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America's Best Beer Artisans

By Food & Wine Updated June 16, 2016
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From Brooklyn to San Diego, beer connoisseurs are revolutionizing the craft-beer movement with exceptional taprooms and breweries. Here, some of the best beer artisans across the country.
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Seattle: Stoup Brewing

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Founded by scientists, Stoup experiments with hop blends and features them in beers likeits Mosaic Pale Ale. Tastings are available in the new beer garden. 1108 NW 52nd St.; stoupbrewing.com.

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Brooklyn: Other Half Brewing

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On weekends, there's usually a crowd outside this teeny tasting room, lined up to try Sam Richardson and Matt Monahan's floral, grassy single-hop IPAs and pale ales. 195 Centre St.; otherhalfbrewing.com.

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Portland, Maine: Oxbow

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Tim Adams's second brewery, in a downtown Portland warehouse, has a tasting area in the barrel room with picnic tables and an impressive copper bar. Visitors can try 10 rotating taps of the astoundingly balanced farmhouse ales. 49 Washington Ave.; oxbowbeer.com.

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San Diego: Green Flash Cellar 3

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A visit to Green Flash has long been compulsory for lovers of hoppy West Coast–style IPAs. Now it has opened a tasting room for Cellar 3, an offshoot devoted to sour and barrel-aged beers. Guests can order housemade charcuterie and jerky and try beers from 30 taps. Lovers of Le Freak (Green Flash's Belgian-style IPA) can sample new versions aged in red-wine barrels with apricots or blueberries. 12260 Crosthwaite Circle, Poway; greenflashbrew.com/cellar3.

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Minneapolis: Surly Brewing Co.

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Founder Omar Ansari has opened a massive beer wonderland to match his bold brews. Visitors can try them by a bonfire in the beer garden, with sausage in the beer hall, or paired with chef Jorge Guzman's dishes at Brewer's Table restaurant. 520 Malcolm Ave. SE; surlybrewing.com.

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    1 of 5 Seattle: Stoup Brewing
    2 of 5 Brooklyn: Other Half Brewing
    3 of 5 Portland, Maine: Oxbow
    4 of 5 San Diego: Green Flash Cellar 3
    5 of 5 Minneapolis: Surly Brewing Co.

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