City Consensus
What St. Louis locals agree on · updated 4 weeks ago
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2 listsBottomoutsEstablished@STLhounddog1.Bluewood Brewing2.Heavy Riff Brewing Company3.2nd Shift Brewing4.Civil Life Brewing Co.5.Little LagerBottomouts's Top 5
MattFounder@biznut1.The Side Project Cellar2.Perennial Artisan Ales3.Civil Life Brewing Co.4.Urban Chestnut Midtown Brewery and BiergartenMatt's Top 5
Editor’s picks
Sourced from the local food press. As seen in St. Louis Magazine and Feast Magazine. Updated June 2026.
The Side Project Cellar · Maplewood
National cult-favorite for barrel-aged and farmhouse beers; Cory King lead brewer.
4 Hands Brewing Company · LaSalle Park
City Wide, Incarnation, Chocolate Milk Stout; innovation and collaboration anchor.
Perennial Artisan Ales · Princeton Heights
Abraxas imperial stout and Belgian-style farmhouse beers; nationally revered.
Civil Life Brewing Co. · Tower Grove South
Hafner's English-session-beer-focused taproom; American Brown is signature.
Urban Chestnut Midtown Brewery and Biergarten · The Grove / Midtown
Florian Kuplent's German-American beer program; Zwickel helles is the anchor.
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