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Top 50 Breweries For 2009

April 14, 2010 By Jay Brooks

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The Brewers Association has also just announced the top 50 breweries in the U.S. based on sales, by volume, for 2009. This includes all breweries, regardless of size or other parameters. Here is the new list:

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

Here is this year’s press release.

Also, the Annotated List is now up.

Filed Under: Breweries, News Tagged With: Big Brewers, Statistics, United States



Comments

  1. brian says

    April 14, 2010 at 1:53 pm

    Can’t wait for the day that #1 and 2 are knocked off this chart altogether!

    Glad to see most of my favorites made the list! #24, #19, #23, #41 !!!

  2. dbrewing says

    April 14, 2010 at 5:57 pm

    So, how does contact brewing fit into all of this.?

    • J says

      April 14, 2010 at 9:39 pm

      Contract beer is generally captured in the contracting beer company’s figures as opposed to the brewery who does the contract brewing for them.

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