MAP: The Highest Rated Brewery In Every Country

Across the world, people love their beer. But different styles dominate in different countries. Whether it’s IPA, pilsner, stout, or adjunct lager, those tastes are reflected in each country’s favorite brewery. We looked at the ratings on Untappd to find out every country’s most popular brewery. What we discovered was that even though giant multinational companies dominate most of the beer world, tastes truly are regional. Here is a map of every country’s favorite brewery.

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MAP: The Highest Rated Brewery In Every Country According To Untappd (2017)

Notes & Methodology

We limited our selections to active breweries which operate their primary brewing facility in the country (regardless of the nationality of a parent company if it exists). This resulted in a number of results that differ from what you might find on Untappd. In Denmark, the top ranked brewery is a meadery. In France, the top three ‘breweries’ are actually cider and/or Calvados producers. In Germany, although the top ranked brewer has produced commercial beers at a number of other breweries, but does not operate his own commercial brewery. The second ranked brewery is actually Stone Brewing’s Berlin facility, which was also excluded. In India, the top ranker is a subsidiary of a brewpub based in Ann Arbor, MI. The second highest ranker was the local unit of SABMiller, which was also excluded. The top ranker in Poland, Spółdzielnia Pszczelarska Apis, a cider marker/meadery, was excluded. In South Africa, the top ranker, a cider marker/meadery, was excluded. Untappd data for the United Kingdom includes all four countries, as well as the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

If data was inconclusive or unavailable via Untappd, the country was not included on the map.

The Featured Breweries

Country Top Brewery Number of Ratings Score
Argentina Cervecería Antares 6857 3.44
Armenia Yerevan Brewery 2680 2.98
Aruba Brouwerij Nacional Balashi 8401 3.01
Australia Brewtal Brewers 1443 3.94
Austria Bierol 2798 3.75
Bahamas Pirate Republic Brewing Co. 5859 3.57
Barbados Banks (Barbados) Breweries 8395 2.99
Belarus Jungle Brewery 1055 4.14
Belgium Brasserie Cantillon 306544 4.40
Belize Belize Brewing Company 9315 3.16
Bermuda Dockyard Brewing Company 3555 3.38
Bolivia Cervecería Boliviana Nacional S.A. 4273 2.79
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevska Pivara 3333 3.02
Brazil Quatro Graus 1275 4.10
Bulgaria Blek Pine 1577 3.71
Cambodia Siem Reap Brewpub 1116 3.21
Canada Brasserie Auval Brewing 7168 4.21
Cape Verde CERIS 1374 2.90
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Brewery Ltd 9615 3.13
Channel Islands Liberation Brewery 3512 3.30
Chile Jester Chile 1027 3.95
China Jing A (京A) Brewing Co. 3100 3.74
Colombia Bogotá Beer Company 8648 3.41
Costa Rica Treintaycinco 4862 3.72
Croatia Nova Runda 1676 3.93
Cuba Cerveceria Bucanero 14900 2.84
Cyprus Aphrodite’s Rock Brewing Co. Ltd 1012 3.39
Czech Republic Pivovar Matuška 11178 3.83
Denmark Alefarm Brewing 4263 3.865
Dominican Republic Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana 44140 2.93
Ecuador Cervecería Nacional Ecuador 2914 2.80
Egypt Al Ahram Beverages Company 3160 2.65
El Salvador Cadejo Brewing Company 2267 3.36
England Old Chimneys Brewery 2100 3.98
Estonia Pühaste Brewery 6774 3.82
Ethiopia Kombolcha Brewery (BGI) 10224 3.10
Faroe Islands Okkara 1354 3.08
Fiji Paradise Beverages 3866 2.80
Finland Olarin Panimo 4000 3.61
France O’Clock Brewing 1318 3.791
French Polynesia Brasserie de Tahiti 7395 3.04
Georgia Natakhtari Brewery 1928 2.81
Germany Schneider Weisse G. Schneider & Sohn 243871 3.831
Greece Σόλο (Solo) … your cretan craft beer 2483 3.69
Guatemala Cerveceria Centro Americana 12027 2.79
Honduras Cervecería Hondureña 6339 2.95
Hong Kong Young Master Brewery 少爺麥啤 3975 3.66
Hungary Balkezes 1326 3.94
Iceland Einstök Ölgerð 150846 3.69
India United Breweries 92186 2.997
Indonesia Lovina Beach Brewery (STARK BEER BALI) 2160 2.96
Ireland Galway Bay Brewery 27920 3.81
Isle of Man Hooded Ram Brewing Company 1116 3.63
Israel Alexander (אלכסנדר) 5860 3.57
Italy Hammer – Italian Craft Beer 7324 3.90
Jamaica Desnoes & Geddes 134652 3.09
Japan Thrash Zone 1095 3.88
Jordan Carakale 1195 3.50
Kenya Kenya Breweries Limited 24557 3.08
Kosovo Birra Peja 1004 2.80
Laos Lao Brewery 19925 3.07
Latvia Malduguns 3969 3.78
Lebanon Gravity Brewing Sal 17467 3.20
Liechtenstein Liechtensteiner Brauhaus 3107 3.32
Lithuania Sakiškių Alus 3855 3.75
Luxembourg Brasserie Simon 3514 3.23
Malaysia Carlsberg Malaysia 2074 2.65
Malta Lord Chambray 2884 3.45
Mauritius Phoenix Beverages 3074 2.86
Mexico Silenus Cerveza Artesanal 1040 3.99
Montenegro Trebjesa Brewery 8009 3.00
Morocco Société des Brasseries du Maroc 11878 2.97
Mozambique Cervejas De Moçambique 3107 2.99
Myanmar (Burma) Myanmar Brewery Limited 2341 2.88
Namibia Namibia Breweries 8716 3.08
Nepal CG Brewery Nepal 1825 2.92
Netherlands Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 3824 3.99
New Zealand Liberty Brewing 27045 3.99
Nicaragua Compañia Cervecera de Nicaragua 8546 2.95
Nigeria Nigerian Breweries PLC 1901 2.77
Northern Ireland Boundary Brewing 3774 3.71
Norway Monkey Brew 6318 3.82
Panama Casa Bruja Brewing Co. 4448 3.75
Peru Sacred Valley Brewing Company (Cerveceria Del Valle Sagrado) 1443 3.71
Philippines San Miguel Brewery 28951 2.94
Poland Browar Solipiwko 2628 3.769
Portugal Oitava Colina 4249 3.77
Principality of Monaco Brasserie de Monaco 1572 2.88
Puerto Rico Barlovento Brewing Co. 1863 3.92
Republic of Macedonia Pivara Skopje (Heineken) 2072 2.91
Romania Ground Zero 1343 3.83
Russia AF Brew 37995 4.00
Rwanda Bralirwa Limited 1122 2.82
Scotland Harviestoun Brewery 133599 3.79
Serbia Kabinet Brewery 10802 3.67
Singapore Brewerkz 8817 3.44
Slovakia Holíčsky pivovar Wywar 1234 3.58
Slovenia Reservoir Dogs Brewery 2344 3.83
South Africa Devil’s Peak Brewing Company 5621 3.621
South Korea Magpie Brewing Co. 2078 3.64
Spain NaparBCN 2576 3.92
Sri Lanka Lion Brewery Ceylon 26435 3.51
St. Lucia Windward & Leeward Brewery 4118 3.07
Suriname Surinaamse Brouwerij NV 2349 2.82
Sweden Omnipollo 341153 3.92
Switzerland 523 1625 4.10
Taiwan Zhang Men 掌門 Brewing Company 1218 3.69
Tanzania Tanzania Breweries 4235 3.03
Thailand Full Moon Brewworks 2039 3.42
Trinidad and Tobago Carib Brewery Limited 21573 2.97
Turkey Gara Guzu 1123 3.51
Turks and Caicos Islands Turk’s Head Brewery 4643 3.20
Uganda Nile Breweries 1458 3.06
Ukraine Крафтова гуцульська броварня «Ципа» 2504 3.89
United States The Alchemist 245701 4.54
United States Virgin Islands St. John Brewers 18566 3.38
Uruguay Cerveza Davok (Cervecería del Sur) 1197 3.62
Venezuela Empresas Polar 7107 2.92
Vietnam Pasteur Street Brewing Company 6652 3.66
Wales Crafty Devil Brewing Co 7039 3.76
Palestine (West Bank) Taybeh Brewing Company 2028 3.09

Ed. Note – Due to transcription errors, Denmark and India were originally misrepresented on the map and in the data table.