RateBeer.com's Top 100 Breweries In the World

Beers we can get here, hooray!

Last week, a new best of list came out from RateBeer.com. While of course user rated boards have their own issues, I thought this was a pretty solid list in general. Polly Watts at the Avenue Pub also pointed out that the list was based on reviews only in 2014, so it could be considered more a "what's hot" list, which might explain the few head scratching inclusions (no comment) and exclusions (Cantillon!!!!!!!!)

But all in all, pretty good list. And like a third of it is available here, which is very cool, especially considering how sparse the selection was when I moved down here in 2010.

So, I wrote my Gambit column on it, analyzing the trend a little, but I also wanted to post the list of all the stuff that New Orleans gets, either regularly or occasionally. Some of these you'll only see at the Avenue Pub and Stein's a couple times a year, but we get them.

Here's the New Orleans/Southeast LA availability of the RateBeer.com list:


8 Wired, New Zealand
Against the Grain, Kentucky
Amager Bryghus, Denmark
Anchorage Brewing Company
Beer Here, Denmark
Brauerei Aying (Ayinger), Germany
Brouwerij de Molen, The Netherlands
Brouwerij Emelisse, The Netherlands
Clown Shoes, Massachusetts
De Struise Brouwers, Belgium
Dieu de Ciel, Canada
Evil Twin, gypsy/New York
Founders, Michigan
HaandBryggeriet, Norway
Lagunitas, California
Le Trou du Diable, Canada
Magic Rock, UK
Mikkeller, gypsy/Denmark
New Belgium, Colorado
Omnipollo, Sweden
Prairie, Oklahoma
Rogue, Oregon
Samuel Smith, UK
Sierra Nevada, California
Southern Tier, New York
St. Bernardus Brouwerij , Belgium
Stillwater Artisanal, gypsy/Maryland
Stone, California
Sweetwater, Georgia
The Bruery, California
To Øl, Denmark
Upright Brewing, Oregon
Westbrook Brewing, South Carolina