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Boulder, Colo. • April 1, 2020 — The Brewers Association—the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers—today released its annual list 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 companies1.

“Although 2020 will be a markedly different year than 2019 for the craft brewing market, these companies are well positioned to help the craft category weather the current market uncertainty and rebound with the flavor, variety, and innovation that beer lovers have come to expect from small brewers,” 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 and 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 Berkeley, Portland, Shiner CA, OR, TX 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 Escondido CA 10 Artisanal Brewing Ventures Downingtown, Lakewood, Brooklyn PA, NY, NY 11 Deschutes Brewery Bend OR 12 Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn NY 13 Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Milton DE 14 SweetWater Brewing Co Atlanta GA 15 New Glarus Brewing Co New Glarus WI 16 Matt Brewing Co Utica NY 17 Harpoon Brewery Boston MA 18 Minhas Craft Brewery Monroe WI 19 Odell Brewing Co Fort Collins CO 20 Stevens Point Brewery Stevens Point WI 21 Summit Brewing Co Saint Paul MN 22 Alaskan Brewing Co Juneau AK 23 Great Lakes Brewing Co Cleveland OH 24 Abita Brewing Co Covington LA 25 August Schell Brewing Co New Ulm MN 26 Rhinegeist Brewery Cincinnati OH 27 Troegs Brewing Co Hershey PA 28 Allagash Brewing Co Portland ME 29 21st Amendment Brewery Bay Area CA 30 Narragansett Brewing Co Pawtucket RI 31 Three Floyds Brewing Co Munster IN 32 Gordon Biersch Brewing Co San Jose CA 33 Georgetown Brewing Co Seattle WA 34 Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis MN 35 Flying Dog Brewery Frederick MD 36 Rogue Ales Brewery Newport OR 37 Long Trail Brewing Co Bridgewater Corners VT 38 Ninkasi Brewing Co Eugene OR 39 Karl Strauss Brewing Co San Diego CA 40 Revolution Brewing Chicago IL 41 Lost Coast Brewery Eureka CA 42 Shipyard Brewing Co Portland ME 43 Wachusett Brewing Co Westminster MA 44 Modern Times Beer San Diego CA 45 Saint Arnold Brewing Co Houston TX 46 Full Sail Brewing Co Hood River OR 47 Two Roads Brewing Co Stratford CT 48 Left Hand Brewing Company Longmont CO 49 Bear Republic Brewing Co Cloverdale CA 50 North Coast Brewing Co Inc Fort Bragg CA

Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies

Rank Brewery Name City State 1 Anheuser-Busch Inc (a) St. Louis MO 2 MolsonCoors (b) Chicago IL 3 Constellation (c) Chicago IL 4 Heineken USA (d) White Plains NY 5 Pabst Brewing Co (e) Los Angeles CA 6 Diageo (f) Norwalk CT 7 D.G. Yuengling Pottsville PA 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, San Francisco CO, CA 12 Duvel Moortgat (j) Paso Robles, Kansas City, Cooperstown CA, MO, NY 13 Craft Brew Alliance (k) Portland OR 14 Founders Brewing Co/Mahou San Miguel (l) Grand Rapids, Boulder MI, CO 15 Gambrinus (m) Berkeley, Portland, Shiner CA, OR, TX 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 Escondido CA 19 Sapporo Brewing (p) Tarrytown, San Francisco NY, CA 20 Artisanal Brewing Ventures (q) Downingtown, Lakewood, Brooklyn PA, NY, NY 21 Deschutes Brewery Bend OR 22 Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn NY 23 Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (r) Milton DE 24 SweetWater Brewing Co Atlanta GA 25 New Glarus Brewing Co New Glarus WI 26 Matt Brewing Co (s) Utica NY 27 Harpoon Brewery Boston MA 28 Minhas Craft Brewery (t) Monroe WI 29 Odell Brewing Co Fort Collins CO 30 Stevens Point Brewery (u) Stevens Point WI 31 Summit Brewing Co Saint Paul MN 32 Alaskan Brewing Co Juneau AK 33 Great Lakes Brewing Co Cleveland OH 34 Abita Brewing Co Covington LA 35 August Schell Brewing Co (v) New Ulm MN 36 Rhinegeist Brewery Cincinnati OH 37 Troegs Brewing Co Hershey PA 38 Allagash Brewing Co Portland ME 39 21st Amendment Brewery Bay Area CA 40 Narragansett Brewing Co Pawtucket RI 41 Three Floyds Brewing Co Munster IN 42 Gordon Biersch Brewing Co San Jose CA 43 Georgetown Brewing Co Seattle WA 44 Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis MN 45 Flying Dog Brewery Frederick MD 46 Rogue Ales Brewery Newport OR 47 Long Trail Brewing Co Bridgewater Corners VT 48 Ninkasi Brewing Co Eugene OR 49 Karl Strauss Brewing Co San Diego CA 50 Revolution Brewing Chicago IL

A State of the Industry report will be presented via webinar in mid-April. The Brewers Association’s full 2019 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 2020.

1 Figure based on companies that met the craft brewer definition for all or part of 2019. An American craft brewer is a small and independent brewer. Small: annual production of 6 million barrels of beer or less (approximately 3% of U.S. annual sales). Beer production is attributed to the rules of alternating proprietorships. Independent: less than 25% 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 list of brands included under the companies in the overall brewing category.

Contact: Jenelle Scott (on behalf of the Brewers Association) jenelle.scott@backbonemedia.net, 970.963.4873 x224