Beer Nut: Best beer cities in U.S. - MassLive.com

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Lists about supposed “best beer cities” usually make me raise an eyebrow. First of all, “best” is a loaded term.

I mean, the criteria for this type of assessment can often be random, and I’ve seen some articles that use data in a somewhat lazy manner.

However, my column today is going to be one about the “best beer cities” in the nation, and I feel pretty good about the data, which can be found at realestatewitch.com. The Clever research team reports on a variety of topics related to personal finance and real estate – including attributes about major cities that might entice people to move there or visit the area, according to Francesca Ortegren, a data scientist with the company.

“We decided to focus on breweries because our team is filled with folks who love beer and love visiting breweries when we explore new cities, so we figured others could benefit from the information as we all start to move out of pandemic-related lockdowns,” she told me.

While the criteria Clever used is as subjective as any list of data points one might employ, the method that was applied still yields objective results in those categories. And I have to say, they make sense in many ways. Here is how the company looked at 50 major metropolitan cities:

• The number of breweries within each metro area
• The density of breweries per 100 square miles
• The number of beers per brewery
• The number of beer styles per brewery

The metro areas that Clever examined offered about 70,067 unique beers, with the top 15 breweries all offering more variety (28 types) than the average U.S. brewery (19).

The research found some surprises. Here are the top 10, according to Clever’s assessment:

• San Francisco
• Indianapolis
• Chicago
• Philadelphia
• Los Angeles
• Portland
• Denver
• Tampa
• Cleveland
• San Diego

Ortegren, who is also a craft beer drinker, and I were surprised by some of the same things.

“I assumed Portland, Oregon, would be higher on the list just based on their reputation – and was very surprised by Indianapolis’ ranking, to be honest; they weren’t on our radar as a brewery-laden metro,” she said. “The most surprising finding was just the sheer number of breweries in each of these metros, though. It’s astonishing, but all the research has me hankering to visit some new cities!”

Boston ranked 20th, which isn’t too shabby, but I expected it to be higher. It’s not a huge city, and the fact that it has 94 breweries is notable. But what dragged it down a bit was that it only averages 18 beers per brewery and only 10 types of beer per brewery.

If you want a more detailed look at all the data, visit Clever’s site, realestatewitch.com/best-beer-cities-2021.

May 16, 2021 at 05:33PM
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Beer Nut: Best beer cities in U.S. - MassLive.com

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