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Pubs · Riverside/Avondale
One of the city's original craft operations, and the Riverside taproom is where the modern Jacksonville beer scene effectively started.
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Breweries · San Marco
Housed in a former ice house with the most experimental barrel program in the city, and it's the pick for anyone who's bored of IPAs.
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Pubs · Southside · $$
The largest outdoor brewery footprint in the metro, on the water, and it's the one that works for a group of twenty.
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Pubs · Beaches
Beaches original with a downtown biergarten offshoot, and the two locations serve completely different crowds.
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Pubs · Beaches
Surf-culture taproom a block from the ocean, and it's the most walkable brewery from the Jax Beach sand.
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Breweries · Downtown
Downtown taproom that gives the urban core a walkable brewery option, which it lacked for years.
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Pizza · Beaches
Hazy-forward beer program that draws people from across the metro specifically for the releases.
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Breweries · Beaches
Small Beaches operation with a devoted following, and it's the one beer people bring up when they want to sound like they know the scene.
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Pubs · Southside
Veteran-founded with a large taproom, and the Southside location fills a real geographic gap.
Best Breweries in Jacksonville
From the ones that started the scene to the ones people drive across town for.