The Brewers Association has also just announced the top 50 breweries in the U.S. based on sales, by volume, for 2010. 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
- New Belgium Brewing; Fort Collins CO
- North American Breweries; Rochester, NY
- Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc.; Portland, OR
- Spoetzl Brewery (Gambrinus); Spoetzl TX
- Deschutes Brewery; Bend OR
- Independent Brewers United (IBU); Burlington, VT
- F.X. Matt Brewing; Utica NY
- Minhas Craft Brewery; Monroe WI
- Bell’s Brewery; Galesburg MI
- Harpoon Brewery; Boston, MA
- Boulevard Brewing; Kansas City MO
- Goose Island Beer; Chicago IL
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery; Lewes DE
- Alaskan Brewing; Juneau AK
- Long Trail Brewing; Burlington VT
- August Schell Brewing; New Ulm MN
- Stone Brewing; Escondido CA
- Abita Brewing; New Orleans LA
- Brooklyn Brewery; Brooklyn NY
- Lagunitas Brewing; Petaluma CA
- Full Sail Brewing; Hood River OR
- Shipyard Brewing; Portland ME
- Summit Brewing; Saint Paul MN
- New Glarus Brewing; New Glarus WI
- Great Lakes Brewing; Cleveland OH
- Anchor Brewing; San Francisco CA
- Iron City Brewing; Pittsburgh PA
- Kona Brewing; Kailua-Kona HI
- Rogue Ales/Oregon Brewing; Newport OR
- Firestone Walker Brewing; Paso Robles CA
- Winery Exchange Inc. / World Brew; Novato CA
- SweetWater Brewing; Atlanta GA
- Mendocino Brewing; Ukiah CA
- Flying Dog Brewery; Frederick MD
- Victory Brewing; Downington PA
- Gordon Biersch Brewing; San Jose CA
- BJs Restaurant & Brewery; Huntington Beach CA
- Stevens Point Brewery; Stevens Point WI
- Odell Brewing; Fort Collins CO
- Bridgeport Brewing (Gambrinus); Portland OR
- Cold Spring Brewing; Cold Spring MN
- Rock Bottom Brewery Restaurants; Louisville CO
- Oskar Blues Brewery; Longmont CO
- Straub Brewery; Saint Mary’s PA
Here is this year’s press release.
Interesting list. Does FX Matt brew any of their own stuff? I thought they did all contract brewing? And isn’t Craft Brewers Alliance more of a distributor package then a brewery?
Yes, Matt owns and brews the Saranac brands, and I believe some other regional brands, too.
Not for a few years now. CBA was originally a distribution deal with AB, but when Widmer bought Redhook, they renamed the overall company Craft Brewers Alliance and have since bought into Kona and Goose Island, too, all under the CBA umbrella.
F. X. Matt’s original post-Repeal flagship brand was “Utica Club”- in the 30’s, they brewed 4 different ales as well as their pilsener and a few other styles under that brand name https://sites.google.com/site/jesskidden/uticaclubales back when they were still called “West End Brewing Co.”.
The Matt’s Premium brand (originally all-malt) came around in the 1950’s and was quite big in NYS by the early ’80’s (tho’ no longer all-malt by then IIRC) but seems to have been dropped (along with the below mentioned Maximus Super) but Utica Club is still around as a local beer.
http://www.saranac.com/page/family-brands#
F.X. Matt brews their own stuff… I haven’t seen anything under the MATT’s label in quite some time (I was a big fan of Maximus Super). They certainly do their share of contract brewing, but these days, aren’t the beers under the SARANAC brand their own?
In my opinion, the individual breweries should be ranked, not grouped together under their consortiums like CBA or IBU. Of course a group that owns 3-4 breweries will rank higher than one smaller breweries.