SARATOGA SPRINGS (AP) - Upstate New York fares well in a magazine's list of the top places to have a beer.

North Carolina-based All About Beer magazine has compiled a list of the "top 125 places to have a beer before you die."

The lists includes bars, festivals and venues from Germany to Australia and includes many places in the United States.

The upstate location ranked highest on the list is the clubhouse at the Saratoga Race Course, which comes in at number 19. The Blue Tusk in Syracuse is listed at number 48, followed by the tasting room at FX Matt Brewing in Utica at number 65.

Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown is number 85, Clark's Ale House
in Syracuse is number 97, Mahar's bar in Albany is number 99 and the Anchor Bar in Buffalo -- originators of the chicken wing -- is number 116.

According to the magazine, the top place in the world to have a beer before your die is the annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver.

The full list will be posted on the magazine's Web site - www.allaboutbeer.com

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