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Des Moines, Iowa Brewery Rankings

Posted on July 13, 2022September 27, 2023 By Brewery Stars

Des Moines, Iowa

Breweries: 20

Brewery Stars Ranking

What's the best local brewery? We take a data-driven approach to ranking breweries.  When you’re visiting a brewery, you want both good beer and a good atmosphere. We take publicly available beer ratings and venue ratings and consolidate them into a Brewery Stars Meta-Rating. If guests consistently like a brewery’s beer and enjoy the experience of visiting the taproom, the brewery will do well in our rankings.

 

Ranking Brewery Venue Brewery Stars Meta-Rating Address
1 Lua Brewing 4.2701 1525 High St, Des Moines, IA 50309
2 Either/Or (Lua Brewing) 4.2358 6222 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312
3 Barn Town Brewing 4.1252 9500 SE University Ave Suite 1110, West Des Moines, IA 50266
4 Confluence Brewing Company 4.1028 1235 Thomas Beck Rd, Des Moines, IA 50315
5 Big Grove Brewery & Taproom 4.0913 555 17th St, Des Moines, IA 50309
6 515 Brewing Company 4.0837 7700 University Ave Suite C, Clive, IA 50325
7 Brightside Aleworks 4.0813 480 Center Pl, Altoona, IA 50009
8 West Hill Brewing Company 4.0345 219 W Salem Ave, Indianola, IA 50125
9 SingleSpeed Brewing Co - DSM TapRoom 4.0330 303 Scott Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309
10 Fenders Brewing 4.0162 212 Van Dorn St, Polk City, IA 50226
11 Fenceline Beer Lab 4.0161 107 S Main Ave, Huxley, IA 50124
12 HiFi Brew Lounge 4.0013 103 S 11th St, West Des Moines, IA 50265
13 Reclaimed Rails Brewing Company 3.9866 101 Main St SE, Bondurant, IA 50035
14 Uptown Garage Brewing Co. 3.9679 305 SW Walnut St, Ankeny, IA 50023
15 Exile Brewing Company 3.9478 1514 Walnut St, Des Moines, IA 50309
16 Twisted Vine Brewery 3.9451 112 SE 4th St, Des Moines, IA 50309
17 Firetrucker Brewery 3.9399 716 SW 3rd St, Ankeny, IA 50023
18 Backpocket Pin and Pixel 3.9099 6205 Merle Hay Rd Suite 100, Johnston, IA 50131
19 Court Avenue Restaurant & Brewing Company 3.8595 309 Court Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309
20 Flix Brewhouse 3.8512 3800 Merle Hay Rd, Des Moines, IA 50310
Ranking Brewery Venue Brewery Stars Meta-Rating Address

The publicly available beer ratings and venue ratings that fed into the Brewery Stars Meta-Rating were last updated on May 15, 2025. Any venues marked "Temporarily Closed" may have re-opened since we last checked on them. Refer to the brewery for latest updates. Venues with a Brewery Stars Meta-Rating of -9.0000 have not yet received enough public ratings for us to accurately assess them and are listed alphabetically at the bottom of the rankings.

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