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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.
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.