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The beer-related results of USAToday’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards were posted yesterday, Friday, August 4 at noon!

USA Today’s 10Best has been known to provide “trusted travel and lifestyle advice” to locals looking to explore their backyard and travelers visiting a new city all across the United States.

USA Today used nominations from “industry and beer experts” to nominate 20 establishments for each category. Readers and fans were able to vote once per day for their favorite establishments from the nominations.

As a Michigan-based media group, we wanted Michigan to band together and vote for Michigan Craft Beer! The only nomination that didn’t make a 10Best list was City Built Brewing Company’s Bridge Blast in the Best Beer Festival category.

Here are the 10Best lists for each of the categories that Michigan earned a spot. Michigan winners will be in bold and italics.


Best Brewery Tour

Check out a snippet about each of the Top 10 here.

  1. Tröegs Independent Brewing – Hershey, Pennsylvania
  2. Spoetzl Brewery – Shiner, Texas
  3. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Multiple Locations
  4. Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. – Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
  5. Budweiser Brewery Experience – St. Louis, Missouri
  6. Brooklyn Brewery – Brooklyn, New York
  7. Stone Brewing – Multiple Locations
  8. Bell’s Brewery – Comstock, Michigan
  9. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery – Milton, Delaware
  10. Samuel Adams – Boston, Massachusetts

Best Beer Bar

Check out a snippet about each of the Top 10 here.

  1. Pilot Project Brewing – Multiple Locations
  2. Side Hustle Taproom – Multiple Locations
  3. Brick Store Pub – Decatur, Georgia
  4. O’Brien’s Pub – San Diego, California
  5. Monk’s Cafe – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  6. The Whale – Asheville, North Carolina
  7. Max’s Taphouse – Baltimore, Maryland
  8. HopCat – Grand Rapids, Michigan
  9. ChurchKey – Washington D.C.
  10. Hop City Beer & Wine – Birmingham, Alabama

RELATED: Michigan Winners of USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards 2022

Best Small Town Beer Scene – 1 nomination

Check out more about each Small Town Beer Scene here.

  1. Avondale Estates, Georgia
  2. Hammonton, New Jersey
  3. Lyons, Colorado
  4. Traverse City, Michigan
  5. Fredericksburg, Texas
  6. Boone, North Carolina
  7. Derby, Connecticut
  8. Sunnyside, Washington
  9. Hood River – Oregon
  10. Bar Harbor – Maine

Best Beer City

Check out more about each Beer City here.

  1. Grand Rapids, Michigan
  2. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  3. Indianapolis, Indiana
  4. San Diego, California
  5. Asheville, North Carolina
  6. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  7. Tampa, Florida
  8. Chicago, Illinois
  9. Atlanta, Georgia
  10. Minneapolis, Minnesota

RELATED: Michigan Winners of USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards 2021

Best Brewpub

Check out more about each brewpub here.

  1. Stronghouse Brew Pub – Telluride, Colorado
  2. From the Earth Brewing Company – Roswell, Georgia
  3. MudHen Brewing Company – Wildwood, New Jersey
  4. Zydeco Brew Werks – Tampa, Florida
  5. Salt Springs Brewery – Saline, Michigan
  6. Smith & Lentz Brewing – Nashville, Tennessee
  7. Wayfinder Beer – Portland, Oregon
  8. North Park Beer Company – San Diego, California
  9. City Built Brewing Company – Grand Rapids, Michigan
  10. Puesto Mission Valley – San Diego, California

Best Beer Label

See the Top 10 Beer Labels here.

  1. Shock G Forever – Federation Brewing & Hella Costal
  2. Psychedelic Rabbit Transcendent IPA – New Realm Brewing Company
  3. Baby Nelson – City Built Brewing Company
  4. Xalapa – One Well Brewing
  5. Indy Pale Ale – Sun King Brewing
  6. Porkslap Ale – Butternuts Beer & Ale
  7. Dr. Pat’s Double IPA – High Hops Brewery
  8. Methodical – Funguys Brewing
  9. Grey Lady – Cisco Brewers
  10. Defensive Pancake – Divine Barrel Brewing

Check out our monthly Beer Labels posts here.

Cheers!


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Ed Norton

Edwin "Ed" Norton was first introduced to craft beer when his designated fraternity Big Brother Vince asked him if he knew anything about the topic. Ed admitted his ignorance and the rest is history as Ed and Vince would split six-packs of craft beers each week during Ed's probationary status. Ed is now a craft beer enthusiast who is always on the lookout for a beer he has not tried when bottle shopping or drinking at breweries and bars. In addition to drinking beer, this livelong Michigan resident enjoys a bunch of hobbies that he doubts you really care about, other than drinking beer and sounding off about it.

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