Indie beer has had a meteoric impact on American culture. Neighborhood breweries are expanding flavor profiles, unearthing novel ingredients, pushing production methods, reimagining physical spaces, and deepening community connections. Because of indie brewers, beer simply is not what it used to be — it’s more.
Is your beer Indie?
Use the Indie Beer Finder below to make sure you’re supporting the innovators, dreamers, and small business owners that make our nationwide patchwork of independent breweries a reality.
Our neighborhoods. Our beer.
There are currently over 9,000 indie breweries operating in the United States.
Most Americans live within 10 miles of an indie brewer.
Independence matters
Take a visual journey through the nuanced passions and interests that propel indie beer forward. These breweries, plus thousands of others across the country, are developed by entrepreneurs who crave originality and cultivate genuine connections to the products and experiences they create. Explore with us.
Hidden Springs Ale Works
Tampa, FL
Pilot Project Brewing
Chicago, IL
1865 Brewing Company
Hampton, VA
Gotahold Brewing
Eureka Springs, AR
Streetcar 82 Brewing Co.
Hyattsville, MD
Walking Tree Brewery
Vero Beach, FL
Flathead Lake Brewing Co.
Bigfork, MT
Switchback Brewing Co.
Burlington, VT
Bale Breaker Brewing Co.
Yakima, WA
Shōjō Beer Co.
Miami, FL
Brewery Vivant
Grand Rapids, MI
Naked Iguana Brewery
Galveston, TX
Bow & Arrow Brewing Co.
Albuquerque, NM
NoDa Brewing
Charlotte, NC
Pareidolia Brewing Co.
Sebastian, FL
Maine Beer Company
Freeport, ME
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