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The Best Breweries and Taprooms in Springfield, Missouri

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Summary

5 venues in our ranking qualify as breweries and taprooms in Springfield, Missouri. The highest-ranked is Hold Fast Brewing, and Hold Fast Brewing takes our Best Brewery Night Out award.

Breweries occupy an awkward position in a nightlife guide: most close before the clubs fill. We score them on what they offer in the evening window they actually operate in, and reward the ones that programme something.

Published criteria for this category

  • Brewing on site, or a taproom-scale draught programme
  • Evening hours that support a night out rather than only an afternoon
  • Programming or amenities beyond the bar itself
  • Published, current hours

These sit on top of the 100-point rubric applied to every venue in this publication.

The ranking

The Best Breweries and Taprooms in Springfield, Missouri — quick reference
Overall #VenueScoreBest for
6Hold Fast Brewing80A Tuesday night with live jazz, no cover and no obligation to shout over the room.
19Mumbles188868Watching football properly, with Springfield Brewing Company beer and Ty Iechyd Da spirits behind the bar.
20Mother's Brewing Company68An early-evening taproom session with the widest tap list in the ranking.
22Best of Luck Beer Hall67A group night built around bocce, bags and washers with 40 taps to work through.
24Springfield Brewing Company66Beer, spirits and food in one place, with the option of live music downstairs in The Cellar.
Ranked number 6

Hold Fast Brewing

235 N Kimbrough Ave, Springfield, MO 65806·80 / 100

Hold Fast Brewing is a downtown brewery whose Tuesday jazz night has become an institution: live jazz from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., every week, with no cover. The rest of the calendar carries trivia, music bingo, rotating live music and daily food trucks.

Why it ranks

  • Weekly, reliable, free live music is rarer than it sounds. The Tuesday jazz residency runs to a fixed rotation of local bands and has built its own following.
  • No cover, ever, for the jazz night, combined with rotating food trucks on site, puts it among the highest value scores in this ranking.
  • The wider calendar is genuinely varied — books and brews, music bingo, trivia — rather than one event repeated.

What to know

  • Taproom hours are Monday to Thursday 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday noon to 11:00 p.m., and Sunday noon to 6:00 p.m.
  • Jazz night runs Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., with no cover.
  • Food comes from rotating food trucks rather than an in-house kitchen.

Hours

Opening hours for Hold Fast Brewing
Monday3 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Tuesday3 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Wednesday3 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Thursday3 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Friday12 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Saturday12 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Sunday12 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Hours verified August 13, 2026 from the venue's own published information. Always check before travelling.

Sources

Directions to Hold Fast BrewingFull profile and score breakdown
Ranked number 19

Mumbles1888

504 E Commercial St, Springfield, MO 65803·68 / 100

Mumbles1888 opened on Historic Commercial Street in early February 2026 as Springfield Brewing Company's football pub, run with its sister distillery Ty Iechyd Da. It shows every Premier League match live, alongside a deep pour list of Springfield Brewing beers and small-batch spirits.

Why it ranks

  • A dedicated football pub is a genuinely new category for Springfield, and committing to every Premier League fixture live is a real, checkable schedule rather than a vague promise of sport on TV.
  • The drinks list is unusually strong for a sports bar: Springfield Brewing Company's beers plus Ty Iechyd Da's small-batch spirits, both made by the operator.
  • The building is part of the appeal — it first opened in 1888 and spent more than sixty years as the Frisco Taproom.

What to know

  • Hours are Monday to Thursday 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
  • The pub opens early for significant Premier League fixtures, so check before an early kick-off.
  • It is on Commercial Street, a separate district from downtown.

Hours

Opening hours for Mumbles1888
Monday11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Tuesday11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Wednesday11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Thursday11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Friday11 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Saturday11 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Sunday11 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Hours verified August 14, 2026 from the venue's own published information. The pub opens earlier for significant fixtures. Always check before travelling.

Directions to Mumbles1888Full profile and score breakdown
Ranked number 20

Mother's Brewing Company

215 S Grant Ave, Springfield, MO 65806·68 / 100

Mother's Brewing Company runs a large taproom on South Grant Avenue with more than 21 taps, rotating kegged cocktails and brewery tours. It is an established fixture of the Springfield beer scene and opens seven days a week.

Why it ranks

  • More than 21 taps is the widest published draught selection in this ranking, and the rotating kegged cocktails extend it beyond beer.
  • It opens seven days a week with clearly published hours, which makes it one of the more dependable options on the list.
  • Brewery tours give it a daytime and early-evening proposition that most venues here do not have.

What to know

  • Open Monday to Thursday 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., and Sunday 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
  • More than 21 taps, plus rotating kegged cocktails made by the bar staff.
  • Brewery tours are available.

Hours

Opening hours for Mother's Brewing Company
Monday2 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Tuesday2 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Wednesday2 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Thursday2 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Friday2 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Saturday2 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Sunday2 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Hours verified August 13, 2026 from the venue's own published information. Always check before travelling.

Sources

Directions to Mother's Brewing CompanyFull profile and score breakdown
Ranked number 22

Best of Luck Beer Hall

313-B S Jefferson Ave, Springfield, MO 65806·67 / 100

Best of Luck Beer Hall on South Jefferson Avenue is built around a central games court — bocce, bags, washers and arcade machines — surrounded by 40 rotating taps, punch-style cocktails and wine.

Why it ranks

  • The floor plan is the concept. Putting a games lawn in the middle of the room rather than shoving a dartboard in a corner produces a completely different social dynamic.
  • Forty rotating taps is a serious selection, and the punch-style cocktails and wine list widen it past beer drinkers.
  • It is downtown and walkable, which makes it easy to fold into a larger night.

What to know

  • Third-party listings show Wednesday and Thursday 5:00 p.m. to midnight, Friday 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., Saturday 2:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., and closed Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Not confirmed by the venue.
  • Yard games include bocce, bags and washers, alongside arcade machines.
  • Forty rotating taps, plus punch-style cocktails and wine.

Hours

Hours below come from third-party listings and are not confirmed by the venue. Check the official page before visiting.

Check Best of Luck Beer Hall’s official page

Sources

Directions to Best of Luck Beer HallFull profile and score breakdown
Ranked number 24

Springfield Brewing Company

305 S Market Ave, Springfield, MO 65806·66 / 100

Springfield Brewing Company has been brewing on South Market Avenue since 1997. The building houses the brewpub, an on-site distillery, and The Cellar — a live music sound lounge.

Why it ranks

  • Beer, spirits and food under one roof, from a brewery operating since 1997, is a durable proposition, and the on-site distillery genuinely extends what the venue can offer.
  • The Cellar is a purpose-built sound lounge rather than a corner with a PA, which puts SBC in a different category from taprooms that occasionally host a band.
  • Long opening hours seven days a week, starting in the morning at weekends, make it unusually flexible.

What to know

  • Brewpub hours are Monday to Thursday 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and Sunday 10:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
  • The Cellar is the venue's live music lounge. Its current schedule is not published on the venue's site — check with the venue directly.
  • There is an on-site distillery in addition to the brewery.

Hours

Opening hours for Springfield Brewing Company
Monday11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Tuesday11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Wednesday11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Thursday11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Friday11 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Saturday10:30 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Sunday10:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Hours verified August 13, 2026 from the venue's own published information. Brewpub hours. The Cellar's music schedule is published separately, if at all. Always check before travelling.

Sources

Directions to Springfield Brewing CompanyFull profile and score breakdown