🍺 Best Breweries & Craft Beer in San Francisco

12 breweries & craft beer spots in San Francisco, scored and ranked for 2026.

Top 10 Breweries & Craft Beer Spots

Cellarmaker Brewing

Brewery · SoMa

A small-batch brewery on Howard Street pouring rotating IPAs, lagers, and stouts alongside wood-fired pizza. Cellarmaker focuses on hop-forward West Coast styles and limited one-off releases. The tapr...

Fort Point Beer Company

Brewery · Mission

Fort Point's Valencia Street taproom pours the brewery's full lineup of lagers, IPAs, and ciders in a bright, airy space. The KSA Kolsch and Villager IPA are the flagship pours. A second outpost at th...

Barebottle Brewing

Brewery · Bernal Heights

A production brewery on Cortland Avenue with a large indoor taproom and a dog-friendly patio. Barebottle brews competition-winning IPAs, sours, and stouts, and the rotating tap list regularly tops 20 ...

Standard Deviant Brewing

Brewery · Mission

A neighborhood brewery on 14th Street with a no-frills taproom focused on clean, cold-conditioned lagers and German-style ales. Open since 2016 with a second location at Pier 70 in Dogpatch. The Missi...

Magnolia Brewing

American · Haight-Ashbury

A Haight & Masonic cornerstone since 1997 in a 1903 building — recently restored to local ownership and still brewing everything in-house. Craft ales from Proving Ground IPA to Kalifornia Kölsch, ...

Dogpatch Saloon

Cocktail Bar · Dogpatch

Dogpatch saloon operating since 1912 — the restored interior wears its age well, with a craft beer selection that would've baffled its original patrons and specialty cocktails that make a strong case ...

Fifty Vara

Brewery · Outer Sunset

Noriega Street brewpub in the Outer Sunset doing one thing right — house-brewed lagers and pilsners poured fresh alongside seasonal California food. No frills, no fuss, just well-made beer in the neig...

Lost Marbles

Brewpub · Inner Richmond

Lost Marbles brought serious brewing credibility to Clement St — the team behind Barrel Head Brewhouse runs the taps, and the cocktail program holds its own alongside the craft beer. Inner Richmond ne...

Two Pitchers Brewing

Brewery · Outer Sunset

Two Pitchers moved into a former grocery store on Noriega St and made it work: house-brewed beer, a smash burger that earns the trek, and you're a few blocks from Ocean Beach. Outer Sunset locals trea...

Enterprise Brewing

Brewery · SoMa

Enterprise is a brewing name with serious SF history, revived and poured in a SoMa taproom on Howard St. The lagers and hazy IPAs are the workhorses, with the Cellarprise as the house signature. No-fr...

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Richmond Republic Draught House

Beer Bar · Inner Richmond

Chug Pub

Sports Bar · Inner Sunset

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