Open Brewery DB

Overview

Open Brewery DB lists breweries, cideries, and craft beer bottle shops — 8,000+ locations with names, addresses, coordinates, and types. Keyless, CORS-enabled (verified live), and a classic teaching API.

Quick Start

List breweries (verified live):

curl "https://api.openbrewerydb.org/v1/breweries?per_page=3"

[
  {
    "id": "bnaf-llc",
    "name": "Bnaf, LLC",
    "brewery_type": "planning",
    "city": "Austin",
    "state": "Texas",
    "latitude": "30.267153",
    "longitude": "-97.7430608",
    "website_url": "",
    "phone": ""
  }
]

Search by name:

curl "https://api.openbrewerydb.org/v1/breweries/search?query=dog"

By state/type:

curl "https://api.openbrewerydb.org/v1/breweries?by_state=california&by_type=micro&per_page=5"

Random:

curl "https://api.openbrewerydb.org/v1/breweries/random"

Authentication

None — keyless.

Rate Limits & Notes

• Free; no documented hard limit — be polite.
• Pagination via per_page (max 200) and page; or by_* filters (by_city, by_state, by_type, by_country, by_tag).
• brewery_type values: micro, nano, regional, brewpub, large, planning, contract, closed.
• Fields include website_url, phone, street, postal_code, and coordinates.

FAQ

Is Open Brewery DB free? Yes — free, keyless, CORS-enabled.

How do I filter breweries? by_state=california&by_type=micro etc.

How many breweries? 8,000+ locations in the database.