Top Breweries (each from a unique country)

I often look at my top rated breweries and just noticed Neon Raptor are moving up the list.

But it made me think. What are my top 10 breweries where each is from a different country. i.e ignore a brewery in your list if it’s below one for the same country. As an example. Wander Beyond are top for me so I ignored all other English breweries in the list below.

Brewery Country Average Beers Rated
Wander Beyond England 4.00 9
AleSmith United States 3.94 5
Loka Polly Wales 3.92 13
Van Moll Netherlands 3.82 6
Omnipollo Sweden 3.79 20
To Ol Denmark 3.75 72
Lervig Aktiebryggeri Norway 3.75 11
Brouwerji Alvinne Belgium 3.70 11
Tempest Scotland 3.66 14
Pohjala Estonia 3.62 10

What are your top ten? Any surprises?

Brewery Country Average Beers Rated
Cantillon Belgium 4.31 8
Cascade USA 4.24 5
Verdant England 4.02 5
De Molen Netherlands 3.92 5
Omnipollo Sweden 3.91 22
Boatrocker Australia 3.88 13
BrewDog Scotland 3.82 30
Craftwork New Zealand 3.80 18
Mikkeller Denmark 3.79 39
Garage Spain 3.76 9

No real surprises, except perhaps that I’ve got enough nationalities breweries with 5 ratings that it looks pretty sensible.

Interesting stats, not something I often look at as I see very little variance in mine.

Brewery Country Average Beers Rated
O/O Brewing Sweden 4.1 5
Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan Germany 4.06 5
Verdant Brewing Co England 4.02 62
Modern Times Beer USA 3.96 10
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! Canada 3.92 6
8 Wired Brewing New Zealand 3.9 12
Whiplash Ireland 3.9 16
Hop Hooligans Romania 3.9 21
Garage Beer Co Spain 3.9 22
Põhjala Estonia 3.88 9

So many other good breweries just a few hundredths of a point below these. I’d like to sample more from the breweries with under 10 ratings

I must admit I didn’t realise Weihenstephaner was still so high. I fell in love with wheat beers before really getting into craft so I rated those really highly back then. Rarely drink the style these days so I suspect I might be a little more critical if I ever get around to re-rating. Surprised not to see a Belgian brewer there though given my proclivity for hoppy IPAs and big impy stouts it’s understandable.

The consistency of how good Verdant are shows here, over 60 beers and still averaging over 4.0 is incredible. Yes I’m a generous rater but still!

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Eden Ice Cider Company Vermont, USA 4.16 (5 rated)
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen Belgium 4.03 (7 rated)
Cloudwater Brew Co Greater Manchester, England 3.92 (24 rated)
BlackFont Brewhouse Australia 3.9 (5 rated)
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! Quebec, Canada 3.9 (6 rated)
Amager Bryghus Denmark 3.8 (7 rated)
8 Wired Brewing New Zealand 3.76 (11 rated)
The Garden Brewery Croatia 3.67 (6 rated)
Brouwerij De Molen (Swinkels Family Brewers) Netherlands 3.66 (10 rated)
Omnipollo Sweden 3.61 (7 rated)

Interesting stat, surprised not to see Scotland in the top 10, just miss out Fyne Ales 11th with 3.6 (6 rates)

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Brewery Country Beers Average
Geuzestekerij De Cam Belgium 7 4.13
Bearded Iris Brewing USA 5 4.08
Brauerei Heller Germany 7 4.01
Goachers England 12 3.8
Indie Alehouse Brewing Canada 5 3.76
Amundsen Brewery Norway 5 3.74
Kaapse Brouwers Netherlands 6 3.73
Baird Brewing Co. Japan 6 3.68
Revelation Cat Craft Italy 14 3.68
Mikkeller Denmark 214 3.67

A few surprises. Goachers just keeps Kernel out of top spot in England. Amundsen was a surprise in Norway as were Kaapse and Baird and Revelation Caat.
Also surprised how many breweries I had to go through to get 10 countries.

Brewery Country Average Beers Rated
Heller Germany 4 7
Cantillon Belgium 3.99 39
Alesmith USA 3.94 14
LTM Canada 3.8 6
La Trappe Netherlands 3.79 21
Brew Age Austria 3.73 6
Beer Here Denmark 3.7 5
Rockmill Poland 3.7 5
8 Wired New Zealand 3.68 5
Harviestoun Scotland 3.67 9

Brew Age is the only surprise, didn’t remember them being anything special.

Brauerei Heller [Bavaria] 3.74
Hecks Farmhouse Cider [Somerset] 3.74
Traquair House [Scotland] 3.72
Chimay [Belgium] 3.7
TiM (Nectar Polska) [Poland] 3.62
Civale [Italy] 3.58
Panimoravintola Huvila (-2009) [Finland] 3.55
Bryggeriet Djævlebryg [Denmark] 3.53
SNAB [Netherlands] 3.51
Pivovar U Tří Růží [Czech Republic] 3.5
Followed by representatives of France, US, NZ, Lithuania, Canada, and finally my home country of Estonia (and not the one you’d expect).
Several surprises there - mostly as many breweries are ones I’ve not seen in a long time. Then again, I do believe most craft beer’s jumped the shark, so perhaps there’s no surprise.

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I could have brought back 5 or more 8 Wired cans from Riga last week that would have pulled them right out of your top 10, maybe your top 50. I only brought back the least terrible sounding one, they were all trashy modern adjuncted kettle sours, and I’m glad I saved my pennies. They are what makes NZ my 13th country, but were I to type that review in from my backlog, they’d swiftly plummet.

{update: review entered, and now nz is behind estonia}

That is true for almost all of the breweries in my top as most of them have bunch of crapier beers I haven’t rated. Only Heller, Cantillon, and La Trappe would definitely stay up there.

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Brännland Cider - Sweden - 4.33 - 7
Brauerei Heller - Germany - 4.32 - 8
Perennial Artisan Ales - USA - 4.23 - 7
Cantillon - Belgium - 4.19 - 53
Spóldzielnia Pszczelarska Apis - Poland - 4.15 - 6
Cidrerie du Vulcain - J. Perritaz - Switzerland - 4.06 - 5
8 Wired - New Zealand - 3.97 - 10
Pivovar Matuška - Czechia - 3.9 - 6
Cidriculteur Eric Bordelet - France - 3.88 - 5
Harviestoun - Scotland - 3.8 - 9

perhaps even more than the usual stats, this shows that I am more of a mead & cider kinda guy.

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Brewery Country Average Beers Rated
Founders Brewing Company USA 3,94 7
Pivovar Matuška Czech Republic 3,94 13
Hop Grup Pivovar Nitra Slovak Republic 3,92 13
Brauerei Heller Germany 3,81 7
Omnipollo Sweden 3,8 9
Bevog Brewery Austria 3,74 8
Browar Maryensztadt Poland 3,74 7
To Øl Denmark 3,71 13
Brouwerij De Molen Netherlands 3,7 14
Basqueland Brewing Project Spain 3,65 8
  1. St. Bernardus Brouwerij, Belgium, 4.07, 6 beers
  2. Schneider Weisse, Germany, 4.06, 5 beers
  3. Omnipollo, Sweden, 3.89, 8 beers
  4. Trillium Brewing Company, United States, 3.86, 8 beers
  5. Brouwerij ‘t IJ, Netherlands, 3.77, 6 beers
  6. Põhjala, Estonia, 3.77, 9 beers
  7. Fierce Beer Co, Scotland, 3.76, 7 beers
  8. Northern Monk Brew Co, England, 3.75, 13 beers
  9. Mikkeller, Denmark, 3.74, 13 beers
  10. 8 Wired, New Zealand, 3.7, 6 beers

't IJ is a surprise, other than that pretty standard. I also notice how few beers I’ve had by each and wonder if this is more of a statistical anomaly…

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Some surprises here, and I’m definitely influenced by the ice cider world out there.

Founders Brewing Company Michigan 8 3.74
Old Chimneys Suffolk 14 3.71
Black Isle Scotland 7 3.66
Pivovar Matuška Czech Republic 5 3.64
Cader Ales Wales 5 3.62
Unibroue (Sapporo) Quebec 7 3.59
Omnipollo Sweden 6 3.58

Interesting.
Shows I am a traditionalist really, yet with a free spirit for trying something new!

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Not that many foreign breweries I’ve had more than 5 beers from

Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen Belgium
Anchorage Brewing Company USA
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! Canada
BFM Swiss
Omnipollo Sweden
Gasthaus & Gosebrauerei Bayerischer Bahnhof Germany
Mikkeller Denmark
De Molen Netherlands
Thornbridge England
Le Baladin Italy

Couple of surprises here. The Perry’s ciders were rated in my early RB days when I tended to rate beers I liked extremely highly. I’ve since toned things down somewhat. Wander Beyond is a close second. I am surprised about Belching Beaver, though I stand by my ratings. De Dolle again I rated highly when I visited the brewery in the early days, but it’s a great brewery so why not.

Nothing from Scotland or Wales. Interesting.

Top Breweries (5+ ratings) Country # Average Rating
Hill Farmstead Brewery USA 9 4.06
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen Belgium 16 3.99
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! Canada 20 3.74
Traquair House Scotland 5 3.68
Le Baladin Italy 20 3.67
BFM (Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes) Switzerland 5 3.66
Cloudwater Brew Co England 5 3.62
Tommie Sjef Wild Ales Netherlands 8 3.62
Sahtipaja Sweden 42 3.6
Borg Brugghús Iceland 5 3.58

Firestone Walker Brewing - USA 4.12 (6 rated)
De Struise Brouwers - Belgium 4.11 (10 rated)
To Øl - Denmark 4.1 (5 rated)
Brokreacja - Poland 4.06 (7 rated)
Brouwerij De Moersleutel - Netherlands 4.01 (15 rated)
Põhjala - Estonia 4.01 (21 rated)
Buxton - England 3.99 (7 rated)
Schneider Weisse G. Schneider & Sohn GmbH - Germany 3.9 (8 rated)
Cerveses La Pirata - Spain 3.88 (6 rated)

Brewery Country Average Beers rated
Geuzestekerij De Cam Belgium 4 5
Pivovar Kout na Šumave Czechia 4 6
Deschutes Brewery USA 3,96 5
Brauerei Heller Germany 3,85 6
The Kernel England 3,84 263
Satyr Brews Greece 3,74 5
Pohjala Estonia 3,72 25
1516 Brewing Company Austria 3,7 5
Stigbergets Bryggeri Sweden 3,69 7
Salikatt Bryggeri Norway 3,67 30

No real surprises, perhaps that Denmark is not represented.

Oh, man, you can’t tell how happy I am seeing Estonia on so many people’s lists! When I moved here it was a bit of a desert, beerwise, and I have seen all of the changes first hand, so I’m crazily happy to see it getting international appreciation now.

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