Beer, beer, beer, beer, beer

Forget maple syrup.

Vermont is now a go-to state for craft beers, with eight breweries per 100,000 people, according to a new report from Datafiniti, an Austin, Texas, research firm. With 50 breweries overall, Vermont has a strong craft brewing tradition, the report states. That stems partially from changes in state laws in the late 1980s that allowed for more small breweries, brewpubs and microbreweries.

Other states that lead the way in breweries per capita — Montana, Colorado, Maine and Oregon — share a rugged outdoors brand with Vermont. North Dakota, with 10, and Mississippi, with 11 breweries close out the breweries per capita list. For pure breweries in total, California leads all states, with 687. Colorado is a distant second, at 348 breweries.