I enjoy drinking beer and since I also enjoy getting out to see the country it allows me to visit local breweries. This is the complete list of breweries that I have visited with pictures of some of them.
Breweries Visited
Alabama
Avondale, Birmingham
Cahaba, Birmingham
Good People, Birmingham
Kevin’s Pick – Good People. It was right across the street from the baseball stadium and there was nothing better than a cold beer on a hot Alabama August day.
Delaware
16 Mile, Georgetown (closed)
Bellefonte, Wilmington
Big Oyster, Lewws
Blue Earl, Smyrna
Crooked Hammock, Lewes
Dogfishhead, Milton
Iron Hill, Wilmington
Mispillion River, Milford
Third Wave, Delmar
Kevin’s Pick – While Dogfishhead is a great place I personally liked 16 Mile, especially since Dogfishhead got rid of free samples. The beer is distributed only in Delaware and it only about 8 miles from Dogfishhead so you could hit both. It had none of the hustle and bustle though but it was closed. Of course the neat thing with Delaware is that there is no sales tax. I like that.
Illinois
Motor Row, Chicago
Rock Bottom, Chicago
Vice District, Chicago
Kevin’s Pick – flip a coin with this. Of the two I preferred Motor Row. Cheaper and less crowded but with a good product. Rock Bottom is a chain brewery but happened to be right around the corner from the hotel I stayed in.
Indiana
South Bend Brew Works, South Bend
Kentucky
Against the Grain, Louisville
Maryland
Alecraft, Bel Air
Antietam, Hagerstown (both at the old location at Benny’s and the new location)
Backshore Bay, Ocean City
BC, Hunt Valley
Brewer’s Alley, Frederick
Brewer’s Art, Baltimore
Burley Oak, Berlin
Calvert, Upper Marlboro
Chesapeake, Annapolis
Cushwa, Williamsport
Denizen’s, Silver Spring
DuClaw, Bowie (since closed)
Eastern Shore, St. Michaels
Evolution, Salisbury
Flying Dog, Frederick
Guinness Open Gate, Halethorpe
Heavy Seas, Baltimore
Independent, Bel Air
Jailbreak, Laurel
Key, Dundalk
Midnight Run, Frederick
Monocacy, Frederick
Mully’s, Price Frederick
Nepenthe, Baltimore
Ocean City, Bel Air and Ocean City locations (closed)
Olde Mother, Frederick (old Patrick St. location and new Market St. location)
Oliver, Baltimore
Peabody Heights, Baltimore
RAR, Cambridge
Rockwell, Frederick
Rubber Soul, Salisbury
Ruddy Duck, Dowell
Slate Farm, Whiteford
Tall Tales, Parsonburg
Union, Baltimore (old Union Ave. location and 41st Street location)
Waverly, Baltimore
Kevin’s pick – I hit some of the Baltimore breweries and was impressed. Union, Waverly, Oliver and Key were all good. When out of Baltimore Eastern Shore, Evolution, Tall Tales and Burley Oak are good stops. None of these breweries in the list are bad, I can’t complain about any of them. Flying Dog may be the most famous Maryland brewery and it’s a nice stop but can get crowded.
Michigan
Detroit, Detroit
Motor City, Detroit
Kevin’s Pick – Since I collect bottles Motor City gets the pick. Good pizza too before I took in the Tigers game.
New Jersey
Death of the Fox, Clarksboro
Eight and Sand, Woodbury
Flying Fish, Somerdale
Icarus, Lakewood
River Horse, Ewing Township
Spellbound, Mt. Holly
Village Idiot, Mt. Holly
Kevin’s pick – River Horse. Granted I had more time there since I was rushed when I visited Icarus (it was on Maikel Franco bobblehead giveaway at Lakewood) but I was also familiar with them already. York is at the western limit of where they distribute. You could get samples but you had to pay to take a tour (state law).
New York
The 1940s, Holbrook
Binghamton, Johnson City
Blue Point, Patchogue
Coney Island, Brooklyn
Flagship, Staten Island
Galaxy, Binghamton
Kills Boro, Staten Island
The North, Endicott
St. James, Holbrook
Strong Rope, Brooklyn
Staten Island, Staten Island
Water Street, Binghamton
Kevin’s pick – Dual pick here. Water Street and Galaxy are right around the corner from each other. For a cheaper meal stop in at Water Street but for a wider variety of beer hit Galaxy. In the New York City area I enjoyed Strong Rope, St. James, Blue Point and Kills Boro.
North Carolina
Asheville, Asheville
Bhramari, Asheville
Birdsong, Charlotte
Brewery 99, New Bern
Bright Light, Fayetteville
Bull City, Durham
Bull Durham, Durham
Burial, Asheville
Catawba, Asheville
Clouds, Durham
Durty Bull, Durham
Eurisko, Asheville
Fiddlin’ Fish, Winston-Salem
Flytrap, Wilmington
Foothills, Winston-Salem
Free Range, Charlotte
Front Street, Wilmington
Full Steam, Durham
Heist, Charlotte
Incendiary, Winston-Salem
Ironclad, Wilmington
Joymongers, Greensboro
Lake Gaston, Fayetteville
Little Brother, Greensboro
Mother Earth, Kinston
Natty Greene’s, Greensboro
New Belgium, Asheville
Olde Mecklenburg, Charlotte
Ponysaurus, Durham
Preyer, Greensboro
Raleigh, Raleigh
Red Oak, Whitsett
Triple C, Charlotte
Twin Leaf, Asheville
Wedge, Asheville
Wicked Weed, Asheville
Wilmington, Wilmington
Wise Man, Winston-Salem
Kevin’s pick – Birdsong. Good beer and a laid back place. A lot of the breweries in Charlotte are near each other so it is easy to visit them. I liked Birdsong’s product the best. Durty Bull, Olde Mechlenburg and Triple C were also nice places. Charlotte is nice since many of the breweries are within an easy drive of each other. Of course that is drive, and since I do not want to pick up a DUI, it meant getting beer to go.
Ohio
Fat Heads, Cleveland
Great Lakes, Cleveland
Market Garden, Cleveland
Nano Brew, Cleveland
Platform, Cleveland
Kevin’s pick – I discovered Great Lakes beer when I was in Chicago in 2009 and have enjoyed it since. It’s a nice place to eat, especially before an Indians game since they offer shuttle to the game. Several other breweries are also within walking distance and they are nothing to sneeze at either. In fact there are 5 within an easy walking distance of each other there, which is all of these except for Fat Heads. Of course you are saying that there are only 4 left. Well, one was closed the day I stopped for an Indians game.
Pennsylvania
2nd Story, Philadelphia
11th Hour, Pittsburgh
1787, Hamburg
Aldus, Hanover
Appalachian, Lititz and Harrisburg locations
Battlefield Brew Works, Gettysburg
Benny’s, Wilkes-Barre
Big Bottom, Dillsburg
Black Cap, Red Lion (since closed and too bad!)
Boneshire Brew Works, Harrisburg
Boom City, Williamsport
Breaker, Wilkes-Barre
Broken Chair, Wyomissing
Bube’s, Mt. Joy
Bullfrog, Williamsport
Burd’s Nest, Carlisle
Butler Brew Works, Butler
Center Square, Abbottstown
Chatty Monks, Wyomissing
Church Brew Works, Pittsburgh
Cold Springs Inn, Mechanicsburg
Collusion Tap Works, York
Columbia Kettle Works, Columbia
Conyngham, Conyngham
Cox, Rheems
Crystal Ball, West York and York (closed)
Desperate Times, Carlisle
Devil’s Eye, Dillsburg
Draai Laag, Millvale
East Branch, Downingtown
East End, Pittsburgh
Evergrain, Mechanisburg
Fegley’s Brew Works, Allentown
Fetish, Lititz
Fourscore, Gettysburg
Funk’s, Elizabethtown
Gear House, Chambersburg
Gift Horse, York
Grist House, Millvale
Gunpowder Falls, Shrewsbury
Happy Valley, State College
Harty’s, Mechanicsburg
Hell in a Bucket, Wrightsville
Hijinx, Allentown
Hop Farm, Pittsburgh
Howling Henry, Grantville
Iron Hill, Lancaster
Lancaster, Lancaster
Legacy, Reading (since closed)
Levante, West Chester
Liquid Hero, York
Lydian Stone, York Haven
Mad Chef, East Petersburg
Market Cross, Carlisle
Mellow Mink, Camp Hill
MexItaly, York
Millworks, Harrisburg
Miscreation, Hanover
Molly Pitcher, Carlisle (old South St. location and new High St. location)
MooDuck, Elizabethtown
Mt. Gretna, Campbelltown
Mudhook, York
New Trail, Williamsport
Newfangled, Harrisburg
North Slope, Dallas
Oatbrook, Reading
Old Forge, York
Olde Bedford, Bedford
Otto’s, State College
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Pig Iron, Marietta
Pizza Boy, Enola
Pour Man’s, Ephrata
Railroad City, Altoona
Red Lion Alesmiths, Red Lion
River Bend, Newport
Roy Pitz, Chambersburg
Robin Hood, Bellefonte
Roundabout, Pittsburgh
Rumspringa, Bird-in-Hand
Rusty Rail, Mifflinburg
Saint Boniface, Ephrata
Saucony Creek, Kutztown
Schaylor, Shillington
Selin’s Grove, Selinsgrove
Sign of the Horse, Hanover
Shy Bear, Lewistown
Sly Fox, Phoenixville
Snitz Creek, Lebanon
Something Wicked, Hanover
South County, Fawn Grove
Southern Tier, Pittsburgh
Spring House, Lancaster
Stony Run, York
Stoudt’s, Adamstown
Straub, St. Mary’s
Susquehanna, Pittston
Swashbuckler, Mannheim
Troegs, Hershey (also their old Paxton Street location)
Twisted Bine, Mt. Joy
Vault, Yardley
Vegetable Hunter, Harrisburg
Victory, Downingtown
Victory, Parkesburg
Wacker, Lancaster
The Washington Brewing Company, Washington
Warehouse, Hanover
Weyerbacher, Easton
Wyndridge Farms, Dallastown
Yard’s, Philadelphia
Yuengling, Pottsville
Zeroday, Harrisburg
Kevin’s Pick – I’m going to cheat but since I live in PA and spend most of my time here I have to pick more than one. When in Pittsburgh hit Pennsylvania or the Church Brew Works. Penn is PA’s first craft brewery and you get to eat inside a church at Church. When in Allentown I hit Fegley’s. It’s right across the street from the arena. Yards has the best beers in Philly that I have visited. In Central PA Collusion is 3 blocks from where I live and Liquid Hero and Mudhook aren’t much further. I also like Zeroday, Pizza Boy Appalachian, Boneshire and Lancaster (for the beer, I’m not a fan of eating there). Pizza Boy might be the favorite
South Carolina
Brewery 85, Greenville
Liberty, Myrtle Beach
New South, Myrtle Beach
Palmetto, Charleston
River Rat, Columbia
Southend, Charleston (since closed)
Swamp Rabbit, Traveler’s Rest
Thomas Creek, Greenville
Twisted Spur, Columbia
Kevin’s pick – Swamp Rabbit. It’s in a picturesque town and the beer is good. If only they served food. Palmetto and Thomas Creek also had some good offerings as well.
Tennessee
Alliance, Knoxville
Chatt Brew, Chattanooga
Crafty Bastard, Knoxville
Hutton and Smith, Chattanooga
Last Days of Autumn, Knoxville
Saw Works, Knoxville
Schulz Brau, Knoxville
Smoky Mountain, Farragut
Woodruff, Knoxville
Yee Haw, Johnson City
Kevin’s pick – Saw Works. Their building is labeled as the Saw Works World HQ, which is funny and their product is good. I bought two packs of cans and was not disappointed in either. Crafty Bastard was good as well but I prefer places that offer something to go. Don’t need to get a DUI after all.
Virginia
Ardent, Richmond
Bad Wolf, Manassas
Beltway, Sterling
Bike TrAle, Leesburg
Black Hoof, Leesburg
Black Walnut, Leesburg
Blue Mountain, Avon
Brew Republic, Woodbridge
Bristol, Bristol
Castleburg, Richmond
Champion, Richmond
Coelecanth, Norfolk (since closed)
Crooked Run, Leesburg
Devil’s Backbone, Lexington
Fair Winds, Lorton
Growling Bear, Woodbridge (closed)
Hardywood Park, Richmond
Heritage, Manassas
Isley, Richmond
Legend, Richmond
Loose Shoe, Amherst
New Realm, Virginia Beach
O’Connor, Norfolk
Ornery, Woodbridge
Pale Fire, Harrisonburg
Port City, Alexandria
Reaver Beach, Virginia Beach
Smartmouth, Norfolk
South Street, Charlottesville
Starr Hill, Crozet
Strangeways, Richmond
Studio Brew, Bristol
Three Notch’d, Richmond
Trapanzee, Sterling
Triple Crossing, Richmond
Vasen, Richmond
Veil, Richmond
Wasserhund, Virginia Beach
Water’s End, Woodbridge
Young Veterans, Virginia Beach
Kevin’s Pick – A fourway tie here. Triple Crossing in Richmond was probably my favorite of 2017 and Hardywood Park in Richmond was my favorite of 2018. I’ve also hit Heritage a couple of times after touring the Manassas Battlefield so it offers a good beer for a hot summer day. Water’s End also offers a good product and when I head down for Potomac Nationals games I leave early to avoid as much traffic as I can and need to kill time. It offers the perfect spot to do so.
Washington DC
3 Stars
Atlas Brew Works (West Virginia Ave. location)
Bardo
Bluejacket
Capitol City
DC Brau
Gordon Biersch
Hellbender
Right Proper (Brookland location)
Kevin’s Pick: Capitol City and Gordon Biersch (a chain brewpup) have sit down meals but I liked Hellbender’s beer the best. 3 Stars was a pain in the butt to find, Hellbender might be as well but once you find one of them it’s easy to find the other.
West Virginia
Berkeley Springs, Berkeley Springs
Morgantown, Morgantown
Mountain State, Morgantown
Kevin’s Pick: Berkeley Springs. A bit hard to find but good food and good beer. I might be a bit biased since my aunt won a gift certificate for there and gave it to me but I enjoyed the free growler fill and the beer that was in it.
Ontario
Steam Whistle, Toronto
To date the only foreign brewery I have stepped foot in. It was a quick experience. There was a wedding party that was starting in 15 minutes so I just got a 6 pack and some pint glasses to go. I’ll be back, it’s not like it’s that hard to get into Canada.