Nearly five years ago I ranked the MAC schools terms of independent breweries. But with so much changing and independent beer/breweries surging, I felt it was time to look into the state of craft beer around the MAC and re-rank the schools.
Like the first time, there are two main criteria for the rankings:
1. The number of independent breweries within a 20 mile radius
2. The quality of the beers produced
I used what Google Maps tagged as the school when mapping out the 20 mile radius for the breweries.
For the quality aspect, while Untappd is a helpful app, many of the rankings can be skewed so I’ll be using an average of Untappd and BeerAdvocate’s rating for “best beer” and “best brewery” in the area.