American beer
American craft beer is all about flavour and innovation: hoppy IPAs, robust stouts and heavy barleywines from brewers who like to stretch the rules. At Hoptimaal you'll find a selection from small, independent American breweries, from clear and bitter to thick and dark. Below you can see all the beers we have available.
- In stock now83 beers
- Breweries30
Breweries from United States 30
Jackie O’s BreweryAthens · 8 in stock
Barreled Souls Brewing CompanySaco · 8 in stock
Revolution BrewingChicago · 7 in stock
Lolev BeerPittsburgh · 7 in stock
Perennial Artisan AlesSt Louis · 6 in stock
Other Half Brewing Co.Brooklyn · 6 in stock
Wax Wings Brewing CompanyKalamazoo · 3 in stock
Transient Artisan AlesBridgman · 3 in stock
Tired Hands Brewing CompanyArdmore · 3 in stock
The Veil Brewing Co.Richmond · 3 in stock
Monkish Brewing Co.Torrance · 3 in stock
Millpond BrewingMillstadt · 2 in stock
Long Live BeerworksProvidence · 2 in stock
Imprint Beer Co.Hatfield · 2 in stock
Cushwa Brewing CompanyWilliamsport · 2 in stock
Central Waters Brewing CompanyAmherst · 2 in stock
BrewlihanOakland Park · 2 in stock
Bissell Brothers Brewing CompanyPortland · 2 in stock
WeldWerks Brewing Co.Greeley · 1 in stock
Turning Point BeerBedford · 1 in stock
The BrueryPlacentia · 1 in stock
River North BreweryDenver · 1 in stock
Private Press BrewingSanta Cruz · 1 in stock
Phase Three BrewingLake Zurich · 1 in stock
Ghost Town BrewingOakland · 1 in stock
FiftyFifty Brewing Co.Truckee · 1 in stock
Fifth Frame Brewing Co.Irondequoit · 1 in stock
Fidens Brewing Co.Albany · 1 in stock
Autodidact BeerMorris Plains · 1 in stock
Anchorage Brewing CompanyAnchorage · 1 in stock
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Almost everything gone first, then a fresh start
Before 1920, American breweries thrived. Then came Prohibition: breweries were only allowed to make 'near beer' with little alcohol, and many small brewers went under. After repeal, it was mainly the big players that grew, and light lagers made with rice became the standard. By 1978, only 89 breweries were left in the whole country.
The turnaround began in the 1960s. In 1965, Fritz Maytag bought the struggling Anchor Brewing in San Francisco and revised the recipe for Anchor Steam. In 1976, Jack McAuliffe started New Albion Brewing Company, generally seen as the country's first microbrewery. In 1979, the law that legalised home brewing took effect, and amateurs became entrepreneurs. Ken Grossman opened Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in 1980 and released his Pale Ale a year later, driven by Cascade hops. Michael Jackson's 1977 book The World Guide to Beer also gave American brewers an overview of styles to experiment with.
Hops first, and almost anything goes
American brewers are known for their hoppy beers. In 2014, IPA topped the list of craft styles, ahead of pale ale and amber ale. In 2018, American IPA lost its position as the most-entered category at the Great American Beer Festival for the first time in 16 years, to the new Juicy/Hazy IPA category.
Taste shifted within the ingredients too. Caramel malt, for years a hallmark of American craft beer, has fallen out of favour across most of the industry, because brewers now focus on hop flavour and hop aroma. Beyond that, you can find almost any flavour or style: from tropical IPAs to stouts with tiramisu influences and sour beers with raspberry. In 2023, the number of American craft breweries rose to nearly 10,000.
American beer at Hoptimaal
At Hoptimaal, the focus is on smaller, independent American breweries. You'll find beers from, among others, Jackie O’s Brewery, Revolution Brewing, Other Half Brewing Co., Perennial Artisan Ales, Monkish Brewing Co. and The Veil Brewing Co. Highly rated on Untappd are, among others, Revolution Barleywinery D.B.X.O.J. La Cerise and Brewlihan Harmonic Intervals.
In terms of style, this is where you'll mainly find IPA, stout, barleywine and pale ale, along with mead. That ranges from clear and bitter to thick, dark and heavy. Have a favourite brewery? Every brewery has its own page with us, with all available beers in one list.
Frequently asked questions
What is typical American beer?
American craft beer is best known for hoppy beers such as pale ale and IPA, often with citrus and pine notes from American hops. In 1981, Sierra Nevada released a Pale Ale built around Cascade hops. Besides that, there are stouts, barleywines and sour beers in almost every variety.
Which American breweries are well known?
Historically well known are Anchor Brewing, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company and the Boston Beer Company, maker of Samuel Adams Boston Lager. At Hoptimaal you'll find, among others, Other Half Brewing Co., Revolution Brewing and Jackie O’s Brewery.
What did Prohibition do to American breweries?
From 1920, breweries were only allowed to make 'near beer' with little alcohol, which made many small breweries disappear. Large breweries kept growing after 1933, and by 1978 the country had only 89 breweries left.
Beer from other countries
- Dutch beer 178
- Belgian beer 67
- Canadian beer 106
- German beer 38
- English beer 38
- Spanish beer 21
- Romanian beer 17
- French beer 16
- Swedish beer 15
- Norwegian beer 13
- Estonian beer 17
- Polish beer 10
- Irish beer 8
- Finnish beer 9
- Hungarian beer 7
- Latvian beer 17
- Croatian beer 8
- Danish beer 8
- Portuguese beer 4
- Welsh beer 5
- Scottish beer 4
- Brazilian beer 3
- Ukrainian beer 2
- Greek beer 3
- Slovenian beer 3
- Czech beer 3
