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Editor’s picks

Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Hop Culture and Madison Magazine. Updated August 2026.

Young Blood Beer Company - King Street · Downtown
A downtown innovator with an ever-changing tap list and a leafy, communal taproom.
Karben4 Brewing · North Side
Fantasy Factory IPA and the revived Ale Asylum brands under one roof.
Working Draft Beer Company · Schenk-Atwood
A neighborhood taproom with a sharp rotating lineup and frequent collabs.
Giant Jones Brewing · Madison
Wisconsin's only certified-organic brewery, known for big Belgian-leaning beers.
Vintage Brewing Co. Madison · West Side
A west-side brewpub that took silver in the 2025 Best of Madison readers' poll's Brewery category. This listing covers the Madison West location; a sibling Cross Plains location has since closed, and the brand also operates a Capitol East taproom and a Sauk Prairie location elsewhere in Wisconsin.