Tuesday, April 14, 2009

News Item

Top 50 Breweries in America

The Brewers Association has announced the top 50 breweries in the U.S. based on sales, by volume, for 2008. This includes all breweries, regardless of size or other parameters. Here is the 2008 list:

1. Anheuser-Busch InBev; St Louis MO
2. MillerCoors; Chicago IL
3. Pabst Brewing; Woodridge IL
4. Boston Beer Co.; Boston MA
5. D. G. Yuengling and Son; Pottsville PA
6. Sierra Nevada Brewing; Chico CA
7. Craft Brewers Alliance (Widmer/Redhook); Portland OR
8. New Belgium Brewing; Fort Collins CO
9. High Falls Brewing; Rochester NY
10. Spoetzl Brewery (Gambrinus); Spoetzl TX
11. Pyramid Breweries; Seattle WA
12. Deschutes Brewery; Bend OR
13. Iron City Brewing (fka Pittsburgh Brewing); Pittsburgh PA
14. Minhas Craft Brewery; Monroe WI
15. Matt Brewing; Utica NY
16. Boulevard Brewing; Kansas City MO
17. Full Sail Brewing; Hood River OR
18. Magic Hat Brewing Company; South Burlington VT
19. Alaskan Brewing; Juneau AK
20. Harpoon Brewery; Boston, MA
21. Bell’s Brewery; Galesburg MI
22. Goose Island Beer; Chicago IL
23. Kona Brewing; Kailua-Kona HI
24. Anchor Brewing; San Francisco CA
26. Shipyard Brewing; Portland ME
27. Summit Brewing; Saint Paul MN
28. Stone Brewing; Escondido CA
29. Mendocino Brewing; Ukiah CA
30. Abita Brewing; New Orleans LA
31. Brooklyn Brewery; Brooklyn NY
32. New Glarus Brewing; New Glarus WI
33. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery; Lewes DE
34. Long Trail Brewing; Bridgewater Corners VT
35. Gordon Biersch Brewing; San Jose CA
36. Rogue Ales/Oregon Brewing; Newport OR
37. Great Lakes Brewing; Cleveland OH
38. Lagunitas Brewing; Petaluma CA
39. Firestone Walker Brewing; Paso Robles CA
40. SweetWater Brewing; Atlanta GA
41. Flying Dog Brewery; Denver CO
42. BJs Restaurant & Brewery; Huntington Beach CA
43. Rock Bottom Brewery Restaurants; Louisville CO
44. Bridgeport Brewing; Portland OR
45. Odell Brewing; Fort Collins CO
46. Victory Brewing; Downington PA
47. Straub Brewery; Saint Mary’s PA
48. Cold Spring Brewery; Cold Spring MN
49. Mac and Jack’s Brewery; Redmond WA
50. Big Sky Brewing; Missoula MT

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Bob Sullivan. You made the "Sweet 16".

Ed Scanlon

Anonymous said...

Not 1 from Brew City? It would have been better if they lost the "Brewers" baseball team.



McCarthy

Anonymous said...

I'll drink to that!

Cami

Anonymous said...

JUST HEARD HALLMARK IS LAYING OFF 750 PERSONS. WHAT IS YOUR STATUS?

Anonymous said...

It's nice to see my brothers favorite brew, Shipyard, came in at #26.