Nebraska Beer

Today in 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state.

Nebraska

Nebraska Breweries

• Beaver View Brew Co.
• Empyrean Brewing Company
• Gottberg Brew Pub
• Granite City Food & Brewery
• Jaipur Restaurant and Brewpub
• Lucky Bucket Brewing Company
• Misty’s Steakhouse & Brewery
• Modern Monks Forbidden Ales
• Nebraska Brewing Company
• SchillingBridge Winery & Microbrewery
• Spilker Ales
• Thunderhead Brewery
• Upstream Brewing

Nebraska Brewery Guides

• Beer Advocate
• Beer Me
• Rate Beer

Guild: Nebraska Craft Brewers Association

State Agency: Nebraska Liquor Control Commission

• Capital: Lincoln
• Largest Cities: Omaha, Lincoln, Bellevue, Grand Island, Kearney
• Population: 1,711,263; 38th
• Area: 77358 sq.mi., 16th
• Nickname: Cornhusker State
• Statehood: 37th, March 1, 1867

• Alcohol Legalized: May 8, 1933
• Number of Breweries: 18
• Rank: 30th
• Beer Production: 1,509,416
• Production Rank: 36th
• Beer Per Capita: 26.2 Gallons

Package Mix:

• Bottles: 33.6%
• Cans: 54.9%
• Kegs: 11.4%

Beer Taxes:

• Per Gallon: $0.31
• Per Case: $0.70
• Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $9.61
• Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $9.61

Economic Impact (2010):

• From Brewing: $29,928,238
• Direct Impact: $368,743,551
• Supplier Impact: $292,456,172
• Induced Economic Impact: $204,259,630
• Total Impact: $865,459,353

Legal Restrictions:

• Control State: No
• Sale Hours: 6 a.m.–1 a.m. Legislation passed in 2010 allows for municipalities to extend on-premise sales to 2 a.m. with two-thirds approval of city or county councils.
• Grocery Store Sales: Yes
• Notes: Yes No on- or off-premises sales of spirits before noon on Sundays. All beer, wine, and champagne can be sold starting at 6 a.m. In Omaha, it was illegal to sell all liquor before noon. On December 19, 2006, the Omaha city council voted 5-1 to repeal the law.

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.

For the remaining states, see Brewing Links: United States.