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.
Brewery Vivant
Grand Rapids, MI
Flathead Lake Brewing Co.
Bigfork, MT
Pilot Project Brewing
Chicago, IL
Gotahold Brewing
Eureka Springs, AR
Walking Tree Brewery
Vero Beach, FL
Maine Beer Company
Freeport, ME
Volunteer Brewing Co
Middletown, DE
Atrevida Beer Co.
Colorado Springs, CO
NoDa Brewing
Charlotte, NC
Shōjō Beer Co.
Miami, FL
Switchback Brewing Co.
Burlington, VT
Bow & Arrow Brewing Co.
Albuquerque, NM
1865 Brewing Company
Hampton, VA
Bale Breaker Brewing Co.
Yakima, WA
Hidden Springs Ale Works
Tampa, FL
White Lion Brewing
Springfield, MA
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