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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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.
