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USA has 9,000+ craft breweries. Top beer cities: 1) Portland OR — 75+ breweries (Deschutes, Hopworks, Cascade sours), beer bus tours; 2) Denver CO — Great American Beer Festival each fall, RiNo district breweries, walk Larimer Square; 3) Asheville NC — most breweries per capita (Wicked Weed, Burial, Highland), South Slope district; 4) San Diego CA — IPA mecca (Stone, Modern Times, Ballast Point, Mikkeller), Miramar 'beer triangle'; 5) Grand Rapids MI — 'Beer City USA' (Founders, Brewery Vivant), Beer City Ale Trail; 6) Burlington VT — Heady Topper, Hill Farmstead pilgrimage; 7) Portland ME — Allagash, Bissell Brothers (legendary IPAs); 8) Bend OR — high-desert breweries (Deschutes, Boneyard, 10 Barrel); 9) Madison WI — Wisconsin beer heritage; 10) Pittsburgh PA — Strip District tasting. Festivals: GABF Denver (October), Great Taste of the Midwest (Madison, August).