The Brewers Association has released the winners of America’s Best Beer Bars for 2013. The nomination based contest is based off of surveys of beer lovers nationwide. This year, over 5,000 nominations were received. That’s a 117 percent from 2012.
Next, the most nominated were narrowed down to the 10 by region. The result are the top three overall, and the top by each region. Behold, the results.
Overall Winners
· First Place: Mekong Restaurant, Richmond, VA
· Second Place: HopCat, Grand Rapids, MI
· Third Place: Cloverleaf Tavern, Caldwell, NJ*
Regional Winners
South
· First Place: Mekong Restaurant, Richmond, VA
· Second Place: The Thirsty Monk, Asheville, NC
· Third Place: Oak St. Drafthouse, Denton, TX*
Mountain West
· First Place: Falling Rock Tap House, Denver, CO
· Second Place: Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, Longmont, CO
· Third Place: Tap & Bottle, Tucson, AZ*
Pacific
· First Place: The Bier Stein, Eugene, OR*
· Second Place: Toronado, San Francisco, CA*
· Third Place: Prospectors Historic Pizzeria & Alehouse, Denali National Park, AK*
North Central
· First Place: HopCat, Grand Rapids, MI
· Second Place: The Bavarian Lodge, Lisle, IL*
· Third Place: Ashley’s, Ann Arbor, MI*
Northeast
· First Place: Cloverleaf Tavern, Caldwell, NJ*
· Second Place: ChurchKey, Washington, DC
· Third Place: The Farmhouse Tap & Grill, Burlington, VT*
*Represents newcomer to Great American Beer Bar competition finals
