a>.<\/p>\n The list is extremely weighted towards American breweries, as it’s compiled from “reviews taken last year and weighted by performance within and outside of style, balanced by indicators of depth” and “reflect the top performing brewers of over 19,000 listed at RateBeer.” Over three-fourths of the list calls the USA home.<\/p>\n Here’s the rundown of the\u00a0world’s\u00a0best breweries in the Midwest as listed by the Ratebeer Top 100 of 2014:<\/p>\n Half Acre Beer Company<\/a><\/p>\n Pipeworks Brewing Company<\/a><\/p>\n Revolution Brewing<\/a><\/p>\n Three Floyds Brewing Company<\/a> (#4 in the World)<\/p>\n Toppling Goliath<\/p>\n Boulevard Brewing Company<\/a><\/p>\n Perennial Artisan Ales<\/a><\/p>\n Side Project Brewing<\/p>\n Surly Brewing Company<\/a><\/p>\n Bells Brewery<\/a> (#6 in the world)<\/p>\n B.Nektar Meadery<\/p>\n Dark Horse Brewing Company<\/a><\/p>\n Founders Brewing Company<\/a><\/p>\n Oddside Ales<\/p>\n Schramm’s Mead<\/p>\n Fat Head’s Brewery & Saloon<\/p>\n Great Lakes Brewing Company<\/a><\/p>\n Hoppin’ Frog Brewery<\/p>\n Jackie-O’s Pub & Brewery<\/p>\n Thirsty Dog Brewing Company<\/a><\/p>\nIllinois:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Indiana:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Iowa:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Missouri:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Minnesota:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Michigan:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Ohio:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Wisconsin:<\/strong><\/h3>\n