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Alaska Beer

January 3, 2011 By Jay Brooks

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Today in 1959, Alaska became the 49th state.

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Alaska Breweries

  • Alaskan Brewing
  • Baranof Island Brewing
  • Denali Brewing
  • Easy Hooker Brewing [closed?]
  • Glacier Brewhouse
  • Great Bear Brewing
  • Haines Brewing
  • Homer Brewing
  • Kasski’s Kenai Brew Stop
  • Kenai River Brewing
  • Kodiak Island Brewing
  • Midnight Sun Brewing
  • Moose’s Tooth Brewing
  • St. Elias Brewing
  • Silver Gulch Brewing
  • Skagway Brewing
  • Sleeping Lady Brewing / Snow Goose Rest.

Alaska Brewery Guides

  • Beer Advocate
  • Beer Me
  • Rate Beer
  • United Nations

Guild: Brewers Guild of Alaska

State Agency: Alcoholic Beverage Control Board

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  • Capital: Juneau
  • Largest Cities: Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, Sitka, Ketchikan
  • Population: 626,932; 48th
  • Area: 656,425 sq.mi., 1st
  • Nickname: The Last Frontier
  • Statehood: 49th, January 3, 1959

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  • Alcohol Legalized: August 24, 1933
  • Number of Breweries: 17
  • Rank: 31st
  • Beer Production: 424,712
  • Production Rank: 50th
  • Beer Per Capita: 865.9 Gallons

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Package Mix:

  • Bottles: 39.4%
  • Cans: 52.8%
  • Kegs: 7.5%

Beer Taxes:

  • Per Gallon: $1.07
  • Per Case: $2.41
  • Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $33.17
  • Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $33.17

Economic Impact (2010):

  • From Brewing: $52,164,509
  • Direct Impact: $170,869,901
  • Supplier Impact: $65,295,912
  • Induced Economic Impact: $53,629,253
  • Total Impact: $289,795,066

Legal Restrictions:

  • Control State: No
  • Sale Hours: 8 a.m.–5 a.m., except election days (liquor stores may not open until polls close)
  • Grocery Store Sales: No (although many grocery stores have separate areas that sell all forms of alcoholic beverages and many bars sell packaged liquor as well.)
  • Notes: Most communities have more restrictive laws, ranging from restrictions on operating hours to bans on sale and possession. Sellers/servers may not, for any reason, give a person alcohol for free or sell it for less than its cost. Sellers/servers may drink while on duty, but no intoxicated person may remain on the premises, so an impaired server could be arrested.

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Data complied, in part, from the Beer Institute’s Brewer’s Almanac 2010, Beer Serves America, the Brewers Association, Wikipedia and my World Factbook. If you see I’m missing a brewery link, please be so kind as to drop me a note or simply comment on this post. Thanks.

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