This article showcases Startup Pill’s top picks for the best Craft Beer startups. These startups are taking a variety of approaches to innovating inside of the Craft Beer industry and around the world. They are all exceptional startups well worth a follow.
We selected these startups for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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1. Dokkaebier
The idea behind this startup: Asian inspired craft beer brand
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Craft Beer, Food and Beverage
Founders: Youngwon Lee
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]2. Future/Proof
The idea behind this startup: Future/Proof develops beverage brands for millennial customers.
Headquarters: Austin, Texas, United States
Industries: Brand Marketing, Craft Beer, Food and Beverage, Personal Branding, Sales
Founders: Aimy Steadman, Brad Schultz, Justin Fenchel
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]3. Shotgun Seltzer
The idea behind this startup: Shotgun Seltzer delivers a craft quality and crisp taste that’s completely unique classic cocktails.
Headquarters: Austin, Texas, United States
Industries: Craft Beer, Food and Beverage
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]4. MOON-X
The idea behind this startup: Moon-X is a beer manufacturing company.
Headquarters: Kami-meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Industries: Craft Beer, Manufacturing
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]5. Esoteric Brewing
The idea behind this startup: Esoteric Brewing will be taproom experience of sophistication & enlightenment.
Headquarters: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Industries: Brewing, Craft Beer
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]6. Outbound Brewing
The idea behind this startup: Outbound Brewing offers high-quality CBD infused nonalcoholic beverages.
Headquarters: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Craft Beer, Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]7. Cerveza Mascleta
The idea behind this startup: Cerveza Mascleta is handcrafted beer, only with natural and 100% organic products.
Headquarters: Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Industries: Craft Beer, Food and Beverage
Founders: Jose Antonio Diaz
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]8. BRU BRANDS
The idea behind this startup: BRU BRANDS is an influencer backed beer brand that produces a new kind of alcohol that targets Gen Z.
Headquarters: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Industries: Brewing, Consumer Goods, Craft Beer
Founders: Connor Blakley
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]9. Sellar
The idea behind this startup: Sellar is the new trade ordering experience for breweries selling beer directly to trade customers.
Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom
Industries: Brewing, Craft Beer, Hospitality, Marketplace, Online Portals, Supply Chain Management, Trading Platform, Web Apps
Founders: James Powell, Julian Bourne, Matt Pritchard
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]10. BrewLogix
The idea behind this startup: IOT, Revolutionary Insights for Kegged Inventory,
Headquarters: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Industries: Craft Beer, Food and Beverage, Software
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]11. BrewStubs
The idea behind this startup: BrewStubsâ„¢ enables craft breweries and event organizers to attract, engage, and build ongoing relationships with beer lovers.
Headquarters: Austin, Texas, United States
Industries: Craft Beer, Events, Food and Beverage, Internet, Software, Ticketing
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]12. Kadak
The idea behind this startup: Indian Craft Beer from Mumbai
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Craft Beer
Founders: Ishan Grover
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]13. Kegstand
The idea behind this startup: Lightweight Beer Kegs
Headquarters: Boulder, Colorado, United States
Industries: Brewing, Craft Beer, Food and Beverage, Logistics, Transportation
Founders: Ashton Wagner, Daniel Strangfeld, Eli Dzurino, Jimmie Hinkle
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]14. Little Rick
The idea behind this startup: Drinks Manufacturer using cannabinoids rather than Alcohol.
Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom
Industries: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food and Beverage, Manufacturing
Founders: Norman Kremer
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]15. biermi
The idea behind this startup: biermi is the first Direct-To-Consumer multi-maker marketplace for the craft beverage industry.
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Craft Beer
Founders: Bailey O’Leary, Brendan O’Leary, Brian O’Connor
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]16. Alternative Medicine Brewing
The idea behind this startup: Alternative Medicine Brewing specializes in the science and art of combining malted barley, hops, water, and yeast.
Headquarters: Mount Vernon, New York, United States
Industries: Brewing, Craft Beer, Medical
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]17. OrderSimply
The idea behind this startup: Online B2B Sales and Marketing Platform for Craft Beverage Industry
Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Industries: Craft Beer, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Marketing, Sales
Founders: Thomas Robson
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]18. PRÃœF creative
The idea behind this startup: PRÃœF are digital designers and strategists who custom-build websites for restaurant and craft beverage entrepreneurs.
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Brand Marketing, Craft Beer, Distillery, Food and Beverage, Graphic Design, Marketing, Restaurants, Web Design, Wine And Spirits, Winery
Founders: Thomas Finley
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]19. GastroPark
The idea behind this startup: GastroPark provides an experiential dining concept that features a food truck park, bar, yard game area, and event venue.
Headquarters: West Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Industries: Craft Beer, Events, Food and Beverage, Food Trucks
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]20. Beer Crush
The idea behind this startup: Florian launched beercrush.be in October 2020 after running the www.brusselsbeerbox.come-commerce for 3 years.
Headquarters: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
Industries: Craft Beer, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]21. Beer Broadcast
The idea behind this startup: All-in-one online platform built for breweries. Beer releases, event tickets, menus, reservations, reviews and so much more!
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Craft Beer
Founders: Colin Keany, John Crepezzi
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]22. Beer Asia
The idea behind this startup: Our ambition is to be the leading brand & digital strategy consulting firm for Asia’s beer industry.
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Brewing, Consulting, Craft Beer, E-Commerce, Information Services
Founders: Oliver Woods
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]23. Na Brews Corp
The idea behind this startup: Non-Alcoholic Beverage Company
Headquarters: Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States
Industries: Craft Beer, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Wine And Spirits
Founders: Ezra Bleau
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]24. Unrefined Brewing
The idea behind this startup: Unrefined Brewing develops and brews beer with the finest available ingredients.
Headquarters: Tarpon Springs, Florida, United States
Industries: Brewing, Craft Beer, Food and Beverage
Founders: Tommy Scott, Gordon Scott (Head Brewer), Allen King, Tony Pautaurous, Ed St John
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]25. Brouwerij Loon
The idea behind this startup: Brouwerij Loon is an e-commerce shop for the beer.
Headquarters: Loon, Drenthe, The Netherlands
Industries: Brewing, Craft Beer, E-Commerce
Founders: Unknown
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