It is a tradition that my last blog entry of the year reflect upon the previous twelve months with a photo gallery of the breweries I visited during that period. In 2026, I visited a total of 35 breweries- 15in my home state of Ohio, 14 in other states, and 6 outside of the United States. The 14 breweries I visited in other states were located in California, Colorado, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Utah, while those outside of the United States were in Armenia, Canada, Poland, and Slovakia. Of the 34 breweries 21 were ones I had visited before and 14 were first time visits (indicated in bold in the list below).
As per tradition, following the list below, I have included one photograph from each of the breweries I visited. Enjoy.
OHIO (15)
60cc Brewing, Toledo, OH
BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse, Toledo, OH
CLAG Brewing Co. Sandusky, OH
Great Black Swamp Brewing Co., Toledo, OH
Hoptometry Brewing, Tiffin, OH
Inside the Five Brewing Company, Sylvania, OH
Inside The Five Brewing Co., Toledo, OH
Inside the Five Brewing Co., Perrysburg, OH
Jackie O’s Pub and Brewery, Athens, OH
Maumee Bay Brewing Co., Toledo, OH
Old Dog Alehouse & Brewery, Delaware, OH
Patron Saints Brewery, Toledo, OH
Quenched & Tempered Brewing Co. Toledo, OH
The Laird Arcade Brewery, Tiffin, OH
Voodoo Brewing Company, Toledo OH
REST OF UNITED STATES (14)
Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo, MI
Blind Lady Ale House, San Diego, CA
Dark Horse Brewing Company, Marshall, MI
Gordon Biersch Brewing Company, Romulus, MI (Airport Location)
Harland Beer Co., San Diego, CA (Bay Park Location)
Red Rock Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT (Airport Location)
New Holland Brewing Co., Battle Creek, MI
North Park Beer Co., San Diego, CA (North Park Location)
Pavlov’s Brewing Co., Temperance, MI
San Diego Tap Room, San Diego, CA
Seek Beer Co., San Diego, CA
Stone Brewing, San Diego, CA (Airport Location)
Vault Brewing Company, Yardley, PA
Woods Boss Brewing Company, Denver, CO
INTERNATIONAL (6)
Beer Academy Ethnograph, Yerevan, Armenia
Brovaria, Poznan, Poland
Pivovar Golem, Košice, Slovakia
Pivovar Hostinec, Košice, Slovakia
Steamworks Brewing Co., Vancouver, Canada
Yaletown Brewing Company, Vancouver, Canada
60cc Brewing, Toledo, OH
Beer Academy Ethnograph, Yerevan, Armenia
Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo, MI
BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse, Toledo, OH
Blind Lady Ale House, San Diego, CA
Brovaria, Poznan, Poland
CLAG Brewing Co., Sandusky, OH
Dark Horse Brewing Company, Marshall, MI
Gordon Biersch Brewing Company, Romulus, MI (Airport Location)
Great Black Swamp Brewing Co., Toledo, OH
Harland Beer Co., San Diego, CA (Bay Park Location)
Hoptometry Brewing, Tiffin, OH
Inside The Five Brewing Co., Sylvania, OH
Inside The Five Brewing Co., Perrysburg, OH
Inside The Five Brewing Co., Toledo, OH
Jackie O’s Pub and Brewery, Athens, OH
Maumee Bay Brewing Co., Toledo, OH
New Holland Brewing Co., Battle Creek, MI
North Park Beer Co., San Diego, CA (North Park Location)
Old Dog Alehouse & Brewery, Delaware, OH
Patron Saints Brewery, Toledo, OH
Pavlov’s Brewing Co., Temperance, MI
Pivovar Golem, Košice, Slovakia
Pivovar Hostinec, Košice, Slovakia
Quenched & Tempered Brewing Co. Toledo, OH
Red Rock Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT (Airport Location)
San Diego Tap Room, San Diego, CA
Seek Beer Co., San Diego, CA
Steamworks Brewing Company, Vancouver, Canada
Stone Brewing, San Diego, California (Airport Location)
Between 2017 and 2021, at the end of each year, I posted a blog entry documenting all the breweries I had visited during the calendar year. Included was one photograph from each brewery. In 2022, I did not post such an entry. I can’t quite remember why this was the case. However, I also failed to make an end-of- year posting in 2023. Anyway, 2024 is almost over and I thought I’d get back into the habit of documenting the breweries I visited.
During 2024, I visited a total of forty-five breweries. Before going any further, I should define what I am counting as a brewery. Any establishment owned by a brewery, whether beer is brewed on-site or not, is included in my list. For example, Inside The Five Brewing Company has three locations in northwest Ohio. At only one of those locations is beer brewed. However, all three locations are included in the list of breweries I visited in 2024.
Of the forty-five breweries I visited in 2024, eighteen were in my home state of Ohio, seventeen were located elsewhere in the United States, and ten were outside of the United States. Of the seventeen breweries I visited elsewhere in the United States, four were in the neighboring state of Michigan. Toledo, where I live, is located just south of the Ohio/Michigan border, so visits to Michigan breweries are fairly routine. Trips to California, Indiana, Nevada, and Pennsylvania afforded me the opportunity to visit breweries in those states. In terms of breweries outside of the United States, two trips to Canada, as well as trips to Armenia and Slovakia, meant that I visited more non-US breweries than I normally do.
Of the forty-five breweries I visited, sixteen were repeat visits. This meant there were twenty-nine breweries that I visited for the first time (indicated in bold font in the list below).
I hope you enjoy the photographs below. I wish every one a Happy New Year and hope that 2025 is a wonderful year for you.
OHIO (18)
60CC Brewing, Toledo, OH Arlyn’s Good Beer, Bowling Green, OH
As per usual, I end the year with a pictorial review of the breweries and taprooms that I have visited during the previous twelve months. While the situation with respect to COVID-19 did improve during 2020, the virus did hang around, restricting my travel for significant parts of the year. While personal travel was a little easier this year, professional travel to academic conferences continued to be highly restricted. With respect to visiting breweries and taprooms, I did visit 22 in 2021, slightly less than the 26 that I visited in 2020. In a non-COVID 19 year I typically visit over 60 breweries/taprooms.
Before providing more statistics on my 2020 visits, let me explain the difference between a brewery and a taproom. The difference is quite simple. A brewery is an establishment where beer is produced, whereas a taproom is an establishment owned by a brewery that sells but does not produce beer on-site.
Of the 20 breweries that I visited, 10 were in my home state of Ohio and 10 were in other states. Outside of Ohio I visited breweries in Indiana (4 visited), Michigan (3), Colorado (2), and Texas (1). Most of the Ohio breweries that I visited were in the northwest Ohio region, the two exceptions being in Cincinnati. Both of the taprooms that I visited were in northwest Ohio. Of the 12 Ohio establishments that visited, six were ones that I visited for the first time. Of the 10 non-Ohio breweries that I visited, all but one were new visits – the exception being Hop & Sting Brewing Co. in Grapevine, TX. In the lists below, establishments that I had visited before are indicated in italics.
As per usual, I have posted one photograph from each of the breweries/taprooms that I visited during 2021. I hope you enjoy them. At the time of writing, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu , Director-General of the World Health Organization , is optimistic that COVID-19 will be “beaten in 2022“. I hope that his optimism is well-founded and that we can all look forward to a happy and healthy New Year.
