According to this article in the Washington Post, the best state would be Oregon; home to more than 180 craft breweries. That means Oregon has more microbreweries per capita than any other state.

For grins, I decided to check out the medal winners in this year's Great American Beer Festival. My first reaction was "Holy crap! Who knew they had this many categories!" Sure enough, Oregon was very well represented. Still, Texas craft brewers (a pretty young industry here) scored a total of 10 medals.

I suppose some would argue that there are other reasons why any given state might be a great place to live, but excellent beer is certainly a good start.