3 WI Cities Among Best In U.S. For Breweries

WISCONSIN — Wisconsin is home to three of the 30 best cities in the United States to open a brewery, according to a study done by Bid-On-Equipment. We're not exactly surprised.

Madison, La Crosse and Milwaukee made the top 30 list. The list was built based on several factors which affect how brewery-friendly a city is, like tax per barrel, population above the drinking age, how many breweries are already there and the annual fee.

Wisconsin luckily doesn't have any annual fees for breweries in any of the cities that made the list.

See the list here.

Madison (No. 2)

• Overall score: 89.3
• Population above drinking age: 75%
• Tax per barrel: $1
• Breweries per 50,000 people: 6.1
• Annual fee: $0

La Crosse (No. 9)

• Overall score: 81.3
• Population above drinking age: 71%
• Tax per barrel: $1
• Breweries per 50,000 people: 5.8
• Annual fee: $0

Milwaukee (No. 23)

• Overall score: 73.1
• Population above drinking age: 68%
• Tax per barrel: $1
• Breweries per 50,000 people: 2.7
• Annual fee: $0

Somerville, Massachusetts topped the list, while Colorado seems to be the overall winner with seven cities having made the list.