re: Breweries in your city

Ranking the breweries in Portland is tough. I guess it just depends on what you want. I'll give a rough top 10.

Different styles makes for apples to oranges comparisons.

Cascade - great sours. Clearly the best in that category.
Hair of the Dog - Some fantastic barrel aged beers. Again, gets points because of the uniqueness of their beers.
Deschutes - Best brewpub. So busy, nobody goes there anymore. Very good standard lineup, but one-offs and seasonals are great.
Breakside - Very good beers, and always coming up with interesting one-offs
Laurelwood - Like Breakside, but there IPAs run more to the piney side.
The Commons - On the list because they brew a lot of non-standard beers that are very tasty. They brew more farmhouse style beers.
Upright - Similar to The Commons, Belgian beers, very tasty.
Hopworks Urban Brewery - Everything they brew is really good. Their Brewpubs are very cool, also.
McMenamins - Great place to hang out. They restore old buildings and make brew pubs. Consistency is a problem, as they brew on site at all of their brewpubs, of which there are many.
Fat Heads - New to the scene here in Portland. They have a lot of guest taps in addition to their regular lineup.