The Growler List: 125 Places to Have a Beer Before You Die

By Rick Lyke Published May 2008, Volume 29, Number 2

Beer drinkers are particular not only about what they drink, but also where they drink. We all have our favorite places to enjoy a cold one. Some are laid back and relaxing. Others are loud and rollicking. Because beer is such a social beverage, our favorite places to sip a brew are often where our friends gather, or a pub where you can make new friends almost from the minute you arrive.

All About Beer Magazine has been chronicling great watering holes for nearly three decades. In the process our writers have come up with a few favorite places of their own.

Augustiner Keller, Munich, Germany

All About Beer Magazine has been chronicling great watering holes for nearly three decades. In the process our writers have come up with a few favorite places of their own. The following list is an attempt to bring together the 125 best places in the world to have a beer. The Growler List, if you will. With any list of this sort, we fully expect it will cause some debate and even a few arguments. More art than science went into constructing this list, but we can assure you that having a beer at any location on this list is a special experience.

We hope your favorite place is on the list. If its not, let us hear about it. After all, we are always in search of the next great place to have a pint.

1. Great American Beer Festival, Denver, CO

2. Grand Place, Brussels, Belgium

3. U Fleku, Prague, Czech Republic

4. Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court, London, England

5. Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany

6. Augustiner Keller, Munich, Germany

7. Abbaye de Notre-Dame d’Orval, Orval, Belgium

8. The Gravity Bar, Guinness St. James Gate Brewery, Dublin, Ireland

9. Monk’s Café, Philadelphia, PA

10. The Great Canadian Beer Festival, Vancouver, BC

11. Hofbrauhaus, Munich, Germany

12. The Brickskeller, Washington, DC

13. Rick’s Café, Negril, Jamaica

14. The Market Porter, Stoney Street, London, England

15. Cat’s Eye Pub, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD

16. Seats on top of the Green Monster in Fenway Park, Boston, MA

17. Mondial de la Bière, Montreal, Quebec

18. Horizon’s Café, CN Tower, Toronto, Ontario

19. Clubhouse box seats at the Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY

20. Beer Club Popeye, Tokyo, Japan

Rick Lyke is a drinks journalist based in Charlotte, NC.
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  1. 1

    Great list, however, how could you forget the place to drink arguably the greatest beer in the world.

    Let me help you:

    1a: Cafe In De Vrede: Only place you can drink Westvleteren 12, 8, and blonde (according to the monastic brewers wishes, anyway). 12 and 8 are consistently rated in the top 10 beers in the world. This is also called the beer mecca. So, I’m not sure how you missed this one. Place make a HASTY change!

    Thanks for the great least though!

  2. 2

    Just a quick note. The Great Canadian Beer Fest is in Victoria BC, not Vancouver.

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