2018 Year in Review: Brewery Visits

I definitely had another banner of year of visiting breweries in 2018. After making it to 54 last year, I really didn't have a goal for this year except to try to go to just as many I guess.

For the record, yes it's really nice to be married to someone who enjoys traveling as much as I do and also puts up with me going to all these breweries. Fortunately, she loves good beer also and we have a blast together. We sneak in plenty of local sights, cuisines, wineries and distilleries as well.

This year included 60 breweries in 8 states: Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina.

A made it to a few "bucket list" breweries which I hadn't been to yet, like Sierra Nevada (NC) and New Belgium (NC), and a few more recent breweries I've started to love, like Burial (NC) and Bearded Iris (TN).

Some highlights? That's a tough one. We had so much fun at so many places and really met a lot of cool folks. I'll say getting to go to Sweetwater's brewery and The Woodlands facility in Atlanta while there for 420 Fest is up at the top as well as FINALLY getting to go to Jester King in Austin, TX. And it was everything I hoped it would be. I spent plenty of time at my favorite local haunts, like Lost Forty, Flyway and Rebel Kettle plus got up to Springfield, MO on my birthday weekend to one of my favorites, Mother's Brewing.

Anyway... here's the list:

Abita Brew Pub	Abita Springs, LA
Anthem Brewing Co.	Oklahoma City, OK
Bhramari Brewing	Asheville, NC
Big River Grille & Brewing Works	Chattanooga, TN
Black Abbey Brewing	Nashville, TN
Blue Canoe Brewing Co.	Little Rock, AR
Blue Owl Brewing	Austin, TX
Brick + Forge	Harrison, AR
Bricktown Brewery	Oklahoma City, OK
Brieux Carre Brewing Co.	New Orleans, LA
Burial Brewing Co.	Asheville, NC
Cabin Boys	Tulsa, OK
Catawba Brewing	Asheville, NC
Coop Ale Works	Oklahoma City, OK
Courtyard Brewery	New Orleans, LA
Crosstown Beer Co.	Memphis, TN
Flyway	North Little Rock, AR
Fort Smith Brewing Co.	Fort Smith, AR
Great Raft	Shreveport, LA
Green Man Brewing	Asheville, NC
Hawk Moth	Rogers, AR
Heaven & Ale	Chattanooga, TN
Hutton & Smith	Chattanooga, TN
Independence	Austin, TX
Jackalope Brewing	Nashville, TN
Jester King	Austin, TX
Lost Forty	Little Rock, AR
Lost Signal	Springfield, Mo
Marshall Brewing	Tulsa, OK
Mother's Brewing Co.	Springfield, Mo
New Belgium	Asheville, NC
New Heights	Nashville, TN
Noble Rey Brewing	Dallas, TX
NOLA Brewing	New Orleans, LA
Oddstory Brewing Co.	Chattanooga, TN
One World Brewing	Asheville, NC
Pegasus City Brewing	Dallas, TX
Peticolas	Dallas, TX
Port Orleans	New Orleans, LA
Prairie OKC	Oklahoma City, OK
Prairie Tulsa Brewpub	Tulsa, OK
Prestonrose Farm & Brewery	Paris, AR
Rebel Kettle Brewing Co.	Little Rock, AR
Rough Tail Brewing Co.	Oklahoma City, OK
Sierra Nevada	Asheville, NC
Springfield Brewing Co.	Springfield, Mo
SQZBX Brewery	Hot Springs, AR
STATS Brewpub	Atlanta, GA
Stone's Throw Brewing	Little Rock, AR
Superior Bathhouse Brewing	Hot Springs, AR
Sweetwater	Atlanta, GA
Terminal Brewhouse	Chattanooga, TN
Twisted Leaf	Asheville, NC
Twisted Spike	Oklahoma City, OK
Urban South	New Orleans, LA
Vinos Brewpub	Little Rock, AR
Wedge Brewing	Asheville, NC
Welltown Brewing	Tulsa, OK
Wicked Weed/Funkatorium	Asheville, NC
Yazoo Brewing Co.	Nashville, TN