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Whether you like your beer dark or hoppy, sour or fruity orsimply something that tastes good after a long day, there’s nodenying we’re living in a golden age of brews. From Pittsburghto Tokyo and everywhere in between, brew masters have beenbusy the past few years, refining classics and creating newones. In the process they’ve added to the identity of the citiesthey call home, creating must-visit destinations for beerlovers.

In some the vibe is 1920s speakeasy where part of the appeal isfinding the hidden bar serving up local brews. Others give offa laid-back summer afternoon feel, where it’s just as likely tofind a barbeque smoking and a beanbag toss competitiongoing on outside the tasting room. No matter what you’relooking for, if you’re a beer lover these are the 10 cities you’regoing to want to visit.

Bamberg, Germany

Munich is the German city that gets all the beer love and withgood reason, but Bamberg also deserves some respect. Thereare more than 300 breweries within a few kilometers aroundBamberg, including almost a dozen within the city limits.Between the rolling hills, rivers and 11 Century architectureth

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it’s hard to find a more picturesque German city. Here youwant to try smoked beer, created by drying malted barley overan open flavor, it’s the local favorite.

Try: Schlenkerla, Brauerei Spezial

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Budapest, Hungary

Hungary’s capital city takes it’s drinking to a whole new level.Think Munich Beer hall plus live music. The catch? It’s in anabandoned building. Known as Ruins bars, the hipster meetsspeakeasy bars began popping up in the city’s seventh districtin 2001. Each Ruin bar has it’s own unique feel—disco tech,relaxed neighborhood pub, Mexican taqueria—but what theyall have in common is a location in an abandoned buildingwith a few beers on tap. They’ve become so popular there’seven a Ruins Pub Crawl.

Try: the original, Szimpla Kert

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Best know for its steel mills, Pittsburgh has been reinventing

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itself in recent years. Not only did Travel + Leisure name thecity one of “Best Places to Travel in 2016” but everyone hasbeen talking about the city’s food and drink scene. Brewing inPittsburgh dates back to the early 1800s but it’s only withinthe last 10 years that microbreweries have gained a foothold.Many of them are a nod to the traditional, such asHofbräuhaus modeled after Munich’s famous Beer Hall.

Try: Hofbräuhaus, Church Brew Works

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Denver, Colorado

The Mile High City is to beer lovers what Napa Valley is towine lovers. Every September beer aficionados come toDenver to celebrate craft beer at the Great American BeerFestival. But even if you don’t make it to the city for thefestival there’s plenty to love the rest of year. With more than300 days of sunshine, Denver was made for rooftop, deck andpatio drinking. The city’s many brewery taprooms, theequivalent to the local bar, embrace drinking al fresco withplenty of outdoor space. Barbecue and bean bag toss optional.

Try: Great Divide Brewing, Ratio Beerworks

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Dublin, Ireland

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No list of cities for beer lovers to visit would be completewithout Dublin. As the birthplace of Guinness, fans of creamyheaded dark ale probably already have it on their list, but theIrish city’s beer culture runs much deeper than the StPatrick’s Day favorite. The must-visit Brazen Head Pub is thecity’s first bar, dating back to 1198. Small neighborhood pubsthroughout the city are all serving everything from Guinnessto light and even crisp beer plus lots of good old Irish vibes.

Try: Brazen Head Pub

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Hanoi, Vietnam

Tram phan tram. Loosely translated to mean 100 percent, it’swhat people often toast to in Hanoi. Vietnam has become aWestern backpacker’s paradise in the recent years and thecountry’s chaotic capital city, with its magnificentarchitecture and international influences, has a thriving beerculture. Try the Bia Hoi, a foamy local brew made daily or oneof the other popular Southeast Asia beers, Tiger 333 or Bia

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Saigon.

Try: Green Pepper Beer Corner, Le Pub

Melbourne, Australia

If you’ve had an Aussie beer it was probably Foster’s Lager,widely available around the world, but when actually DownUnder it’s Carlton Draught you’ll want to drink. Crisp, yetfull-bodied, the traditional lager has been brewed in

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Melbourne since the 1950s. But don’t think that theMelbourne beer scene is stale. The city, a mix of SanFrancisco sophistication with Portland hippie, celebratesbrews every May with Good Beer Week. During the rest of theyear you’ll find many of Melbourne’s two-dozen breweriesexperimenting with local ingredients, such as with wild yeast.

Try: La Sirène, Local Taphouse

Munich, Germany

Munich is the beer capital of the world. Every year locals and

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tourists flock to the beer halls for Oktoberfest where theyconsume more than 125 million gallons of beer. Here thepopular beers are Helles, a pale malty larger and Dunkel, thetraditional darker Munich brew.

Try: Hofbräuhau Beer Garden, Seehaus, AugustinerBräustuben

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Portland, Maine

Arguably the birthplace of the microbrewery trend – thankyou, Shipyard and Allagash – there are about 17microbreweries for every 4,000 residents in Portland, Maine.What that means is there is something for every type of craftbeer fan. Go old school with a Belgian style brew fromAllagash Brewing Company, organic with Peak BrewingCompany or inventive with Urban Farm Fermentory, where

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brews use local ingredients and include ciders and kombuchatea.

Try: Rising Tide Brewing

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Tokyo, Japan

Beer is so popular in Tokyo you can buy it in vendingmachines on the street. You’ll find plenty of familiar American

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brews in the bars but it’s the JiBiru you want to try. In the pastfew years a craft beer scene has started to emerge in Tokyo. Asa result, it’s possible to find every type of bar imaginable fromthe old-school European-styled one to the skyscraper tastingroom serving up their favorite version of JiBiru. Reservationsrecommended at the smaller bars.

Try: Craftheads, Ushi-Tora

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thebeerbabe • 4 months ago

Hi! Just a quick note on your list.

While I love that you mentioned Portland, ME I'm a bit concerned about this line: "Arguably the birthplace of themicrobrewery trend – thank you, Shipyard and Allagash –" As much as I adore Portland, ME and as old as thosebreweries are, they are not on the forefront of the microbrewery trend. If you are looking for the East Coast'soldest craft brewery, you may have been thinking of D. L. Geary Brewing Company (still operating) in Portlandthat opened in 1983. But, the general consensus is that the first microbreweries that kicked off the craft boomwere Anchor (1969, when Fritz Maytag took over, New Albion (1977), Boston Beer Company (1984) etc. It is notuntil 1992 that Shipyard opened, and Allagash followed in 1994.

That being said, these are some cool cities and I'd love to visit them sometime.

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