Posted on 02/21/2020 1:28:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
Santa Cruz and its surrounding areas are known for many things — the Boardwalk, a petite wine country, banana slugs, horror movies and random Keanu sightings — but this week, for the second year in a row, it's the craft beer that's pushing the area's fame.
Capitola's Sante Adairius Rustic Ales, a tiny craft brewery specializing in mixed-fermentation saisons, has again been voted into the top-10 ranking for the best breweries in the world. Better yet, this year the brewery, founded by Adair Paterno and Tim Clifford, jumped up one spot from No. 10 to No. 9.
Sante Adairius — sometimes called "SARA" for short — was voted into the annual RateBeer Best ranking by thousands of annual users. RateBeer, a beer-ranking site and app, examines "more than 640,000 beers by over 33,000 brewers around the world" every year for the multi-category contest. The site awards across several categories including best new brewers, best beers by style and best beers in the world. But its most prominent category over the last 20 years of the contest has been its list of the 100 best brewers in the world.
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The only problem with micro breweries is the high cost and the crappy tasting beers you need to waste money on before you find the one you like. Then, you can’t just pick up a 6 pack at the store.
Craft beers meh
I’ll take a Corona and a shot of Herradura
Corona? Ya gotta be kidding? :)
Seriously. There is such a thing as Pacifico Clara.
Well, when you format like that, okay.
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The Best Brewers In The World for the Year 2019
London, UK - February 10, 2020
These are our top 100 brewers in the world for the year 2019. Performance for the year 2019 was highly weighted while 4 years of our catalog was also considered in our ranking. The winners here represent a small portion of the top 1% of brewers worldwide. All of us in the RateBeer worldwide community are very pleased and grateful for the artisanal contributions of these leading breweries. Congratulations to all of our winners!
Rank Name
1 Hill Farmstead Brewery Greensboro, Vermont, United States
2 Side Project Brewing Maplewood, Missouri, United States
3 Trillium Brewing Company Boston, Massachusetts, United States
4 Tree House Brewing Company Charlton, Massachusetts, United States
5 Cigar City Brewing (CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective) Tampa, Florida, United States
6 AleSmith Brewing Company San Diego, California, United States
7 Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel) Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
8 Cloudwater Brew Co Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
9 Sante Adairius Rustic Ales Capitola, California, United States
10 Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat) Paso Robles, California, United States
11 The Kernel Brewery Bermondsey, Greater London, England
12 De Garde Brewing Tillamook, Oregon, United States
13 Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey San Marcos, California, United States
14 Toppling Goliath Brewing Company Decorah, Iowa, United States
15 Brouwerij De Molen (Swinkels Family Brewers) Bodegraven, Netherlands
16 Mikkeller Copenhagen, Denmark
17 Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! Montréal, Quebec, Canada
18 De Struise Brouwers Oostvleteren, Belgium
19 Cycle Brewing Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
20 Hoppin’ Frog Brewery Akron, Ohio, United States
21 Modern Times Beer San Diego, California, United States
22 Tired Hands Brewing Company Ardmore, Pennsylvania, United States
23 Bell’s Brewery Comstock, Michigan, United States
24 Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev) Chicago, Illinois, United States
25 Verdant Brewing Co Falmouth, Cornwall, England
26 Maine Beer Company Freeport, Maine, United States
27 Mikkeller San Diego San Diego, California, United States
28 Buxton Brewery Buxton, Derbyshire, England
29 Jack’s Abby Brewing Framingham, Massachusetts, United States
30 Alpine Beer Company (CA) Alpine, California, United States
31 Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen Lot, Beersel, Belgium
32 Fuller’s Brewery (Asahi) Chiswick, Greater London, England
33 Brasserie Dunham Dunham, Quebec, Canada
34 Allagash Brewing Company Portland, Maine, United States
35 Monkish Brewing Company Torrance, California, United States
36 Stone Brewing Escondido, California, United States
37 Russian River Brewing Santa Rosa, California, United States
38 Three Floyds Brewing Company Munster, Indiana, United States
39 Other Half Brewing Brooklyn, New York, United States
40 Funky Buddha Brewery (Constellation Brands) Oakland Park, Florida, United States
41 To Copenhagen N, Denmark
42 Brewery Ommegang (Duvel-Moortgat) Cooperstown, New York, United States
43 Evil Twin Brewing Queens, New York, United States
44 Wylam Brewery Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne Wear, England
45 Magic Rock Brewing (Lion Co. - Kirin Holdings) Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
46 Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Chico, California, United States
47 Abdij St. Sixtus - Westvleteren Westvleteren, Belgium
48 Browar PINTA Zywiec, Poland
49 Deschutes Brewery Bend, Oregon, United States
50 Cellarmaker Brewing Company San Francisco, California, United States
51 Brasserie de la Senne Brussels, Belgium
52 Kuhnhenn Brewing Warren, Michigan, United States
53 Boulevard Brewing Company (Duvel-Moortgat) Kansas City, Missouri, United States
54 Northern Monk Brew Co. Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
55 Suarez Family Brewery Livingston, New York, United States
56 The Bruery Placentia, California, United States
57 Anchorage Brewing Company Anchorage, Alaska, United States
58 Cantillon Brussels, Belgium
59 Garage Project Wellington, New Zealand
60 (Hansa Borg) Grimstad, Norway
61 Hair of the Dog Brewing Company Portland, Oregon, United States
62 Casey Brewing and Blending Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States
63 Omnipollo Stockholm, Sweden
64 Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
65 Amager Bryghus Kastrup, Denmark
66 J. Wakefield Brewing Miami, Florida, United States
67 Methode Goat Hasselt, Belgium
68 Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project Denver, Colorado, United States
69 Ballast Point Brewing Company (Kings & Convicts) San Diego, California, United States
70 Bottle Logic Brewing Anaheim, California, United States
71 Siren Craft Brew Finchampstead, Berkshire, England
72 Bellwoods Brewery Toronto, Ontario, Canada
73 Fremont Brewing Company Seattle, Washington, United States
74 Avery Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel) Boulder, Colorado, United States
75 Half Acre Beer Company Chicago, Illinois, United States
76 Wicked Weed Brewing (AB InBev) Asheville, North Carolina, United States
77 LTM - Les Trois Mousquetaires Brossard, Quebec, Canada
78 Angry Chair Brewing Tampa, Florida, United States
79 Drakes Brewing Company San Leandro, California, United States
80 De Dolle Brouwers Diksmuide, Belgium
81 New Glarus Brewing Company New Glarus, Wisconsin, United States
82 Almanac Beer Company San Francisco, California, United States
83 Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales Dexter, Michigan, United States
84 Põhjala Tallinn, Estonia
85 The Veil Brewing Company Richmond, Virginia, United States
86 Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy - Brasserie Rochefort Rochefort, Belgium
87 Lagunitas Brewing Company (Heineken) Petaluma, California, United States
88 Lawson’s Finest Liquids Waitsfield, Vermont, United States
89 Prairie Artisan Ales Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
90 Jester King Brewery Austin, Texas, United States
91 Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery Athens, Ohio, United States
92 Brauerei Aying Aying, Bavaria, Germany
93 Brasserie du Bas-Canada Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
94 Brasserie Auval Brewing Co. Percé, Quebec, Canada
95 La Cumbre Brewing Company Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
96 Holy Mountain Brewing Company Seattle, Washington, United States
97 Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company Gilbert, Arizona, United States
98 Dogfish Head Brewery Milton, Delaware, United States
99 BrewDog Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
100 Lervig Aktiebryggeri Stavanger, Norway
Yea, stupid list had a bunch of errant characters in it that messed up formatting.
Source: https://www.ratebeer.com/ratebeerbest/2019/best-brewers-top-100
I am surprised to see the brewer of Pliny the Elder all the way down at 37.
They brew there own beer, and its a nice change once and a while. A nice Czech Pilsner.
Cheers!
Shocked that Simpler Times beer isn’t on that list.
My favorite is Konigsbacher, which regrettably is not exported to the US. So, I settle for other brews, usually Shiner Bock.
The Konigsbacher brewery in Koblenz has a fine restaurant on the property, and the serve bock beer year round. It's been nearly 40 years since I returned to the US, but I fondly remember my many visits for Sunday lunch (once a month). A meal of jagerschnitzel and a couple of liters of bock beer was awesome, and there was a great view of the Rhine River from the restaurant.
Next time I’m at Zelda’s in Capitola I will have to try one.
Coors Litty is my go to baseball game beer
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Alaskan Amber is pretty good. Brewed in Juneau.
Much better formatting. Thank you. I recognized two names. Congratulations to Vermont #1.
A few years ago I asked the mother of the two boys who started Sierra Nevada about how they started. She told me that they were living in Encino, CA, and the neighbor made beer in his garage. So her two boys went to the neighbor’s house when they were 12 and 15 and learned how to make beer. he mother told me that one of her boys stays at the brewery and the other travels the world making sales. S Thankfully, Sierra Nevada provides college degrees to students at Cal State Chico and sponsor races. I prefer Anchor Steam.
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