Open Brewery DB

Open Brewery DB

Free public API for discovering breweries worldwide. No authentication required. Two operations: search for breweries by city/name/type, and fetch detailed information for a specific brewery by ID.

Capability areas

• Search — find breweries by city name, brewery name, or keyword. Filter by brewery type: micro, nano, regional, brewpub, large, planning, bar, contract, proprietor, closed. Paginate with page (1-based) and limit (max 50, default 20). Returns name, location (address, coordinates), type, phone, and website.
• Detail lookup — fetch a specific brewery by its ID (obtained from search results). Returns the full brewery profile including address, contact info, website, and brewery type.

Workflows

• Brewery discovery: search by city (e.g., "portland") to find breweries in an area, then fetch details for interesting results.
• Type filtering: search with brewery_type=brewpub to find restaurants with on-site brewing, or micro for small craft breweries.
• Travel planning: search a destination city, review results, and compile a visit list with addresses and hours.

Gotchas

• Search is city-biased: the search query maps to by_city by default. For brewery name searches, the same parameter works but city matches are prioritized.
• No authentication: this is a fully public API.
• Rate limit: 100 requests per minute. Generous for interactive use but cache results for repeated queries.
• Brewery types: closed is a valid type — it returns permanently closed breweries. Filter these out if showing active-only results.
• Coordinates: latitude and longitude fields may be null for some entries.