Brewery Crawl: Where To Drink Craft Beer In Cleveland, Ohio
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- Spirits Brewery Crawl: Where To Drink Craft Beer In Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio breweries are excellent with many high quality beers to choose from.
- Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights.
- Great Lakes is a great place to stop for a pint while exploring the Ohio City neighborhood.Em SauterGreat Lakes Brewing Co.
Spirits Brewery Crawl: Where To Drink Craft Beer In Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio breweries are excellent with many high quality beers to choose from. Here’s your guide on where to have a few pints if you are visiting the area. By Em Sauter,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a cartoonist and author who focuses on Visual Drinks Education.Follow Author Jun 07, 2026, 08:49am EDTCleveland, Ohio may be known for some great tourist spots like the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame or touring the house from A Christmas Story. It’s also known for seeing some great sports teams like the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team or the Cleveland Guardians baseball team. But the breweries in the Cleveland area are also worth a visit. Here’s where I stopped by during my weekend there.
Great Lakes is a great place to stop for a pint while exploring the Ohio City neighborhood.Em SauterGreat Lakes Brewing Co. One of the oldest breweries in Cleveland and founded in 1988, Great Lakes is known for some excellent beers like their Dortmunder Gold, a style of golden lager originally from Northern Germany known for its minerality. They also make Edmund Fitzgerald porter, one of the best examples of the style that is widely available. Their brewpub is amiable and in the charming Ohio City neighborhood close to downtown. The brewery is also right next to the popular and bustling West Side Market which has been in operation since 1912.