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Boulder, Colo.—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 producing craft brewing companies and overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on beer sales volume. Of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 40 were small and independent craft brewing companies.1

“Although the market has grown more competitive, particularly for regional craft breweries with the widest distribution, these 50 small and independent brewing companies continue to lead the craft brewing market in sales through strong brands, quality, and innovation,” said Bart Watson, chief economist, Brewers Association.

View and download map of top 50 producing craft brewing companies.

Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies

Rank Brewery Name 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, San Francisco CO, CA 5 Duvel Moortgat Paso Robles, Kansas City, Cooperstown CA, MO, NY 6 Gambrinus San Antonio, Berkeley, Portland TX, CA, OR 7 Bell’s Brewery Inc. Comstock MI 8 CANarchy Longmont, Tampa, Salt Lake City, Comstock, Inglewood, Dallas CO, FL, UT, MI, CA, TX 9 Stone Brewing Co. Escondido CA 10 Deschutes Brewery Bend OR 11 Artisanal Brewing Ventures Downingtown, Lakewood, Brooklyn PA, NY, NY 12 Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn NY 13 Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Milton DE 14 SweetWater Brewing Co. Atlanta GA 15 Minhas Craft Brewery Monroe WI 16 New Glarus Brewing Co. New Glarus WI 17 Matt Brewing Co. Utica NY 18 Harpoon Brewery Boston MA 19 Alaskan Brewing Co. Juneau AK 20 Great Lakes Brewing Co. Cleveland OH 21 Abita Brewing Co. Abita Springs LA 22 Stevens Point Brewery Stevens Point WI 23 Odell Brewing Co. Fort Collins CO 24 Summit Brewing Co. St. Paul MN 25 August Schell Brewing Co. New Ulm MN 26 21st Amendment Brewery Bay Area CA 27 Troëgs Brewing Co. Hershey PA 28 Rhinegeist Brewery Cincinnati OH 29 Shipyard Brewing Co. Portland ME 30 Allagash Brewing Co. Portland ME 31 Long Trail Brewing Co. Bridgewater Corners VT 32 Narragansett Brewing Co. Providence RI 33 Flying Dog Brewery Frederick MD 34 Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis MN 35 Ninkasi Brewing Co. Eugene OR 36 Rogue Ales Newport OR 37 Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. San Jose CA 38 Revolution Brewing Chicago IL 39 Three Floyds Brewing Co. Munster IN 40 Karl Strauss Brewing Co. San Diego CA 41 Georgetown Brewing Co. Seattle WA 42 Uinta Brewing Co. Salt Lake City UT 43 Wachusett Brewing Co. Westminster MA 44 Full Sail Brewing Co. Hood River OR 45 Modern Times Beer San Diego CA 46 North Coast Brewing Co. Fort Bragg CA 47 Lost Coast Brewery Eureka CA 48 Saint Arnold Brewing Co. Houston TX 49 Bear Republic Brewing Co. Cloverdale CA 50 Left Hand Brewing Company Longmont CO

Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies

Rank Brewery Name City State Bold = small and independent craft brewery 1 Anheuser-Busch Inc. (a) St. Louis MO 2 MillerCoors (b) Chicago IL 3 Constellation (c) Chicago IL 4 Heineken (d) White Plains NY 5 Pabst Brewing Co. (e) Los Angeles CA 6 D. G. Yuengling & Son Inc. Pottsville PA 7 Diageo (f) Norwalk CT 8 FIFCO USA (g) Rochester NY 9 Boston Beer Co. (h) Boston MA 10 Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Chico CA 11 New Belgium Brewing Co. (i) Fort Collins CO 12 Craft Brew Alliance (j) Portland OR 13 Duvel Moortgat (k) Paso Robles, Kansas City, Cooperstown CA, MO, NY 14 Founders Brewing Co. (l) Grand Rapids MI 15 Gambrinus (m) San Antonio, Berkeley, Portland TX, CA, OR 16 Bell’s Brewery Inc. (n) Comstock MI 17 CANarchy (o) Longmont, Tampa, Salt Lake City, Comstock, Inglewood, Dallas CO, FL, UT, MI, CA, TX 18 Stone Brewing Co. Escondido CA 19 Deschutes Brewery Bend OR 20 Artisanal Brewing Ventures (p) Downingtown, Lakewood, Brooklyn PA, NY, NY 21 Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn NY 22 Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Milton DE 23 SweetWater Brewing Co. Atlanta GA 24 Minhas Craft Brewery (q) Monroe WI 25 New Glarus Brewing Co. New Glarus WI 26 Matt Brewing Co. (r) Utica NY 27 Sapporo USA (s) La Crosse, San Francisco WI, CA 28 Harpoon Brewery Boston MA 29 Alaskan Brewing Co. Juneau AK 30 Great Lakes Brewing Co. Cleveland OH 31 Abita Brewing Co. Abita Springs LA 32 Stevens Point Brewery (t) Stevens Point WI 33 Odell Brewing Co. Fort Collins CO 34 Summit Brewing Co. St. Paul MN 35 August Schell Brewing Co. (u) New Ulm MN 36 21st Amendment Brewery Bay Area CA 37 Troëgs Brewing Co. Hershey PA 38 Rhinegeist Brewery Cincinnati OH 39 Shipyard Brewing Co. (v) Portland ME 40 Allagash Brewing Co. Portland ME 41 Long Trail Brewing Co. Bridgewater Corners VT 42 Narragansett Brewing Co. Providence RI 43 Flying Dog Brewery Frederick MD 44 Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis MN 45 Ninkasi Brewing Co. Eugene OR 46 Rogue Ales Newport OR 47 Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. San Jose CA 48 Revolution Brewing Chicago IL 49 Three Floyds Brewing Co. Munster IN 50 Karl Strauss Brewing Co. San Diego CA

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

A comprehensive State of the Industry report will be delivered during the 2019 Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America, held from April 8-11 in Denver, Colorado. The association’s full 2018 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 2019.

1 Figure based on companies that met the craft brewer definition for all or part of 2018. An American craft brewer is a small and independent brewer. 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. Brewer: Has a TTB Brewer’s Notice and makes beer.

View a complete list of brands in the overall brewing category.

Contact: Abby Cohen (on behalf of the Brewers Association) 646-695-7044

About the Brewers Association

The Brewers Association (BA) is the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers, their beers and the community of brewing enthusiasts. The BA represents 4,800-plus U.S. breweries. The BA’s independent craft brewer seal is a widely adopted symbol that differentiates beers by small and independent craft brewers. The BA organizes events including the World Beer Cup®, Great American Beer Festival®, Craft Brewers Conference® & BrewExpo America®, SAVOR℠: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience, Homebrew Con™, and National Homebrew Competition. The BA publishes The New Brewer® magazine and Brewers Publications® is the leading publisher of brewing literature in the U.S. Beer lovers are invited to learn more about the dynamic world of craft beer at CraftBeer.com® and about homebrewing via the BA’s American Homebrewers Association® and the free Brew Guru® mobile app. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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