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.
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There are currently over 9,000 indie breweries operating in the United States.
Most Americans live within 10 miles of an indie brewer.
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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.
![bale breaker brewery hero](jpg/bale-breaker-brewery-hero.jpg)
Bale Breaker Brewing Co.
Yakima, WA
![brewery owners posing together inside taproom](jpg/brewery-owners-posing-together-inside-taproom-900x600.jpg)
1865 Brewing Company
Hampton, VA
![man holding stein glass outside green bench brewing co](jpg/man-holding-stein-glass-outside-green-bench-brewing-hero.jpg)
Green Bench Brewing Co.
St. Petersburg, FL
![pareidolia brewing co brewery exterior](jpg/pareidolia-brewing-co-brewery-exterior-900x600.jpg)
Pareidolia Brewing Co.
Sebastian, FL
![Raices brewing taproom smiling workers pouring beer](jpg/raices-brewing-taproom-smiling-workers-pouring-eer.jpg)
Raices Brewing
Denver, CO
![bluegrass band on stage at brewery](jpg/bluegrass-band-on-stage-at-brewery-900x600.jpg)
Gotahold Brewing
Eureka Springs, AR
![white and green beach style brewery exterior](jpg/white-and-green-beach-style-brewery-exterior-900x600.jpg)
Naked Iguana Brewery
Galveston, TX
![Maine Beer Company](jpg/maine-beer-co-feature.jpg)
Maine Beer Company
Freeport, ME
![flathead lake brewing co taproom exterior](jpg/flathead-lake-brewing-co-taproom-exterior-900x600.jpg)
Flathead Lake Brewing Co.
Bigfork, MT
![brewery employees in taproom of brewery vivant](jpg/brewery-employees-in-taproom-of-brewery-vivant-900x600.jpg)
Brewery Vivant
Grand Rapids, MI
![Shojo Beer Illustrated Feature](jpg/shojo-beer-illustrated-feature-900x600.jpg)
Shōjō Beer Co.
Miami, FL
![streetcar82 owner holding beer](jpg/streetcar82-brewing-man-holding-beer.jpg)
Streetcar 82 Brewing Co.
Hyattsville, MD
![pilot project mural](jpg/pilot-project-mural.jpg)
Pilot Project Brewing
Chicago, IL
![smiling man drinking golden beer at bar](jpg/smiling-man-drinking-golden-beer-at-bar.jpg)
White Lion Brewing
Springfield, MA
![man holding out beer in barrel house](jpg/man-holding-out-beer-in-barrel-house-900x600.jpg)
Anderson Valley Brewing Co.
Boonville, CA
![women enjoying beers on brewery patio](jpg/women-enjoying-beers-on-brewery-patio-900x600.jpg)
Walking Tree Brewery
Vero Beach, FL
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