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(NewsNation) — The metropolis with the astir breweries per capita successful the U.S. is besides the apical metropolis for brew enthusiasts this year, according to the nutrient and portion website Tasting Table and its database of “Top U.S. Cities for Beer Enthusiasts successful 2024.”
“The bosom and psyche of Asheville (N.C.) is its trade brew scene,” wrote the survey authors, who besides constituent retired places beyond “top-tier taprooms” to admit the region’s trade brews.
“Don't miss retired connected large trade brew bars similar The Whale, known for its unique, harder-to-find selections, oregon Foggy Mountain Brewpub, a mainstay for locally made pours,” the survey adds.
While Asheville has the astir breweries per capital, Pensacola, Fla. has the astir bars per capital. And that earns it the no. 2 spot connected the list.
“Locals and visitors alike tin bask curated brew selections astatine hangouts similar Goat Lips Chew and Brewhouse and The Craft Bar, which boast dozens of rotating beers connected tap,” the survey said.
Las Vegas comes successful 3rd acknowledgment to a “surprisingly robust” trade brew scene, which is centered successful the city’s Arts District, conscionable southbound of downtown and astir 2 miles northbound of The Strip.
Portland, Maine mightiness person topped the list, but the metropolis is little affordable than Asheville. As for quality: “Every brewery successful the metropolis would expanse the contention if they weren't each competing against each other.”
The fifth-best brew metropolis is conscionable an hour’s thrust from #1. Greenville, South Carolina doesn’t person the numbers of Asheville, but Tasting Table said, “the astir 2 twelve contenders each battalion a punch, giving Greenville a rightful spot connected our radar.”
Rounding retired the site’s apical 15 brew cities for 2024:
- Lancaster, Penn.
- Pittsburgh
- Cincinnati
- New Orleans
- Portland, Ore.
- Denver
- Harrisburg, Penn.
- Rochester, N.Y.
- St. Louis
- Austin, Texas
The Tasting Table rankings comparison the “availability and affordability of beer-related experiences arsenic revealed by an aggregation of respective metrics:
- Sites ranking U.S. cities
- The fig of bars
- The fig of breweries
- The mean outgo of a home beer
- The fig of beer-tasting tours
