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Our friends at the Brewers Association just released their annual list of the Top 50 American Craft Breweries of 2020…And, as always, we found it interesting and thought you might as well.
“The COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed where Americans purchased alcohol in 2020. Breweries who had established packaging and distribution capacity were best positioned to take advantage of the boom in off-premise sales and weather market uncertainty,” said Bart Watson, chief economist, Brewers Association.
“These businesses also saw variation in performance based on geography and business model, with different parts of the country seeing very different beer trends, and draught-heavy breweries suffering.”
And here are last year’s “Serious” Top 50….Respect.
| Rank | Brewery | 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 | Paso Robles, Kansas City, Cooperstown | CA, MO, NY |
| 5 | Gambrinus | Berkeley, Shiner | CA, TX |
| 6 | CANarchy | Longmont, Tampa, Salt Lake City, Comstock, Inglewood, Dallas | CO, FL, UT, MI, CA, TX |
| 7 | Bell’s Brewery, Inc | Comstock | MI |
| 8 | Artisanal Brewing Ventures | Downington, Lakewood, Brooklyn | PA, NY, NY |
| 9 | Stone Brewing | Escondido | CA |
| 10 | Deschutes Brewery | Bend | OR |
| 11 | SweetWater Brewing Co | Atlanta | GA |
| 12 | New Glarus Brewing Co | New Glarus | WI |
| 13 | Matt Brewing Co | Utica | NY |
| 14 | Brooklyn Brewery | Brooklyn | NY |
| 15 | Harpoon Brewery | Boston | MA |
| 16 | Stevens Point Brewery | Stevens Point | WI |
| 17 | Odell Brewing Co | Fort Collins | CO |
| 18 | Minhas Craft Brewery | Monroe | WI |
| 19 | Abita Brewing Co | Covington | LA |
| 20 | Troegs Brewing Co | Hershey | PA |
| 21 | Summit Brewing Co | Saint Paul | MN |
| 22 | Great Lakes Brewing Company | Cleveland | OH |
| 23 | August Schell Brewing Company | New Ulm | MN |
| 24 | Three Floyds Brewing Co | Munster | IN |
| 25 | Rhinegeist Brewery | Cincinnati | OH |
| 26 | Alaskan Brewing Co | Juneau | AK |
| 27 | Gordon Biersch Brewing Co | San Jose | CA |
| 28 | Georgetown Brewing Co | Seattle | WA |
| 29 | Allagash Brewing Company | Portland | ME |
| 30 | Kings & Convicts Brewing/Ballast Point | Pleasant Prairie, San Diego | WI, CA |
| 31 | Long Trail Brewing Co | Bridgewater Corners | VT |
| 32 | Narragansett Brewing Co | Pawtucket | RI |
| 33 | Ninkasi Brewing Co | Eugene | OR |
| 34 | 21st Amendment Brewery | Bay Area | CA |
| 35 | Flying Dog Brewery | Frederick | MD |
| 36 | Surly Brewing Company | Minneapolis | MN |
| 37 | Rogue Ales Brewery | Newport | OR |
| 38 | Lost Coast Brewery | Eureka | CA |
| 39 | Revolution Brewing | Chicago | IL |
| 40 | Modern Times Beer | San Diego | CA |
| 41 | BrewDog Brewing Company | Canal Winchester | OH |
| 42 | Saint Arnold Brewing Co | Houston | TX |
| 43 | Toppling Goliath Brewing Co | Decorah | IA |
| 44 | Two Roads Brewing Co | Stratford | CT |
| 45 | Fremont Brewing | Seattle | WA |
| 46 | Shipyard Brewing Co | Portland | ME |
| 47 | Left Hand Brewing Company | Longmont | CO |
| 48 | Creature Comforts Brewing Co | Athens | GA |
| 49 | Montauk Brewing Co | Montauk | NY |
| 50 | New Holland Brewing | Holland | MI |
The Brewers Association’s full 2020 industry analysis, which shows regional trends and sales by individual breweries, will be published in the May/June issue of The New Brewer®, available in May 2021.
