19 Dedicated Gluten Free Breweries in the U.S.

Dedicated Gluten Free Beer Brands In The USA

These breweries are 100% gluten FREE and 100% SAFE for Celiacs!

The gluten free beer market is growing quickly, and in all the bustle–it’s easy to get confused about your options. Before we get to the dedicated gluten free breweries list, lets straighten it all out by looking at 3 different categories of production.

• Gluten Reduced Beers – Originally brewed with gluten, but then *most of it is removed later utilizing an enzyme process. Sometimes marketed as “gluten free”, but this is slightly misleading. Learn more about the difference here.

• Gluten Free Beers – Beer that are brewed from 100% gluten free ingredients, suggesting that the gluten content of the brew is zero.

• Gluten Free Beers Brewed in a Dedicated Gluten Free Facility – A facility which handles zero gluten and produces zero glutenous products. Safest for Celiacs, as the possibility of cross-contamination does not exist.

What Does It Mean To Be A “Dedicated Gluten Free Brewery”?

Breweries that are 100% gluten free are ideal for any Celiac. They maintain facilities that are free of contaminants and cross-contamination because they don’t produce any products that contain gluten. This sets them apart from average breweries that offer both regular and gluten free options because their equipment is not shared with other products that might make us sick. Many (if not most) of the gluten free beers on the market today come from breweries that produce both glutenous and gluten free beers.

Whether equipment is shared or not, those facilities are handling and brewing with our allergen. The possibility of exposure via cross-contamination can be much higher in these facilities. I’d be willing to bet that most breweries are very careful to avoid this type of unintended exposure, but the only way to know for sure is to buy beer produced in breweries that are 100% gluten free, from start-to-finish. I have put together a quick list of U.S. breweries that dedicate all of their facility–including their equipment, to gluten free production.

The 100% Dedicated Gluten Free Breweries

*listed in alphabetical order

This list only contains breweries which DEDICATE their brewing facility to the brewing of gluten free beer. Any beer brewed in a brewery on this list will be safe for even the most sensitive of Celiacs. New breweries are opening every day, so keep checking back if there aren’t any located nearby you.

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Alt Brew

Madison, Wisconsin

Founded by Trevor and Maureen Easton, Alt Brew is a Wisconsin-based brewery that is completely gluten free. Their mission is simple. To brew gluten free beer that tastes good. When Maureen was diagnosed with Celiac disease in 2008, her husband Trevor decided to give gluten free home brewing a shot. By 2014, Alt Brew was commercially available in the Madison Wisconsin area, and by 2015 they had opened a gluten free taproom as well.

A quick look at the Alt Brew beer finder tells me that their beers are still only available in Wisconsin, but their availability has spread to other parts of the state. Their current selection of gluten free beers includes:

• Rustic Badger Belgian Ale
• Hollywood Nights Blonde IPA
• Copperhead Copper Ale
• Kickback Kolsch
• 1808 – Robust Porter
• ​​​Sunset Belgian Tripel
• Holy Hop Grenade Double IPA
• Oatmeal Stout 
• Ripped Jeans and Wolf Shirts DDH Hazy IPA

Aurochs Brewing Co.

Emsworth, Pennsylvania

Finally! An east coast brewery that is 100% gluten free! This is one of my favorite breweries and I have yet to have a bad beer from Aurochs. This brewery was founded by 2 long time friends, Ryan and Doug, both of whom are gluten free by medical necessity. Their beers are brewed from ancient gluten free grains, and their brewery is located on the Ohio River just outside of Pittsburgh.

Aurochs Brewing, named after a legendary beast which once roamed free thousands of years ago, seeks to provide the same freedom the aurochs once had, for gluten free beer drinkers. They take pride in their dynamic and diverse range of beers and last I checked, they had no less than 9 gluten free ales available. This includes a couple really tough categories, including a hefeweizen, a witbier, and a dark ale!

Aurochs Brewing’s current lineup of packaged gluten free beers includes:

• Session IPA
• Porter
• Blonde Ale
• Amber Ale
• Hazy IPA
• Light Lager (Only 85 calories!)
• Winter Ale

Bierly Brewing

McMinnville, Oregon

Bierly Brewing was officially born in 2016. This small family brewery was founded by JP Bierly, a long time home brewer who began to dabble in crafting high quality gluten free beers for his wife, who has Celiac Disease. Ironically, several years later, JP himself was diagnosed with gluten intolerance. The growing popularity of his brews among friends and family was an entrepreneurial catalyst for taking his craft beer commercial.

Bierly Brewing has moved around a bit since they first opened, but they are now located in McMinnville, Oregon. They have an adorable tasting room where they serve many delicious gluten free (and dairy free) snacks like homemade soft pretzels and gluten free donuts! Bierly Brewing packages their beers in pint size bottles and their current offerings include:

• Amber IPA
• Felix Pilsner
• James Blonde Ale
• Final Frontier IPA
• Baker Street Porter
• Dubbel
• Brown Ale
• Pumpkin Belgian Ale
• Blackbird Stout
• Rendezvous Double IPA
• Lucky IPA

Brewery Nyx

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Coming in 2021!

Brewery Nyx will be Michigan’s first dedicated gluten free brewery. Check back later in the year to learn more about this new offering.

Buck Wild Brewing

Oakland, California

Buck Wild Brewing has been around since the early days and I have always enjoyed their beers. However, they recently stepped up their game in a big way. Buck Wild beers are now brewed in Buck Wild’s very own dedicated gluten free brewery. The new space was completed in the midst of Covid-crazy 2020…I’m sure that wasn’t easy.

Buck Wild now brews 4 year-round beers, all of which are packaged in 12 ounce cans. The brewhouse is located in Oakland, California which makes them only the second dedicated gluten free brewery to open in California. (Eckert Brewing was the first, and you can find them on this list too.) You would think Calfornia would have more local options given how heavy Oregon and Washington are in the gluten free brewery department…that’s a bit puzzling to me. I wonder if it has to do with state laws.

Regardless, the west coast is lucky to have Buck Wild Brewing operating within the freedom of their own facility. Their current flagship offerings include:

• Pale Ale
• Kolsch
• Amber
• West Coast IPA
• Coffee Stout

Burning Brothers Brewing

St. Paul, Minnesota

I haven’t been to this brewery yet, but there aren’t many 100% GF midwest breweries out there, and Burning Brothers is one of them. This brewery is a few years old, founded by 2 brothers, Dane and Thom. I absolutely adore their tagline “Don’t fear the beer”. Over the years, I’ve had many delicious beers brewed by these brothers.

They have a taproom you can visit and sample their full fleet of gluten free offerings, or you can look to their website to check their distribution network. You can find their beer as far west as Nevada, and as far east as Wisconsin. Their regular offerings include:

• Pyro American Pale Ale  
• Roasted Coffee Ale
• Raj-Agni India Pale Ale
• Tart Cherry Sour
• Most Coast IPA
• Auntie M’s Irish Red Ale
• Black Pepper Porter

Divine Science Brewing

Orange County, California

One of our newest additions to this list is Divine Science Brewing, based in Southern California. Divine Science Brewing has been around for some time, and they’ve always brewed gluten free beer, but they recently moved into their very own space, allowing them to finally realize their dream of brewing in a dedicated gluten free brewery. This brewery was founded by Bob and Domonic Keifer, who also live with Celiac Disease, and these two absolutely love collaborating with other beer makers in the industry.

* Please Note: Divine Science is hybrid at this time, and is in the process of migrating their production from contract brewing to in-house dedicated gluten free brewing. Currently, their special releases, taproom exclusives, and bottle releases are all brewed in the dedicated gluten free space. Their distributed beers are still being contract brewed at a location that utilizes barley, for now. When asked to clarify the risks of the contract space, Bob states that there are no soft materials that interact with the beers–only hard piping, which he says is much easier to thoroughly clean in between brews.

They now have a dedicated gluten free taproom at the new brewery where they serve delicious gluten eats. Domonic is a phenomenal gluten free baker, so if you’re ever in the taproom–save some room for her amazing creations. The other thing I love about Divine Science is their mystical label art. Each beer has its own unique and magical design, and its one of the many things that set them apart from other breweries. I’m happy to report that their distribution area is growing quickly, and if you’re ever in the Orange County area, pay them a visit and tell them that Lindsi at Best Gluten Free Beers misses them! Reminder that their special releases and taproom exclusives are dedicated GF, and their contract-brewed flagships include:

• Particle Haze IPA
• Event Horizon Blonde Ale
• Moka Diosa Stout
• Third Contact IPA
• Divine Millsner

Dos Luces Brewery

Denver, Colorado

Dos Luces is unlike every other brewery on this list because corn is the core ingredient in their gluten free beers. Corn is an ancient grain and its history in beer-making goes back as far as barley’s does. Dos Luces Brewery is located in Denver, Colorado and when I reached out to them to confirm their gluten free status they confirmed “We never use any ingredients that are not gluten-free, nor do we allow gluten containing grains into the brewing area.”

I haven’t tasted any of their beers yet, but I have certainly had my fair share of corn beers when backpacking through Peru in my 20’s. I look forward to trying everything Dos Luces brews, which includes:

• Chicha Inti
• Pulque Metztli
• Túpac Amaru III Imperial Chicha
• Moctezuma III Imperial Pulque
• Seasonal Tepache
• Chicha Morada (non-alcoholic)

Eckert Malting & Brewing

Chico, California

You may have never tried beers from Eckert Malting & Brewing, but they’re not so new to the gluten free brew scene. In fact, until recently I wasn’t aware that Eckert had a brewery to accompany their malting business, but they DO! Eckert’s entire facility is dedicated gluten free. This includes both their malthouse and their brewery/tasting room. It’s a small operation located in Chico California, but their artisan malts are used by gluten free breweries all over the U.S. and as far away as Australia!

Eckert specializes in rice malts, so as you can imagine, their beers are rice based. They currently package their beer in 12 oz. bottles for limited distribution in California. If you’re local or happen to be traveling through, you might like to know that on Fridays they turn their loading dock into a taproom. So grab a gluten free friend and go give Eckert beers a taste. They have some truly unique gluten free brews including:

• Doppel Dawg Dark
• Ginger Snap Ale
• Kristina’s Challenge
• Not a Quad Belgian
• Second Thought Dark
• Eckert’s Select Lager
• Resilience IPA

Evasion Brewing

McMinnville, Oregon

Oregon seems to be leading the way in the gluten free craft beer movement, seeing as there are now 5 dedicated gluten free breweries in this state alone! There are two different breweries located in the small town of McMinnville, Oregon and one of them is Evasion Brewing. Evasion Brewing is family owned and operated, and they have a damn good head brewer who has created one of the most creative and innovative breweries I know of.

Evasion used to bottle their beers, but apart from their super special releases, they now can everything. Their branding is clean and beautiful and they brew every style of beer you can think of…100% gluten free. You can visit the Evasion Brewing taproom which is situated in a corner of their (very open floor-planned) warehouse, so you can scope the brewhouse while enjoying a pint. Here’s an idea of what you can find over at Evasion Brewing:

• Hophoria IPA
• Blonde Ale
• Tantamount Stout
• Hoptensity Double IPA
• Pacific North #Blessed IPA
• Blood Orange IPA
• Air Hostess From The 60’s
• Light Lager
• Holé Molé Imperial Chocolate Stout

Ghostfish Brewing Company

Seattle, Washington

Another favorite of mine, Ghostfish Brewing makes some fantastic gluten free beers in Seattle Washington. They have a hopping brew pub with delicious food safe for Celiacs. I have tried a LOT of their beers and they are excellent. They have about 7 year-round offerings, in addition to their seasonals and series releases. Be sure to check out their brew pub tap list to scope their taproom exclusives.

Ghostfish brews with alternative grains like millet, buckwheat, rice, and oats. Thier beers are flavorful and on-style–just the way I like them. Their brew pub menu is dedicated gluten free and super dairy-free friendly too. Read about my taproom experience at Ghostfish Brewing Company here. Here’s a sample of what you can find over at Ghostfish…

• Grapefruit IPA
• Watchstander Stout
• Vanishing Point Pale Ale
• Shrouded Summit Witbier
• Peak Buster Imperial IPA
• Meteor Shower Blonde Ale
• Gosefish
• Kai Dog Red IPA
• Kai Dog Amber
• Killer Ale IPA
• Hull Breaker Imperial Porter
• It Came From The Haze Hazy IPA
• Lunar Harvest Pumpkin Ale
• Kick Step IPA
• 2018 Fresh Hop IPAs
• Citra Fresh Hop IPA
• Black Is Beautiful Imperial Stout
• Märzen Attacks Lager 
• Lander Lager
• Triple Layer Chocolate Fudge Cake Pastry Stout

Ground Breaker Brewing

Portland, Oregon

Ground Breaker Brewing is one of FIVE breweries located in Portland, Oregon that are 100% dedicated gluten free, but they were also the very first in the country. They offer a number of delicious high quality craft brews that cover the full spectrum of light to dark ales. Their beers are fantastic, and make you forget that you are drinking gluten free beer. They utilize chestnuts and lentils in their recipes, which sets them apart from every other brewery on this list.

They also have a brew pub in Portland that serves exclusively gluten free food, making it quite the destination for any Celiac who happens to be visiting the PNW. Ground Breaker makes a gluten free fried chicken (can be dairy free too) that is absolutely to-die-for and to be honest, I was not a big fried chicken person before going gluten free. Here are some of the gluten free beers I’ve reviewed of Ground Breaker’s in the past:

• IPA No. 5
• Coffee Pale Ale
• Dark Ale
• Olallie  
• St. Denny  
• Johnny  
• 7th Ave. Saison
• Cascadian Dark Ale
• Imperial Darkness
• Gayle Fresh Hop IPA
• Heyday IPA
• Epoch Fresh Hop IPA
• Squash Ale
• Route 20 IPA
• Pale Ale
• Hermano?! IPA
• Route 20 Fresh Hop IPA
• Ziggurat Cot Apricot Buckweizen
• Amber Lager
• Cantankerous Stout
• Double Hazy
• Psychrophilic Cold + Black IPA 
• Brewer’s Delight Cherry Sour

Holidaily Brewing Company

Golden, Colorado

Holidaily Brewing Company is another fantastic option for Celiacs. If you happen to be located in Colorado, check out their taproom or look out for their 12 and 16 oz. canned beers in stores near you. Holidaily currently distributes their gluten free beers to Colorado, Arizona, and Kansas.

Holidaily Brewing is growing quickly and they’re beers are fantastic. I can honestly say I haven’t had a beer I didn’t love from this brewery. They also started a companion competition aligned with the Great American Beer Festival exclusively for gluten free home brewers. If you’re interested in reading about the Holidaily taproom experience, check out this post. Otherwise, here are some of the gluten free beers I’ve been lucky enough to taste thus far:

• Favorite Blonde Ale
• Buckwit Belgian
• Red Rocks Amber Theatre
• Fat Randy’s IPA
• Wild Bill’s Nonbarley Wine
• Riva Stout
• Patchy Waters Pumpkin Ale
• Brewnited Red IPA: A Gluten Free Collaboration Beer
• Beulah Red Ale
• Adventure Series: Vienna Lager
• Oreo Cookie Stout
• Big Henry Hazy IPA

Lucky Pigeon Brewing Co.

Biddeford, Maine

Lucky Pigeon Brewing Co. is Maine’s first dedicated gluten free brewery, and it’s only the second to open in all of New England! The idea to open this brewery started with two family members, Kathleen and Beverly Pigeon, while lamenting over the limitations Celiacs (like Kathleen) face in the craft beer world. Lucky Pigeon is the only place in Maine that Celiacs can have an authentic taproom experience without the worries of becoming sick. They brew small batch beers using alternative grains such as millet, rice, and buckwheat.

I haven’t had the opportunity to try Lucky Pigeon Brewing’s beers myself, but I’ve had several readers write in about this new northeast offering, so I’m excited to let you east-coasters know that your options are growing! Lucky Pigeon has a tasting room where you can sample their latest brews, or grab some cans to-go. If you’ve had the pleasure of tasting their beer, I’d love to know what you thought of it. Feel free drop your feedback in the comment section at the end of this article. According to their website, these are the gluten free brews in their current line-up:

• Eclestus Blonde Ale
• Rock Dove New England IPA
• Columbidae Pale Ale
• Little Brown Job Brown Ale
• Plumage Belgian-style Ale
• Stage Island Stout

Moonshrimp Brewing

Portland, Oregon

Moonshrimp Brewing is another great option that is committed to producing 100% gluten free beer in a dedicated facility. They don’t have a taproom, but you can buy their beers in stores around the Pacific Northwest, and if you happen to be in Portland, you can even purchase them directly from the brewery via their drive-up beer window! (It’s adorable, by the way.) Check out their website to see when the beer window is open for business.

The facility is filled with quirky (and hilarious) elements that really give you a feel for how passionate they are about their offerings. Moonshrimp Brewing currently offers 3 year-round brews, in addition to their seasonal releases and beer window exclusives. Here’s a few of the reviews I’ve written for Moonshrimp beers in the past:

• Negative Space: Dark Pale Ale
• Starlight White: White Ale
• One Small Step: IPA
• Chocolate Spice Ale
• Citra Orange Ale
• Saison #1
• Theia Eclipse Beer
• Citrus Mosaic Hazy IPA
• Bronze Lager
• Coffee Porter
• Collaboration Dubbel
• Fairy Food Ale

Mutantis Brewery

Portland, Oregon

There’s a brand new dedicated gluten free brewery and bottle shop in Portland Oregon, and it was opened by the former brewmaster and co-founder of Ghostfish Brewing Company, Jason Yerger. His new business is called Mutantis Brewery and Bottle Shop and they are a bit different in their mission.

Jason knows that Oregon is saturated with dedicated gluten free breweries and has no desire to compete for the limited shelf space they all share. Instead he has decided to open up a bottle shop that proudly carries (almost) every dedicated gluten free beer brewed in Oregon. He also uses the brewery to brew constantly rotating expirementals that he cans in crawlers for locals who visit the brewery in person. Here’s a few of Mutantis’s current gluten free beers:

• Black Lime Saison
• Extra Dry IPA
• British Porter
• Winter Gruit
• Blueberry Wit
• Passionfruit Sour
• Vanilla Stout
• Hazy Guava IPA
• Deep Blonde

NEFF Brewing (New Era Fine Fermentations)

Tulsa, Oklahoma

NEFF Brewing is a dedicated gluten free brewery located in the East Village District of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. Funnily enough, the owner Jonathan and I met a couple years back while he was volunteering at Ghostfish Brewing in Seattle. He started his brewery by first training under other gluten free brewmasters, and then took his knowledge and passion to Oklahoma, where it was desperately needed.

The NEFF Brewing production facility also houses a 3000 sq. ft. taproom, an on-site dedicated gluten free kitchen, and a covered patio. They currently have about 10 different gluten free beers on tap at any given point, with experimentals gracing the taproom every 2-3 weeks. In the beginning they were taproom only, but they now have a full line of packaged and distributed beer styles, in addition to fresh crowlers in the taproom! Here’s a list of current offerings from NEFF Brewing:

• Ignition Switch Belgian-style Pale Ale
• Apollo Blonde Ale
• Astronaut Cookies Oatmeal Stout
• Buckwheat Saison
• Event Horizon Buckwheat Ale
• Imperial Stout
• Hand Of Orion New England Double IPA
• Houston, We Have A Problem Mexican Lager

Red Leaf Gluten-Free Brewing

Jeffersonville, Vermont

Red Leaf Gluten-Free Brewing is the only gluten free brewery that I know of in Vermont. They brew with naturally gluten-free grains and adjuncts like homemade maple syrup and local berries. Red Leaf has a tasting room on Main St. in Jeffersonville and they also can their gluten free beers.

This brewery seems very small and I can’t find a website for them, so you’ll have to turn to their Facebook page for current information. The beers they seem to package include:

• Clementine White Ale
• Woodsplitter IPA
• Blueberry Smash
• Raspberry-No Wheat
• Strawberry Hibis-Kiss
• Woodsmoke Vanilla Porter
• Woodpile Maple Brown Ale
• Woodcutters SPA
• Woodshed Oktoberfest

Rolling Mill Brewing Company

Middletown, Ohio

Sadly, Rolling Mill Brewing Co. closed in 2022.

Rolling Mill Brewing Company joined the list in 2016, founded by Josh and Megan Laubach. This dedicated gluten free brewery is based in Middletown Ohio, and has a taproom in the heart of the industrial district. Since his Celiac Disease diagnosis in 2011, Josh and his wife have committed themselves to brewing high quality gluten free beer while renewing an important piece of Middletown’s industrial legacy.

Rolling Mill Brewing is the first dedicated gluten free brewery in Ohio. They brew with rice, millet, and buckwheat. They also proudly claim to never use sorghum in their recipes. Each of their beers has a fun story behind the name that they share on their website. For years they were taproom-only, but they now package several gluten free beers including the:

• Anti-Federalist American Pale Ale
• Two Goldens American Lager
• 10-09 German Pilsner

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