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Our friends at the Brewers Association just released their annual list of the Top 50 American Craft Breweries of 2022…And, as always, we found it interesting and thought you might as well.
They also included a ranking of overall breweries too which led with the usual suspects (AB InBev, Miller and Pabst now #3) which is interesting if only for the fact that 4O of those overall companies, were craft breweries.
“2022 presented small brewers with a number of challenges, including rising operating and material costs and increasing competition, particularly in distribution,” said Bart Watson, chief economist, Brewers Association. “In this maturing and competitive market, collective growth for the category is hard to come by.”
The number of operating craft breweries continued to climb in 2022, reaching an all-time high of 9,552, including 2,035 microbreweries, 3,418 brewpubs, 3,838 taproom breweries, and 261 regional craft breweries. The total U.S. operating brewery count was 9,709, up from 9,384 in 2021.
Throughout the year, there were 549 new brewery openings and 319 closings. Openings decreased for a second consecutive year, with the continued decline reflecting a more mature market. The closing rate increased in 2022 but continued to remain relatively low, at approximately 3%.
And here are last year’s “Serious” Top 50….Respect.
Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies
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