Creature Comforts Brewing Co.

Athens is a top destination for beer lovers in the South, thanks in part to Creature Comforts. This college town’s craft brewery offers just about every style of brew imaginable, from hoppy double IPAs to fruity goses. Located in a former Chevy dealership and auto repair shop turned 13,000 square-foot brewery, the building offers plenty of indoor and outdoor space to kick back.

Early October brings Imperial Trop Haze, which is the advanced, older, handsome DIPA grad school cousin of Creature’s famed IPA Tropicália. It clocks in with a higher ABV (8%), and takes the tropical citrus vibe up a notch in terms of body and hop. If you’re looking for something on the thicker and sweeter side, grab a four-pack of Awaken, My Love—the all-Gambino, never-Childish, 13.7%, imperial stout made with cinnamon and Colombian Los Ortega coffee from Athens-based 1000 Faces Coffee. Sure, the newly B-Corp-certified brewery may be opening a new location in LA, but the brilliant brewery hasn’t gone Hollywood.