Top 50 American Craft Breweries – 2023

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Our friends at the Brewers Association just released their annual list of the Top 50 American Craft Breweries of 2023, along with an industry update that at best was a mixed bag…

Collectively, American craft brewers produced 23.4 million barrels of beer in 2023, a decline of 1% from 2022. At the same time craft’s overall beer market share by volume grew to 13.3%, up from 13.1% in 2022 as craft’s declines were smaller than overall beer volume losses.

“2023 was another competitive and challenging year for small and independent brewers,” said Bart Watson, vice president of strategy and chief economist of the Brewers Association. “Nevertheless, even as growth has downshifted, small brewers have proved quite resilient, as seen in the increase in number of breweries, relatively low closing rates, and gains in onsite sales and jobs.”

And here are last year’s “Serious” Top 50…

“While distribution is as competitive as ever, we continue to see success stories and pockets of growth across the top 50 list,” Watson added. “Even in an era of slow growth, the strongest brands still resonate with beer drinkers, regardless of company size or location.

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