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:
- Anheuser-Busch InBev; St Louis MO
- MillerCoors; Chicago IL
- Pabst Brewing; Woodridge IL
- D. G. Yuengling and Son; Pottsville PA
- Boston Beer Co.; Boston MA
- Sierra Nevada Brewing; Chico CA
- Craft Brewers Alliance (Widmer/Redhook); Portland OR
- New Belgium Brewing; Fort Collins CO
- Spoetzl Brewery (Gambrinus); Spoetzl TX
- High Falls Brewing; Rochester NY
- Minhas Craft Brewery; Monroe WI
- Pyramid Breweries (IBU); Seattle WA
- Deschutes Brewery; Bend OR
- F.X. Matt Brewing; Utica NY
- Magic Hat Brewing (IBU); Burlington VT
- Boulevard Brewing; Kansas City MO
- Harpoon Brewery; Boston, MA
- Alaskan Brewing; Juneau AK
- Bell’s Brewery; Galesburg MI
- Goose Island Beer; Chicago IL
- Kona Brewing; Kailua-Kona HI
- Full Sail Brewing; Hood River OR
- Stone Brewing; Escondido CA
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery; Lewes DE
- Iron City Brewing; Pittsburgh PA
- August Schell Brewing; New Ulm MN
- Brooklyn Brewery; Brooklyn NY
- Abita Brewing; New Orleans LA
- Summit Brewing; Saint Paul MN
- Anchor Brewing; San Francisco CA
- Shipyard Brewing; Portland ME
- New Glarus Brewing; New Glarus WI
- Great Lakes Brewing; Cleveland OH
- Rogue Ales/Oregon Brewing; Newport OR
- Long Trail Brewing; Burlington VT
- Lagunitas Brewing; Petaluma CA
- Mendocino Brewing; Ukiah CA
- Gordon Biersch Brewing; San Jose CA
- SweetWater Brewing; Atlanta GA
- Firestone Walker Brewing; Paso Robles CA
- Victory Brewing; Downington PA
- Flying Dog Brewery; Frederick MD
- BJs Restaurant & Brewery; Huntington Beach CA
- Odell Brewing; Fort Collins CO
- Rock Bottom Brewery Restaurants; Louisville CO
- Straub Brewery; Saint Mary’s PA
- Bridgeport Brewing (Gambrinus); Portland OR
- Lost Coast Brewing; Eureka CA
- Big Sky Brewing; Missoula MT
- Stevens Point Brewery; Stevens Point WI
Here is this year’s press release.
Also, the Annotated List is now up.
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 !!!
So, how does contact brewing fit into all of this.?
Contract beer is generally captured in the contracting beer company’s figures as opposed to the brewery who does the contract brewing for them.