As I stated in a previous post, All About Beer magazine published a list of 125 places to drink beer before you died … Kind of a bucket list without calling it a bucket list. They published it in 2008 — however, the magazine went out of business a few years ago. So I decided to publish the list here for reference.
You should note that this list is with my modifications — there are a few places on the original list that were 1) closed, 2) defunct festivals, 3) or what I considered “experiential activities”–in other words: subjective. I have bolded those entries and recommend you come up with your own experiences. I’ve also bolded those places that I know have closed (or are defunct)–of those I haven’t visited, don’t know if they are open or not. The entries I have visited have the year visited in parentheses.
| The Growler List: 125 Places to Have a Beer Before You Die (My Modification) | |
| 1 | Great American Beer Festival, Denver, CO (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2016) |
| 2 | The Grand Place, Brussells, Belgium (2010, 2012) |
| 3 | U Fleku, Prague, Czech Republic (2012) |
| 4 | Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court, London, England |
| 5 | Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany (1998, 2012) |
| 6 | Augustiner Keller, Munich, Germany (2012) |
| 7 | Abbaye de Notre-Dame d’Orval, Orval, Belgium (2009) (2012) |
| 8 | The Gravity Bar, Guinness St. James Gate Brewery, Dublin, Ireland |
| 9 | Monk’s Café, Philadelphia, PA |
| 10 | The Great Canadian Beer Festival, Victoria, BC (2017) |
| 11 | Hofbrauhaus, Munich, Germany (1997, 1998, 2001, 2012) |
| 12 | The Brickskeller (now Bier Baron), Washington, DC (2011) |
| 13 | Rick’s Café, Negril, Jamaica |
| 14 | The Market Porter, Stoney Street, London, England (2010) |
| 15 | Cat’s Eye Pub, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD (2011) |
| 16 | Mod: Camden Yards drinking Clipper City on Tap (2007, 2008) |
| 17 | Mondial de la Bière, Montreal, Quebec |
| 18 | Horizon’s Café, CN Tower, Toronto, Ontario (2016) |
| 19 | Mod: Beer Tent, Glengarry Highland Games, Maxville, Ontario (2003) |
| 20 | Beer Club Popeye, Tokyo, Japan |
| 21 | The Publick House, Brookline, MA |
| 22 | Mod: Hahnenfest (Queidersbach, Germany [1995-1999]) |
| 23 | Henry’s 12th Street Tavern, Portland, OR (2018) |
| 24 | The Hopleaf, Chicago, IL (2013) |
| 25 | World Beer Festival, Durham/Raleigh, NC (2011) |
| 26 | Mod: Mardi Gras Festival, Shreveport, LA (1999, 2000) |
| 27 | Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy |
| 28 | Zum Uerige, Dusseldorf, Germany (2012) |
| 29 | Toronado, San Francisco, CA (2017) |
| 30 | The Olde Mitre Tavern, Ely Court, Hatton Garden, London, England (2010) |
| 31 | Mod: Cowboys/Redskins Game, FedEx Field, DC (2009) |
| 32 | Rogue Brewery, Newport, OR (2017) |
| 33 | The Wynkoop Brewery, Denver, CO (2011) |
| 34 | Spuyten Duyvil, Brooklyn, NY |
| 35 | Great Lakes Brewing, Cleveland, OH |
| 36 | McMenamins Kennedy School Hotel, Portland, OR (2018) |
| 37 | Atelier am Dom, Cologne, Germany (2012) |
| 38 | Anchor Brewing Tasting Room, San Francisco, CA (2017) |
| 39 | The Flying Saucer, NC, SC, TN, AR and TX (2010) |
| 40 | Arend’s Nest, Amsterdam, Holland |
| 41 | Mod: Mercury’s, Stone Town, Zanzibar) (2012/2013) (Original entry closed) |
| 42 | Mod: Great Divide Barrel Bar (Denver) (2016) (Sandlot was always closed) |
| 43 | Clark Street Ale House, Chicago, IL (2013) |
| 44 | Mod: Tailgating at a Frankfurt Galaxy Game (1997, 1998) |
| 45 | Selin’s Grove Brewing, Selinsgrove, PA (2009) |
| 46 | The Great Lost Bear, Portland, ME |
| 47 | The Map Room, Chicago, IL (2013) |
| 48 | The Blue Tusk, Syracuse, NY (2010) |
| 49 | Woolwich Arms, Guelph, ON |
| 50 | Beach Bar at the Atlantis Hotel, Paradise Island, Bahamas |
| 51 | The White Horse Pub, Parsons Green, London, England (2010) |
| 52 | Redbones Restaurant, Somerville, MA |
| 53 | Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel, Sydney, Australia [2019] |
| 54 | Falling Rock Tap House, Denver, CO (2011) [CLOSED – 2021] |
| 55 | Sleeping Lady Brewery/Snow Goose Restaurant, Anchorage, AK |
| 56 | In de Wildeman, Amsterdam, Holland |
| 57 | Andechs Monastery, Andechs, Germany (2010, 2012) |
| 58 | Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 59 | Mod: Fruhlingsfest, Stuttgart, Germany (2010) |
| 60 | Sierra Nevada Brewing, Chico, CA [2019] |
| 61 | Krcma, Ceske Krumlov, Czech Republic (2012) |
| 62 | Sapporo Beer Garden, Higashi-ku, Japan |
| 63 | Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, MI |
| 64 | Sail and Anchor Brewpub, Fremantle, Australia |
| 65 | F.X. Matt Brewery Tasting Room, Utica, NY |
| 66 | Delerium Café, Brussels, Belgium (2010, 2012) |
| 67 | Birreria l’Orso Eletricco, Rome, Italy |
| 68 | Gösser Bierklinik, Vienna, Austria (2012) |
| 69 | Bariloche Ski Resort, Rio Negro, Argentina |
| 70 | d.b.a., New York, NY |
| 71 | Brewer’s Art, Baltimore, MD (2009) |
| 72 | Au General Lafayette, Paris, France |
| 73 | Schlenkerla Brewery Tavern, Bamberg, Germany (2012) |
| 74 | De Hopduvel, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 75 | Mr. Sancho’s Beach, Cozumel, Mexico |
| 76 | City Tavern, Philadelphia, PA |
| 77 | Die Weisse, Salzburg, Austria (2012) |
| 78 | Halve Maan Brewery, Bruges, Belgium (2012) |
| 79 | Tinkoff, Moscow, Russia |
| 80 | Le Bier Circus, Brussels, Belgium (2010, 2012) |
| 81 | TY Harbor Brewery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 82 | Irseer Klosterbrauerei, Irsee, Germany (2010, 2012) |
| 83 | Stockholm Beer & Whiskey Festival, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 84 | Goose Island Brewing, Chicago, IL (2013) |
| 85 | Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2014) |
| 86 | Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY |
| 87 | Deschutes Brewery & Publick House, Bend, OR [2019] |
| 88 | Baumgartner’s Cheese Store & Tavern, Monroe, WI (2014) |
| 89 | Icebergs Bar, Sydney, Australia [2019] |
| 90 | Cantillon Brewery and Gueuze Museum, Belgium (2012) |
| 91 | Dogfish Head Ale House, Rehoboth Beach, DE (2010) |
| 92 | Belgo Centraal, London, England (2010) |
| 93 | Mod: Big Beers, Belgians, and Barley Wines Festival (Breckenridge) (2015, 2016, 2017) (Other Festival Defunct …) |
| 94 | Felix in The Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong [2018] |
| 95 | Brasserie Federal, Bahnhof Zurich, Switzerland |
| 96 | Heineken Brewery, Amsterdam, Holland |
| 97 | Clark’s Ale House, Syracuse, NY (2010) |
| 98 | The Shakespeare, Aukland, New Zealand [2019] |
| 99 | Mahar’s, Albany, NY |
| 100 | Steamworks Brewing, Vancouver, BC (2015) |
| 101 | Cooter Brown’s, New Orleans, LA |
| 102 | McSorley’s Ale House, New York, NY |
| 103 | Kelly’s Caribbean Bar, Grill & Brewery, Key West, FL (2007) |
| 104 | Rose & Crown Pub, Epcot Center, Orlando, FL (2006) |
| 105 | The Church Brew Works, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 106 | Brick Store Pub, Decatur, GA (2011) |
| 107 | Sunset Grille & Tap, Boston, MA |
| 108 | The Ghost Bar at the Palms Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (2015) |
| 109 | Norwich Inn/Jasper Murdock’s Brewery, Norwich, VT |
| 110 | The Gingerman, Austin, TX (2010) |
| 111 | Library Ale House, Santa Monica, CA |
| 112 | t’BrugsBeertje, Bruges, Belgium |
| 113 | beerbistro, Toronto, Canada (2016) |
| 114 | The Dubliner, Washington, DC (2010) |
| 115 | John Barleycorn, Chicago, IL (2013) |
| 116 | Anchor Bar, Buffalo, NY |
| 117 | Gritty McDuff’s, Portland, ME |
| 118 | Top of the Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Chapel Hill, NC (2011) |
| 119 | The Bell, Aldworth, Berkshire, England |
| 120 | The Golf Tavern, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| 121 | Old Ebbitt Grill, Washington, DC (2010) |
| 122 | 5 Seasons Brewing, Atlanta, GA (2011) |
| 123 | Mod: In de Vrede, Westvleteren, Belgium) (2009, 2012) (Original Entry Closed) |
| 124 | Stumbling Monk, Seattle. WA (2011) |
| 125 | The Happy Gnome, St. Paul, MN (2014) |
Wherever you end up drinking a beer — I hope it is a fantastic experience!
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