Top 50 Craft Breweries
Just as the craft brewery movement was finally gaining serious momentum, the Covid-19 pandemic threatened to stop it in its tracks. Fortunately, many of the smaller craft breweries managed to survive the last year. The team at Cheers All offers a look at the top 50 craft breweries in the U.S.
The Brewers Association, which is a not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers, recently released its annual list of the top 50 producing craft brewing companies as well as overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on beer sales volume. Of note is the fact that of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 40 were small and independent craft brewing companies.
“The COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed where Americans purchased alcohol in 2020. Breweries who had established packaging and distribution capacity were best positioned to take advantage of the boom in off-premise sales and weather market uncertainty,” said Bart Watson, chief economist, Brewers Association. “These businesses also saw variation in performance based on geography and business model, with different parts of the country seeing very different beer trends, and draught-heavy breweries suffering.”
Who Made the Top 50 List?
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- D. G. Yuengling and Son Inc Pottsville PA
- Boston Beer Co Boston, Milton MA
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co Chico CA
- Duvel Moortgat Paso Robles, Kansas City, Cooperstown CA
- Gambrinus Berkeley, Shiner CA
- CANarchy Longmont, Tampa, Salt Lake City
- Bell's Brewery, Inc Comstock, Inglewood, Dallas
- Artisanal Brewing Ventures Downingtown, Lakewood, Brooklyn
- Stone Brewing Escondido CA
- Deschutes Brewery Bend OR
- SweetWater Brewing Co Atlanta GA
- New Glarus Brewing Co New Glarus WI
- Matt Brewing Co Utica NY
- Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn NY
- Harpoon Brewery Boston MA
- Stevens Point Brewery Stevens Point WI
- Odell Brewing Co Fort Collins CO
- Minhas Craft Brewery Monroe WI
- Abita Brewing Co Covington LA
- Troegs Brewing Co Hershey PA
- Summit Brewing Co Saint Paul MN
- Great Lakes Brewing Company Cleveland OH
- August Schell Brewing Company New Ulm MN
- Three Floyds Brewing Co Munster IN
- Rhinegeist Brewery Cincinnati OH
- Alaskan Brewing Co Juneau AK
- Gordon Biersch Brewing Co San Jose CA
- Georgetown Brewing Co Seattle WA
- Allagash Brewing Company Portland ME
- Kings & Convicts Brewing Pleasant Prairie, San Diego
- Long Trail Brewing Co Bridgewater Corners VT
- Narragansett Brewing Co Pawtucket RI
- Ninkasi Brewing Co Eugene OR
- 21st Amendment Brewery Bay Area CA
- Flying Dog Brewery Frederick MD
- Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis MN
- Rogue Ales Brewery Newport OR
- Lost Coast Brewery Eureka CA
- Revolution Brewing Chicago IL
- Modern Times Beer San Diego CA
- BrewDog Brewing Company Canal Winchester OH
- Saint Arnold Brewing Co Houston TX
- Toppling Goliath Brewing Co Decorah IA
- Two Roads Brewing Co Stratford CT
- Fremont Brewing Seattle WA
- Shipyard Brewing Co Portland ME
- Left Hand Brewing Company Longmont CO
- Creature Comforts Brewing Co Athens GA
- Montauk Brewing Co Montauk NY
- New Holland Brewing Holland MI
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