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BREAKING | Brewers Association Announces 2016 Top 50 Breweries By Volume
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Every year the Brewers Association releases their lists of the top 50 breweries by volume based on overall craft beer sales for the previous year.
We took a quick look at last year’s list to compare the growth of some of our favorite craft breweries in the country and broke down some of the major changes. As a reminder the Brewers Association defines craft breweries as having produced less than 6 million barrels of beer each year and being controlled by or having less than 25% ownership by an outside entity that is not itself a craft brewer.
- The major notably significant absences from the list include the exclusion of Ballast Point and Lagunitas, who for the first time are no longer considered a craft brewery by the Brewers Association’s definition. As reported earlier this year, Constellation purchased Ballast Point for $1 Billion, and Heineken now owns a 50% stake in Lagunitas.
- Breckenridge and Four Peaks also left the top 50 after being acquired by Anheuser-Busch
- Duvel Moortgat jumped up to 6th place, up from 15th, replacing Lagunitas with the addition of Firestone Walker.
- Oskar Blues, now with their Asheville and Austin locations fully operational jumped up from 14th in 2015 to 10th in 2016.
- The join venture partnership of Victory Brewing and Southern Tier under the title Artisanal Brewing Ventures debuted at #13 after their union in February of 2016
- Surly made this year’s top 50 list at #42 after doubling its capacity in 2016
- Also new to this year’s list after being absent in 2015: Sixpoint, Avery, Real Ale and BJ’s Brewery
1 | D. G. Yuengling & Son, Inc | Pottsville | PA |
2 | Boston Beer Co | Boston | MA |
3 | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co | Chico | CA |
4 | New Belgium Brewing Co | Fort Collins | CO |
5 | Gambrinus | San Antonio | TX |
6 | Duvel Moortgat USA | Paso Robles/Kansas City/Cooperstown | CA/MO/NY |
7 | Bell’s Brewery, Inc | Comstock | MI |
8 | Deschutes Brewery | Bend | OR |
9 | Stone Brewing Co | Escondido | CA |
10 | Oskar Blues Brewing Holding Co | Longmont | CO |
11 | Brooklyn Brewery | Brooklyn | NY |
12 | Minhas Craft Brewery | Monroe | WI |
13 | Artisanal Brewing Ventures | Downington/Lakewood | PA/NY |
14 | Dogfish Head Craft Brewery | Milton | DE |
15 | SweetWater Brewing Co | Atlanta | GA |
16 | New Glarus Brewing Co | New Glarus | WI |
17 | Matt Brewing Co | Utica | NY |
18 | Harpoon Brewery | Boston | MA |
19 | Alaskan Brewing | Juneau | AK |
20 | Abita Brewing Co | Abita Springs | LA |
21 | Great Lakes Brewing Co | Cleveland | OH |
22 | Anchor Brewing Co | San Francisco | CA |
23 | Stevens Point Brewery | Stevens Point | WI |
24 | August Schell Brewing Co | New Ulm | MN |
24 | Long Trail Brewing Co | Bridgewater Corners | VT |
26 | Summit Brewing Co | Saint Paul | MN |
27 | Odell Brewing Co | Fort Collins | CO |
28 | Shipyard Brewing Co | Portland | ME |
29 | Full Sail Brewing Co | Hood River | OR |
30 | Rogue Ales | Newport | OR |
31 | 21st Amendment Brewery | Bay Area | CA |
32 | Flying Dog Brewery | Frederick | MD |
33 | Ninkasi Brewing Co | Eugene | OR |
34 | Gordon Biersch Brewing Co | San Jose | CA |
35 | Allagash Brewing Co | Portland | ME |
36 | Narragansett Brewing Co | Providence | RI |
37 | Green Flash Brewing Co | San Diego | CA |
38 | Tröegs Brewing Co | Hershey | PA |
39 | Uinta Brewing Co | Salt Lake City | UT |
40 | Bear Republic Brewing Co | Cloverdale | CA |
41 | Karl Strauss Brewing Co | San Diego | CA |
42 | Surly Brewing Co | Minneapolis | MN |
43 | Sixpoint Brewery | Brooklyn | NY |
44 | Left Hand Brewing Co | Longmont | CO |
45 | Lost Coast Brewery | Eureka | CA |
46 | Revolution Brewing | Chicago | IL |
47 | North Coast Brewing Co | Fort Bragg | CA |
48 | Avery Brewing Co | Boulder | CO |
49 | Real Ale Brewing Co | Blanco | TX |
50 | BJ’s Brewery | Huntington Beach | CA |
Additionally, The Brewers Association also shared their overall top 50 beer producers by volume in America, which includes non-craft brands, here’s how those rankings shook out.
1 | Anheuser-Busch, Inc (a) | Saint Louis | MO |
2 | MillerCoors (b) | Chicago | IL |
3 | Pabst Brewing Co (c) | Los Angeles | CA |
4 | D. G. Yuengling & Son, Inc | Pottsville | PA |
5 | North American Breweries (d) | Rochester | NY |
6 | Boston Beer Co (e) | Boston | MA |
7 | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co | Chico | CA |
8 | New Belgium Brewing Co | Fort Collins | CO |
9 | Lagunitas Brewing Co (f) | Petaluma | CA |
10 | Craft Brew Alliance (g) | Portland | OR |
11 | Gambrinus (h) | San Antonio | TX |
12 | Duvel Moortgat USA (i) | Paso Robles/Kansas City/Cooperstown | CA/MO/NY |
13 | Ballast Point Brewing Co (j) | San Diego | CA |
14 | Bell’s Brewery, Inc (k) | Comstock | MI |
15 | Deschutes Brewery | Bend | OR |
16 | Founders Brewing Co (l) | Grand Rapids | MI |
17 | Stone Brewing Co | Escondido | CA |
18 | Oskar Blues Brewing Holding Co (m) | Longmont | CO |
19 | Sapporo USA (n) | La Crosse | WI |
20 | Brooklyn Brewery | Brooklyn | NY |
21 | Minhas Craft Brewery (o) | Monroe | WI |
22 | Artisanal Brewing Ventures (p) | Downington/Lakewood | PA/NY |
23 | Dogfish Head Craft Brewery | Milton | DE |
24 | SweetWater Brewing Co | Atlanta | GA |
25 | New Glarus Brewing Co | New Glarus | WI |
26 | Matt Brewing Co (q) | Utica | NY |
27 | Harpoon Brewery | Boston | MA |
28 | Alaskan Brewing Co | Juneau | AK |
29 | Abita Brewing Co | Abita Springs | LA |
30 | Great Lakes Brewing Co | Cleveland | OH |
31 | Anchor Brewing Co | San Francisco | CA |
32 | Stevens Point Brewery (r) | Stevens Point | WI |
33 | August Schell Brewing Co (s) | New Ulm | MN |
33 | Long Trail Brewing Co (t) | Bridgewater Corners | VT |
35 | Summit Brewing Co | Saint Paul | MN |
36 | Odell Brewing Co | Fort Collins | CO |
37 | Shipyard Brewing Co (u) | Portland | ME |
38 | Full Sail Brewing Co | Hood River | OR |
39 | Rogue Ales | Newport | OR |
40 | 21st Amendment Brewery | Bay Area | CA |
41 | Flying Dog Brewery | Frederick | MD |
42 | Ninkasi Brewing Co | Eugene | OR |
43 | Gordon Biersch Brewing Co | San Jose | CA |
44 | Allagash Brewing Co | Portland | ME |
45 | Narragansett Brewing Co | Providence | RI |
46 | Green Flash Brewing Co (v) | San Diego | CA |
47 | Tröegs Brewing Co | Hershey | PA |
48 | Uinta Brewing Co | Salt Lake City | UT |
49 | Bear Republic Brewing Co | Cloverdale | CA |
50 | Pittsburgh Brewing Co (w) | Pittsburgh | PA |
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