Cincinnati is No. 1 city in US for beer drinkers, study says. See the rest of the top 10

Briana Rice | Cincinnati Enquirer

This article has been updated. The study noticed an error for Portland, OR (number of bars per residents) causing it to move up in the rankings. Cincinnati and Cleveland remain in their original spots.

Cincinnati was the best city for beer drinkers in 2019, according to a new report from Smart Asset.

Surprised?

Smart Asset, a financial technology company, lists Cincinnati as the top city for beer drinkers. In 2018, Cincinnati ranked in fourth place.

The report examined the total number of breweries, breweries per 100,000 residents, average number of beers per brewery, bars per 100,000 residents and average price for a pint of domestic beer in each city.

For the second year in a row, the top 10 includes Asheville, Pittsburgh, Denver, Portland and Bend, Oregon.

Top 10 cities for beer drinkers

Cincinnati St. Louis Portland Pittsburgh Denver Bend Madison Madison Missoula Cleveland

According to the study, the Queen City ranked in the top 20 for total number of breweries with 30 total breweries within the city.

Columbus ranked as the 28th best city for beer drinkers. Akron ranked 36th and Dayton ranked 42nd.

Western and Midwestern states dominate the list. In the top 10, there are four cities in Western states and four cities in Midwestern states, including two from Ohio.

Other takeaways from the report

The average price of a pint in Cincinnati is $4.

There were 10 breweries per 100,000 residents.

There were 24.2 bars per 100,000 residents.

Cincinnati was the only city to receive a perfect 100 score from Smart Asset.

Briana Rice is a trending news reporter for the Enquirer. You can contact her at brice@gannett.com or follow her on Twitter @BriRiceWrites.