9 Breweries With Best U.S. Beers To Be Featured At CR Beer Summit

The Cedar Rapids Beer Summit is less than two weeks away! We are very excited about this year's event and the over 50 breweries that will be offering samples of their fantastic beers.

Last year, Popular Mechanics published a list of the 50 best American beers, and I happy to report that some those beers were brewed right here in Iowa! Beers from a few local breweries made the list, as well as ones from other breweries that will be present at this year's Cedar Rapids Beer Summit:

• Summit Brewing Company - St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Extra Pale Ale

• Bell's Brewery - Comstock, Michigan
  • Two-Hearted Ale

• New Belgium Brewing - Fort Collins, Colorado
  • La Folie

• Lion Bridge Brewing Company - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Compensation

• Toppling Goliath - Decorah, Iowa
  • King Sue

• Sierra Nevada - Chico, Calfornia
  • Celebration Ale

• Left Hand Brewing - Longmont, Colorado
  • Milk Stout Nitro

• Surly Brewing Company - Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Bender

• Goose Island - Lincoln Park, Chicago
  • Bourbon County Stout

Hopefully some of these amazing American breweries will bring a few of these favorites along to the Cedar Rapids Beer Summit! The event is coming in March, 2nd! Get your tickets HERE.

[Via Popular Mechanics/America on Tap]