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**View Top 50 Brewing Companies in 2017 Press Release**

Boulder, CO • March 15, 2017—The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade group representing small and independent craft brewers—today released its annual lists of the top 50 craft and overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on beer sales volume. Of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 40 were craft brewing companies.1

“With such a broad range of brewers in today’s beer landscape, the leading small and independent producers have helped build the craft brewing industry to what it is today,” said Bart Watson, chief economist, Brewers Association. “Embracing their experience and ability to thrive and overcome challenges, the top producing craft brewers will continue to inspire, innovate and influence the future of beer.”

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Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies

Rank Brewing Company City State 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 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 Downingtown/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

Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies

Rank Brewing Company City State 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 (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) Downingtown/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

Bolded = Small and independent craft brewer. View a complete list of brands in the overall brewing category.

View Top 50 U.S. Craft Breweries on a Map Click on map to view.

A comprehensive State of the Industry report will be delivered during the 2017 Craft Brewers Conference, held from April 10 -13, 2017 in Washington, D.C. The Association’s full 2016 industry analysis, which shows regional trends and sales by individual breweries, will be published in the May/June issue of The New Brewer, available in May 2017.

Update: An earlier version of the graphic noted Long Trail Brewing Co as the number 25 brewery. Long Trail is tied with August Schell Brewing Co as the number 24 brewery. The graphic has been updated to reflect this.

1Figure based on companies that met craft brewer definition for all or part of 2016. An American craft brewer is small, independent and traditional. Small: Annual production of 6 million barrels of beer or less (approximately 3 percent of U.S. annual sales). Beer production is attributed to the rules of alternating proprietorships. Independent: Less than 25 percent of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by an alcoholic beverage industry member that is not itself a craft brewer. Traditional: A brewer that has a majority of its total beverage alcohol volume in beers whose flavor derives from traditional or innovative brewing ingredients and their fermentation. Flavored malt beverages (FMBs) are not considered beers.

Abby Berman (on behalf of the Brewer Association) (646) 695-7044

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