30 Best Breweries in the Country Right Now: Cheluna Brewing

By: Evan Rail, Vinepair
Published: December 17, 2025

Everyone knows the main characteristic of a good brewery is good beer. But what are the features of the very best breweries? Is innovation more important than reliability? Can a traditional producer rank as high as the hot new thing?

People who work with beer often see things differently from the rest of us, armed as they are with insider knowledge. For this list of the 30 best breweries in the country, we asked for takes, hot or otherwise — as well as justifications — from the people who sell, serve, write about, and brew beer.

Some of these entries chosen by beer pros are obvious. Some are oddballs. Many are well established, while a few are new arrivals — tenderfoots that have hit their marks so perfectly in their first year of existence, they turned heads among folks who truly know great beer. The names are literally all over the map, covering 14 states and one U.S. territory, including producers working in a wide range of styles.