# Big Top Brewing Company — Sarasota, Florida

> Big Top Brewing Company in Sarasota, Florida, United States scores 3.87 out of 5 — Fine, #156 in Florida. 499 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Big Top Brewing Company is a brewery in Sarasota, Florida, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.87 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #156 in Florida. Of the 499 beers we track, 33% are IPA and 24% Stout / Porter.

## Rating

- Score: 3.87 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #156 in Florida · #3,003 in United States · #4,103 worldwide
- Popularity: Well rated
- Beers tracked: 499

## About

Big Top Brewing Company produce's decent quality beer and always has a new beer for you to try. They are most well known for "Hawaiian Lion ", which is a Coffee Porter and "Circus City", which is an English IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Dark Beers.

## What they brew

- IPA — 33% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 24% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 22% of the beers we track
- Other — 9% of the beers we track
- Brown Ale — 5% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 4% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 3% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 975 Cattlemen Road, Sarasota, Florida, United States
- Coordinates: 27.3256215, -82.4510847
- Website: http://www.bigtopbrewing.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Calusa Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/calusa-brewing-1496.md) — 4.58, Exceptional — Sarasota, Florida — 3.9 mi away
- [Brew Life Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/brew-life-brewing-6898.md) — 3.89, Fine — Sarasota, Florida — 4.8 mi away
- [JDub’s Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/jdubs-brewing-co-1726.md) — 3.83, Fine — Sarasota, Florida — 4.8 mi away
- [Inner Compass Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/inner-compass-brewing-company-36078.md) — 3.83, Fine — Bradenton, Florida — 9.4 mi away
- [Naughty Monk Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/naughty-monk-brewery-608.md) — 3.54, Poor — Bradenton, Florida — 10 mi away
- [3 Car Garage Brewing Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/3-car-garage-brewing-co-26541.md) — 3.80, Fine — Bradenton, Florida — 11 mi away
- [3 Keys Brewing & Gastrobrew](https://finding.beer/brewery/3-keys-brewing-gastrobrew-3396.md) — 3.80, Fine — Bradenton, Florida — 13 mi away
- [Sun Lab Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/sun-lab-brewing-22076.md) — 4.13, Great — Bradenton, Florida — 13 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Florida](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/florida.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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