2017 top 50 Craft Breweries, their beer tap handles and where to buy them

It may be 2018 but the Brewers Association just finished compiling their data on craft breweries from last year so we now know the top 50 craft breweries from 2017!

Since I make custom gifts out of beer tap handles a lot of people have been asking me some common questions:
What are the best craft beer tap handles?
Can I buy craft beer tap handles?
Where can I buy craft beer tap handles?

The great news is that many of the top 50 craft breweries in the US sell their tap handles through their gift shops and I’m directly partnering with some of them for custom beer gifts. While I won’t go into the best craft beer tap handles in this article I will let you know what the different craft brewery tap handles look like and where you can buy the tap handles.

Here’s the list!

1. D. G. Yuengling & Son, Inc

   • Yuengling
     Tap handles are available through the brewery store
     

     

     Lager Pub Knob

2. Boston Beer Co (Sam Adams)

   • Samuel Adams
     Tap handles available through the brewery store
     

     

     BOSTON LAGER TAP HANDLE

3. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co

   • Sierra Nevada
     Tap handles available through brewery store
     

     

     3-Sided Tall Tap Handle

4. New Belgium Brewing Co

   • New Belgium
     Tap handles available through brewery store ( note they also sell tap toppers )

     

     Beer tap handle for Fat Tire from New Belgium Brewing

5. Duvel Moortgat (Firestone Walker, Boulevard Brewing, Ommegang)
   

   • Firestone Walker
     Tap handles available through brewery store

     

     Firestone Walker DBA Tap Handle

   • Boulevard Brewing
     Tap handles available through the brewery store

     

     Magnetic Smokestack Tall Tap Handle

   • Ommegang
     Tap handles are available through the brewery store however they don’t normally appear to have the Ommegang taps. Can they interest you in this sticker instead?

     

     Ommegang sticker

6. Gambrinus (Trumer Brewery, BridgePort Brewery, Shiner Beers)

   • Trumer Brewery
     Tap handles available through brewery store
     

     

     Traditional Chrome Tap

   • BridgePort Brewery
     Tap handles are available through the brewery store

     

     KingPin Tap Handle

   • Shiner Beers
     Tap handles are available directly through the brewery store

7. Bell’s Brewery, Inc

   • Bell’s Brewery
     Tap handles available through the brewery store ( note that some of their base taps and globes are sold separately )

     

     RAINBOW TAP HANDLE BASE (BASE ONLY)

8. Stone Brewing Co

   • Stone Brewing
     Tap handles available through brewery store

     

     Stone IPA Tap Handle

9. CANarchy (Wasatch Brewery, Squatters Craft Beer, Oskar Blues, Cigar City Brewing, Perrin Brewing Company)

   • Wasatch
     Tap handle availability unknown, they may be available at the brewery

   • Squatters
     Tap handle availability unknown, they may be available at the brewery

   • Oskar Blues
     Tap handles available through brewery store

     

     Dale’s Pale Ale Tap Handle

   • Cigar City
     Tap handles available through brewery store

     

     Cigar City Brewing Signature Tap Handle

   • Perrin Brewing
     Tap handle availability unknown, they may be available at the brewery

10. Deschutes Brewery

    • Deschutes
      Tap handles are available through the brewery store

      

      Deschutes Brewery Tap Handle Kit 12.25″ Tap

11. Brooklyn Brewery

    • Brooklyn Brewery
      Tap handles are available through the brewery store

      

      Brooklyn Lager Tap Handle

12. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

    • Dogfish Head
      Tap handles available through brewery store

      

      DogFish Head Yellow Tap Handle

13. Minhas Craft Brewery

    • Minhas
      Tap handle availability unknown, they may be available at the brewery

14. Artisanal Brewing Ventures (Southern Tier Brewing Company, Victory Brewing Company)

    • Southern Tier
      Tap handles are available through the brewery store

      

      Southern Tier Standard Paddle Tap Handle

    • Victory Brewing
      Tap handles are available through the brewery store

      

      Victory Tap Marker

15. SweetWater Brewing Co

    • SweetWater
      Tap handles available through brewery store

      

      SweetWater Tap Handle – Single Shield Package

16. New Glarus Brewing Co

    • New Glarus
      Tap handle availability unknown, they may be available at the brewery

17. Matt Brewing Co (Sarnac Brewery)

    • Sarnac
      Tap handles appear to have been offered through the brewery store but are no longer listed

18. Harpoon Brewery (Harpoon Brewery, Clown Shoes

    • Harpoon
      Tap handles are normally available through the brewery store and at the brewery. If you ask nicely I might swing by the brewery and let you know what they have in stock!

    • Clown Shoes
      Tap handle availability is unkown at this time but it’s expected that they’ll be available through the Harpoon online store and at the brewery

19. Alaskan Brewing

    • Alaskan
      Tap handles for sale through brewery store

      

      Alaskan White Ale Tap Handle

20. Great Lakes Brewing Co

    • Great Lakes
      Tap handles appear to have been offered through the brewery store but are no longer listed

21. Abita Brewing Co

    • Abita
      Taps may occasionally be available at the brewery.

22. Odell Brewing Co

    • Odell
      Tap handles available through brewery store

      

      ODELL SIGNATURE TAP HANDLE

23. Stevens Point Brewery

    • Stevens Point
      Tap handle availability unknown, they may be available at the brewery

24. August Schell Brewing Co

    • August Schell
      Tap handles available through the brewery store

      

      PREMIUM LIGHT DIAMOND TAP HANDLE

25. Summit Brewing Co

    • Summit
      Tap handle availability unknown, they may be available at the brewery

26. 21st Amendment Brewery

    • 21st Amendment
      Tap handles available through brewery store

      

      21A TAP HANDLE

27. Shipyard Brewing Co

    • Shipyard
      Tap handles available through the brewery store and through us by request

      

      Specialty 3D Tap Handles

28. Flying Dog Brewery

    • Flying Dog
      Tap handles available through the brewery store

      

      Flying Dog Tap Handles

29. Full Sail Brewing Co

    • Full Sail
      Tap handle availability unknown, they may be available at the brewery

30. Troëgs Brewing Co

    • Troëgs
      Tap handles are available through the brewery store

      

      Troegs Tap Handles

31. Long Trail Brewing Co

    • Long Trail
      Tap handle availability unknown, they may be available at the brewery

32. Rogue Ales

    • Rogue Ales
      Tap handles are available through the brewery store

      

      Rogue Dead Guy Sculptured Tap Handle

33. Rhinegeist Brewery

    • Rhinegeist
      Tap handles are available through the brewery store

      

      Rhinegeist Tap Handles

34. Narragansett Brewing Co

    • Narragansett
      Tap handles are available through the brewery store

      

      Narragansett – The Tap Handle

35. Gordon Biersch Brewing Co

    • Gordon Biersch
      Tap handles available through brewery store

      

      Gordon Biersch Vintage Maibock Snow Globe Tap Handle

36. Allagash Brewing Co

    • Allagash
      Tap handles available through the brewery store

      

      Allagash White Tap Handle

37. Uinta Brewing Co

    • Uinta
      Tap handle availability unknown, they may be available at the brewery

38. Ninkasi Brewing Co

    • Ninkasi
      Tap handle availability unknown, they may be available at the brewery

39. Surly Brewing Company

    • Surly
      Tap handles have been available through the brewery store but may be out of stock

40. Revolution Brewing

    • Revolution
      Tap handles available through brewery store

      

      Revolution Brewing Anti-Hero Tap Handle

41. Karl Strauss Brewing Co

    • Karl Strauss
      Tap handle availability unknown, they may be available at the brewery

42. Bear Republic Brewing Co

    • Bear Republic
      Tap handles available through brewery store

      

      Bear Republic Tap Handle

43. Green Flash Brewing Co

    • Green Flash
      Tap handles available through brewery store

      

      Green Flash Standard Tap Handle

44. Left Hand Brewing Company

    • Left Hand
      Tap handles available through brewery store

      

      Left Hand Tap Handle

45. Three Floyds Brewing Co

    • Three Floyds
      Sold on Amazon by PubStore, not confirmed by the brewery.

46. Saint Arnold Brewing Co

    • Saint Arnold
      Tap handle availability unknown, they may be available at the brewery

47. Lost Coast Brewery

    • Lost Coast
      Tap handles available through brewery store

      

      Lost Coast sharkinator tap handle

48. North Coast Brewing Co

    • North Coast
      Tap handles available through brewery store and at the brewery

      

      North Coast Brothers Thelonious Tap Handle

49. Wachusett Brewing Co

    • Wachusett
      Tap handles may occasionally be available at the brewery

50. Avery Brewing Co

    • Avery
      Tap handles available through brewery store

      

      Avery Tap Handle