The World's Top 85 Beer Bars
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Rank 1. Gracie's Tax Bar
Beer Bar
A faded pink dive bar in a former tax office, which honestly explains the vibe perfectly. Cheap beers, a jukebox worth fighting over, and a crowd that'll challenge you to Scrabble before the night gets away from you. Later on, the patio turns into a full-on DJ situation, just smokier. They also throw stuffed animal contests and reality TV watch parties, so check Instagram before you go and lower your expectations for productivity the next day.
- Imbibe Where to Drink in Phoenix
- Eater The Best Bars in Phoenix
- AZ Central 2025 · Best bars in metro Phoenix
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Rank 2. Rain Dog Bar
Beer Bar
A craft beer bar in Inglewood that takes the whole thing genuinely seriously, which is rarer than it sounds. The list reads like a love letter to obscure brewing, with hard-to-find Trappist ales, local favourites, and global rarities organized by style and vintage. The food pulls equal weight, with charcuterie and chef-driven plates that make staying for dinner an easy yes. Regulars who actually know what they're drinking, which keeps the vibe honest.
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Rank 3. Brewhouse
Beer Bar
If you care about soccer, specifically Atlanta United or whatever international match is on, this Little Five Points bar is your spot. The drink menu runs deep, from local craft to imported beers, and the Painkiller cocktail comes in three levels of "how bad do you want this." The crowd is genuinely into the game, not just there to be seen, which makes it a refreshing change from your average sports bar scene.
- Eater The Best Sports Bars in Atlanta for Watching the World Cup and More
- The Infatuation The 18 Best Bars In Atlanta
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- Foodist Awards 2023 · Winner · Top Arizona Brewery, Winery, or Distillery Experience
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Finalist: Mango Foxtrot · Favorite Local Craft Beer
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Finalist: American Pie · Favorite Local Craft Beer
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Rank 5. Saint Arnold Brewing Company
Pub/Brewery
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- New England Best Breweries in Vermont
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
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Rank 16. City Acre Brewing
Brew Pub, Pub/Brewery
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Rank 16. Eureka Heights Brew Co
Pub/Brewery
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Rank 16. Baileson Brewing Co.
Brew Pub, Pub/Brewery, Beer
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Rank 16. Equal Parts Brewing
Pub/Brewery
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Rank 16. New Magnolia Brewing Co
Pub/Brewery
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Rank 16. Pour Taproom: Midtown
Beer Bar
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Rank 16. Gristworkz
Pub/Brewery, Cocktails
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Rank 16. Karbach Brewing Co.
American/New American, Pub/Brewery
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Rank 16. 8th Wonder Brewery
Sports Bar, Outdoor Patio, Beer
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Rank 16. Bad Astronaut Brewing Co.
Pub/Brewery, Brew Pub
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Rank 30. Cold Beer Company
Beer Bar
A laid-back beer garden on the eastern edge of Deep Ellum, where East Dallas locals argue about whether it counts as their neighborhood bar (it does). The tap list is serious without being snobby, with 24 taps and a deep can selection leaning local. The outdoor space is thoughtfully climate-managed, which in Dallas is basically an engineering achievement. Wednesday's Pony Up, a small High Life with a Jameson back, tells you everything about the vibe here.
- Dallas Observer The Ultimate Dallas Bar Guide
- D Magazine 2023 · Best Place to Day Drink · Best of Big D
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Rank 30. The Libertine Bar
Beer Bar
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Rank 30. Four Corners Brewing Co
Beer Bar
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Taproom · Best of Big D
- D Magazine 2025 · Best Bar Game Night · Best of Big D
- Dallas Observer The Ultimate Dallas Bar Guide
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Rank 30. Community Beer Co.
Beer Bar
- Dallas Observer 2023 · Best Local Beer: Honey Citrus Blonde · Best of Dallas
- D Magazine 2023 · Best Taproom · Best of Big D
- Dallas Observer The Ultimate Dallas Bar Guide
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Rank 30. Strangeways
Beer Bar
Strangeways is the East Dallas neighborhood beer bar that's very comfortable with the fact that you might not get it. The craft beer selection is serious, the music is whatever it is and you cannot change it, and the eclectic wall art looks like it was curated by someone with no interest in curating. Grab a spot on the patio, order something from the bar menu, and let the regulars explain everything.
- Dallas Observer The Ultimate Dallas Bar Guide
- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Beer Selection · Best of Dallas
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Rank 30. Katy Trail Ice House
Texas Beer Bar
A sprawling outdoor beer bar just off the Katy Trail, this place runs almost entirely on Texas taps, close to 30 of them, plus a solid lineup of Texas whiskeys. The patio is massive and loud in the best way, packed with cyclists who just finished a ride and people who very much did not. There's a full food menu to keep you upright, which feels like the right call when you're working through that many local drafts.
- Dallas Observer The Ultimate Dallas Bar Guide
- D Magazine 2025 · Best Bar Patio · Best of Big D
- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Spot on the Katy Trail · Best of Dallas
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Rank 30. The Old Monk
Beer Bar
A dark, cozy beer bar that's been around forever on Henderson Avenue, The Old Monk is where Dallas goes to feel like it has a soul. Pendant lights salvaged from a European monastery set the mood, the draft list pulls from around the world, and the fish and chips are genuinely worth ordering. Regulars nurse their pints like it's a religion, which honestly it kind of is.
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Bar for Beer · Best of Big D
- Dallas Observer The Ultimate Dallas Bar Guide
- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best Bloody Mary · Best of Dallas
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Rank 30. Peticolas Brewing Company
Beer Bar
Peticolas is a craft brewery taproom tucked into an industrial building in West Dallas, and it's been quietly raising the bar for Dallas beer since forever. The English, Irish, and Scottish-style ales are all brewed on-site, and the split-level space draws a soccer-obsessed crowd ranging from Champions League diehards to FC Dallas fans who'd rather not make the trek to Frisco. When there's no match on, there's foosball, ping pong, and shuffleboard upstairs.
- D Magazine 2025 · Best Taproom · Best of Big D
- Dallas Observer 2023 · Best Local Brewery · Best of Dallas
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Brewery · Best of Big D
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Rank 30. Three Links
Beer Bar
- Dallas Observer The Ultimate Dallas Bar Guide
- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Bathroom · Best of Dallas
- D Magazine 2023 · Best Live Music Venue · Best of Big D
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Rank 30. Whiskeys
Beer Bar
A whiskey bar near Fair Park with around 700 bottles on the shelves, which is the kind of number that makes serious drinkers go quiet for a moment. The interior leans sultry and the music actually slaps, so it never feels like a museum. Flights are a smart way in if you don't know where to start, and the regulars who do know will happily tell you all about it whether you asked or not.
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Deep Ellum's best-kept secret that stopped being a secret, Off the Record is a craft beer bar and vinyl shop that accidentally became one of the hottest spots on Elm Street. The resident DJs keep the floor packed with people who came for the records and stayed to dance. If someone grinding on a stranger isn't your scene, the back patio is there to save you. Come for the beer, stay for the chaos.
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Rank 30. Dubliner
Irish Beer Bar
This cozy Irish pub on Greenville has been around forever and earns its rep the honest way, with a long wooden bar, a good fireplace, and a tap list that leans heavily on Guinness, Harp, and Smithwick's. It's the kind of place where you show up for one pint and leave three hours later having made a friend at the darts board. The crowd is unpretentious, the whiskey selection is solid, and nobody here is taking a photo of their drink.
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Rank 30. Truck Yard
Beer Bar
Truck Yard is an outdoor beer bar off Lowest Greenville where Dallas comes to collectively agree that adulting is overrated. The patio is massive, the vibe is loose, and the food menu is refreshingly short: a cheesesteak, a sandwich, some nachos, done. They pour beers from their own brewery, which is a nice touch. The crowd is basically everyone who needed a reason to be outside on a Tuesday, and they found one.
- Dallas Observer The Ultimate Dallas Bar Guide
- Dallas Observer 2023 · Best Philly Cheesesteak: Steak Me Home Tonight Kitchen · Best of Dallas
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Rank 63. Wren House Brewing
Beer Bar
A brewpub that actually feels like someone's house, because it basically is one. The taproom is tiny, the community table makes strangers into friends fast, and the rotating taps give regulars a reason to keep showing up. Bring takeout from nearby or catch a food truck out front. The Spellbinder hazy IPA is the one everyone talks about. Neighborhood crowd, no pretense, plastic dinosaurs on the windowsill.
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner: Spellbinder · Favorite Local Craft Beer
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Brewery · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Brewery · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 63. Nutowne Saloon
Beer Bar
The Valley's oldest gay bar has been around forever, and it shows, in the best possible way. Think grandma's attic crossed with a dive bar crossed with a fever dream: there's a plaster rooster taller than most people you know, a fortune-telling machine, and a miniature Eiffel Tower on the roof. Regulars shoot pool and nurse cheap beers while the decor quietly dares you to ask questions. Come as you are.
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Gay Bar Decor · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central 2025 · Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 63. Brouwerij Lane
Beer Bar
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Rank 66. Wren Südhalle
German Beer Bar
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Rank 66. Woodnotes Cellar
Belgian Beer Bar
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Rank 68. Pinnacle Brewing Company
Beer Bar
A craft brewery that actually has TVs everywhere, which sounds obvious until you realize most places that take beer seriously treat a screen like a personal insult. Pinnacle leans into European styles, Czech lagers, English milds, and a marzen that's won real hardware, all rotating through a comfortable taproom with a covered patio. BBQ from a food trailer handles food duty. Sports fans who also care about what's in their glass, this one's for you.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best New Brewery · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 68. Sana Sana Cerveceria
Beer Bar
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Rank 68. Goldwater Brewing Co.
Beer Bar
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Rank 68. Six Byrd Cider
Cider Beer Bar
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Rank 68. Title 9 Sports Grill
Beer Bar
A sports bar in Phoenix's Melrose gayborhood built around women's sports, which sounds like an obvious idea until you realize nobody else bothered. The walls are covered in photos of athletes and journalists who actually look like some of the people in the room, which is kind of the whole point. The crowd skews welcoming in all directions, and the vibe is genuinely celebratory rather than performative about it.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best New Sports Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 68. Kitsune Brewing
Beer Bar
A craft brewery where the sour program is the real draw, and the rotating flavors lean hard into nostalgia, including one that is pastel blue and inspired by a galaxy far, far away. The owner is the kind of guy whose laugh fills the room before he does, which sets the whole vibe. Food trucks rotate through when hunger strikes. Neighborhood regulars mix with hop heads who drove across town for a pint.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Place to Take a Geek Who Loves Beer · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 68. Rift Wine + Tap
Beer Bar
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Rank 68. Roosters Country
Beer Bar
Roosters is a country bar that's been around forever in Mesa, and it earns every bit of its reputation. The checkered dance floor, live music most nights, pool tables in the back, and draft beer pouring from a repurposed fire truck behind the bar, it's all here. The crowd is genuinely friendly in a way that feels earned rather than performed, the kind of regulars who'll introduce themselves before the first song ends.
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Bar for Country Music · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 68. Chupacabra Taproom
Beer Bar
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Rank 80. Container Brewing
New England-Inspired
- Golden Owl Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Craft Brewery Experience
- Golden Owl Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Patio Experience
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Rank 80. Stanley Park Brewing
West Coast-Inspired
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