Oregon Named the Top State for Beer in the U.S.

Friday, August 28, 2015

GoLocalPDX News Team

According to Thrillist, a food, drink and travel website, Oregon has the best beer in all the land.

This week, the publication ranked Oregon first on its list of the 50 states with the best beer. The list was made by surveying the quantity and quality of the beer brewed in each state, with extra weight given to the quality category.

Here's Thrillist's reasoning for giving the Beaver State the top slot.

“California and Washington might have more brewers, but dammit, they’ve also got more people,” Thrillist said. “More importantly, they don’t have the density of Oregon’s offerings. Or the quality. Oregon’s long been at the forefront of the craft industry, with brewers like Widmer Brothers, Rogue, Full Sail, and Deschutes leading the national charge as gateway beers for people who want something more out of their pints....They’re just the OGs of what might be the epicenter of the craft beer movement.”

Oregon's neighbors on the west coast, Washington and California, held their own, coming in at numbers five and two, respectively.

See the rest of the top 10 below.

10. Massachusetts
9. New York
8. Pennsylvania
7. Wisconsin
6. Vermont
5.Washington
4. Michigan
3. Colorado
2. California
1. Oregon

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