Thursday, April 15, 2010

I Bet My Brewing Company is Bigger Than Yours


The numbers are in from the Brewers Association (BA) on the top brewing companies in the country.  The two lists are, Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies and Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies. All numbers are based on beer sales volume from 2009. Below are the top 20 for each catagory.  Locally Dogfish Head (16/craft, 24/overall), Yuengling (4/overall) and Victory (30/ craft, 40/overall) made the lists. Iron City Brewing Co. (25/overall) and Straub (46/overall) were also ranked. The complete rundown is here.

(from BA website)
Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies

(Based on 2009 beer sales volume)
Rank, Brewing Company, City, State

1 Boston Beer Co. Boston MA
2 Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Chico CA
3 New Belgium Brewing Co. Fort Collins CO
4 Spoetzl Brewery Shiner TX
5 Pyramid Breweries Inc. Seattle WA
6 Deschutes Brewery Bend OR
7 Matt Brewing Co. Utica NY
8 Magic Hat Brewing Co. Burlington VT
9 Boulevard Brewing Co. Kansas City MO
10 Harpoon Brewery Boston MA
11 Alaskan Brewing Co. Juneau AK
12 Bell’s Brewery, Inc. Galesburg MI
13 Kona Brewing Co. Kailua-Kona HI
14 Full Sail Brewing Co. Hood River OR
15 Stone Brewing Co. Escondido CA
16 Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Milton DE
17 The Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn NY
18 Abita Brewing Co. Abita Springs LA
19 Summit Brewing Co. Saint Paul MN
20 Anchor Brewing Co. San Francisco CA

Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies

(Based on 2009 beer sales volume)
Rank, Brewing Company, City, State

1 Anheuser-Busch InBev St. Louis MO
2 MillerCoors Brewing Co. Chicago IL
3 Pabst Brewing Co. Woodridge IL
4 D. G. Yuengling and Son Inc. Pottsville PA
5 Boston Beer Co. Boston MA
6 Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Chico CA
7 New Belgium Brewing Co. Fort Collins CO
8 Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc. Portland OR
9 Spoetzl Brewery (part of Gambrinus) Shiner TX
10 High Falls Brewing Co. Rochester NY
11 Minhas Craft Brewery Monroe WI
12 Pyramid Breweries (part of IBU) Seattle WA
13 Deschutes Brewery Bend OR
14 F.X. Matt Brewing Co. Utica NY
15 Magic Hat Brewing Co. (part of IBU) Burlington VT
16 Boulevard Brewing Co. Kansas City MO
17 Harpoon Brewery Boston MA
18 Alaskan Brewing Co. Juneau AK
19 Bell's Brewery, Inc. Galesburg MI
20 Goose Island Beer Co. Chicago IL

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