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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…
| Rank | Company | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D. G. Yuengling and Son Inc | Pottsville | PA |
| 2 | Boston Beer Co | Boston, Milton | MA, DE |
| 3 | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co | Chico | CA |
| 4 | Duvel Moortgat USA | Paso Robles, Kansas City, Cooperstown | CA, MO, NY |
| 5 | Gambrinus | Shiner, Berkeley | TX, CA |
| 6 | Tilray Beer Brands | Atlanta, Montauk, San Diego, Bend, Seattle, Portland, Breckenridge, Patchogue | GA, NY, CA, OR, WA, OR, CO, NY |
| 7 | Artisanal Brewing Ventures | Downingtown, Lakewood, Brooklyn | PA, NY, NY |
| 8 | Brooklyn Brewery | Brooklyn | NY |
| 9 | Monster Brewing | Longmont, Tampa, Salt Lake City, Comstock, Dallas | CO, FL, UT, MI, TX |
| 10 | Athletic Brewing Company | Milford | CT |
| 11 | New Glarus Brewing Co | New Glarus | WI |
| 12 | Deschutes Brewery | Bend | OR |
| 13 | Matt Brewing Co | Utica | NY |
| 14 | Gordon Biersch Brewing Co | San Jose | CA |
| 15 | Allagash Brewing Company | Portland | ME |
| 16 | Georgetown Brewing Co | Seattle | WA |
| 17 | Great Lakes Brewing Company | Cleveland | OH |
| 18 | Harpoon Brewery | Boston | MA |
| 19 | Stevens Point Brewery | Stevens Point | WI |
| 20 | Three Floyds Brewing | Munster | IN |
| 21 | Pittsburgh Brewing Co | Pittsburgh | PA |
| 22 | Rhinegeist Brewery | Cincinnati | OH |
| 23 | Narragansett Brewing Co | Pawtucket | RI |
| 24 | August Schell Brewing Company | New Ulm | MN |
| 25 | Odell Brewing Co | Fort Collins | CO |
| 26 | Craft ‘Ohana (Maui/Modern Times) | Kihei, San Diego | HI, CA |
| 27 | Troegs Brewing Co | Hershey | PA |
| 28 | Fiddlehead Brewing | Shelburne | VT |
| 29 | Minhas Craft Brewery | Monroe | WI |
| 30 | Kings & Convicts Brewing | San Diego | CA |
| 31 | Alaskan Brewing Co. | Juneau | AK |
| 32 | Kona Brewing Hawaii | Kailua-Kona | HI |
| 33 | Abita Brewing Co | Covington | LA |
| 34 | Creature Comforts Brewing Co. | Athens | GA |
| 35 | Great Frontier Holdings | Eugene, Portland | OR, OR |
| 36 | BrewDog Brewing Co | Canal Winchester | OH |
| 37 | Summit Brewing Co | St. Paul | MN |
| 38 | Jack’s Abby Brewing, LLC | Framingham | MA |
| 39 | Revolution Brewing | Chicago | IL |
| 40 | Montucky Cold Snacks | Bozeman | MT |
| 41 | Saint Arnold Brewing Co | Houston | TX |
| 42 | Lost Coast Brewery | Eureka | CA |
| 43 | Surly Brewing Company | Minneapolis | MN |
| 44 | Rogue Ales Brewery | Newport | OR |
| 45 | United States Beverage LLC | Salt Lake City, Elmsford | UT, NY |
| 46 | Shipyard Brewing Co | Portland | ME |
| 47 | Pizza Port | Carlsbad | CA |
| 48 | Coronado Brewing Co | Coronado | CA |
| 49 | Drake’s Brewing Co | San Leandro | CA |
| 50 | IndieBrew | Atlanta, Nashville | GA, TN |
“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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