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On April 5 the Brewers Association released its annual ranking of the top 50 producing craft brewing companies of 2021 based on sales volume.
But he Boulder, Colorado-based not-for-profit also does a ranking of overall brewing companies in the US, which includes big beer companies like Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors
It is interesting to note that of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 40 were small and independent craft brewing companies.
Not surprisingly AB InBev’s Anheuser-Busch remained America’s leading brewery in 2021 followed by Molson Coors out of Chicago and Constellation Brands Constellation Brands, home to popular Mexican beer brands like Corona and Modelo.
Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies
| Rank | Company | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anheuser-Busch Inc (a) | St. Louis | MO |
| 2 | MolsonCoors (b) | Chicago | IL |
| 3 | Constellation (c) | Chicago | IL |
| 4 | Heineken USA (d) | White Plains | NY |
| 5 | Pabst Brewing Co (e) | Los Angeles | CA |
| 6 | Diageo (f) | Norwalk | CT |
| 7 | D. G. Yuengling and Son Inc | Pottsville | PA |
| 8 | FIFCO USA (g) | Rochester | NY |
| 9 | Boston Beer Co (h) | Boston, Milton | MA, DE |
| 10 | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co | Chico | CA |
| 11 | New Belgium Brewing Co / Kirin (i) | Fort Collins, San Francisco | CO, CA |
| 12 | Duvel Moortgat USA (j) | Paso Robles, Kansas City, Cooperstown | CA, MO, NY |
| 13 | Founders Brewing / Mahou San Miguel (k) | Grand Rapids, Boulder | MI, CO |
| 14 | Gambrinus (l) | Berkeley, Shiner | CA, TX |
| 15 | Bell’s Brewery, Inc (m) | Comstock | MI |
| 16 | CANarchy (n) | Longmont, Tampa, Salt Lake City, Comstock, Dallas | CO, FL, UT, MI, TX |
| 17 | Artisanal Brewing Ventures (o) | Downingtown, Lakewood, Brooklyn | PA, NY, NY |
| 18 | Stone Brewing | Escondido | CA |
| 19 | SweetWater Brewing Co (p) | Atlanta | GA |
| 20 | Deschutes Brewery | Bend | OR |
| 21 | New Glarus Brewing Co | New Glarus | WI |
| 22 | Brooklyn Brewery | Brooklyn | NY |
| 23 | Matt Brewing Co (q) | Utica | NY |
| 24 | Gordon Biersch Brewing Co | San Jose | CA |
| 25 | Abita Brewing Co | Covington | LA |
| 26 | Minhas Craft Brewery (r) | Monroe | WI |
| 27 | Stevens Point Brewery (s) | Stevens Point | WI |
| 28 | Great Lakes Brewing Company | Cleveland | OH |
| 29 | Odell Brewing Co | Fort Collins | CO |
| 30 | Harpoon Brewery | Boston | MA |
| 31 | Summit Brewing Co | Saint Paul | MN |
| 32 | Allagash Brewing Company | Portland | ME |
| 33 | Troegs Brewing Co | Hershey | PA |
| 34 | Georgetown Brewing Co | Seattle | WA |
| 35 | Three Floyds Brewing (t) | Munster | IN |
| 36 | Athletic Brewing Company | Stratford | CT |
| 37 | Rhinegeist Brewery | Cincinnati | OH |
| 38 | Kona Brewing Co | Kailua-Kona | HI |
| 39 | August Schell Brewing Company (u) | New Ulm | MN |
| 40 | Alaskan Brewing Co | Juneau | AK |
| 41 | Narragansett Brewing Co | Pawtucket | RI |
| 42 | Rogue Ales Brewery | Newport | OR |
| 43 | Kings & Convicts Brewing/Ballast Point | San Diego | CA |
| 44 | Flying Dog Brewery | Frederick | MD |
| 45 | Long Trail Brewing Co | Bridgewater Corners | VT |
| 46 | Lost Coast Brewery | Eureka | CA |
| 47 | Anchor Brewing Co / Sapporo USA (v) | Tarrytown, San Francisco | NY, CA |
| 48 | Revolution Brewing | Chicago | IL |
| 49 | Surly Brewing Company | Minneapolis | MN |
| 50 | Ninkasi Brewing Co | Eugene | OR |
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