Crooked Can: Winter Garden’s Brewery Tops the Orlando Tap List
Crooked Can Brewing Company takes No. 1 in our Craft Breweries rankings with a Net Score of 92.6 — why it won, and what to get when you go.
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Crooked Can Brewing Company is the No. 1 craft breweries pick in Orlando — not by our say-so, but by the numbers. In Orlando Citizen’s Top Businesses rankings, it posted a Net Score of 92.6, the highest in its category, on a blended 4.7★ drawn from 2,198 public reviews. This is the winner’s profile: why it won, what to get when you go, and the details that make it a Winter Garden fixture.
Why it won
Our Net Score blends a business’s public ratings across the review sources we could retrieve — here: Google 4.9★ (1,130), TripAdvisor 4.6★ (398), Yelp 4.5★ (670) — weights them by review volume, and then applies Bayesian shrinkage (m = 200) so a handful of five-star reviews can’t outrank a proven track record. Crooked Can Brewing Company cleared a field of 25 ranked businesses in Craft Breweries. It was a photo finish: No. 2, Zymarium Meadery, landed at 92.5. Scores compare only within a category, and the underlying ratings were retrieved November 14, 2026.
What to pour
The Space Cowboi hazy double IPA, all pineapple, guava and citrus, is the pour reviewers name first; hop traditionalists steer to the High Stepper, a bitter, balanced West Coast IPA that one regular pairs with brisket from a market stall a few steps away. The Florida Sunshine lager drinks easy and faintly toasty.
The local detail
The brewery anchors Plant Street Market, a food hall of roughly twenty local vendors, so the whole group can eat something different. Reviewers linger at the long counter watching the brewhouse through glass; there are Sunday brewery tours, Wednesday jukebox bingo, and a patio that fills with dogs.
The essentials
- Find it: 426 W Plant St, Winter Garden, FL 34787
- Directions: Get directions
- Neighborhood: Winter Garden
- Hours: Varies by day — check the current schedule before you go (as listed in November 2026 — confirm before a special trip)
- Phone: 407-395-9520
- Online: official site
See the full list: The 10 Best Craft Breweries in Orlando — every ranked business in this category, with scores.
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Part of Orlando Citizen’s Top Businesses in Orlando series. Net Scores are recalculated from fresh public review data each edition.
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