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Craft Brewers Dominate Top 50 Brewers List beeradvocate.com 04-04-2006 Boulder, CO - While mainstream lagers have been in decline, steady growth by craft brewers in recent years has shaped the country's top 50 brewers list into a roll call of craft beer leaders. In 2005, the craft beer segment grew by 9 percent on top of 7 percent growth in 2004. "Craft brewers deliver the flavors that beer drinkers increasingly desire," said Paul Gatza, Director of the Brewers Association. "As a result more than 30 of the top 50 US brewers are craft brewers." Overall, the beers brewed by top 50 producers include well-known brands from Budweiser, Miller and Coors as well as nationally distributed craft beers like Boston Beer Company's Samuel Adams Boston Lager and Sierra Nevada's Pale Ale. Examples of other craft brands from top 50 brewers include Anchor Steam, Deschutes Black Butte Porter, Boulevard Pale Ale and Brooklyn Lager. The top-50 also includes Rock Bottom Restaurants Inc. which operates more than 30 brewpubs around the country. "More than 1400 breweries operate in the US today, said Ray Daniels, Director of Craft Beer Marketing for the Brewers Association, "when you look at the top 4 percent of all brewers-our top 50 list-craft brewers constitute the majority." Brewers Association figures show that domestic craft beer sales volume grew 9 percent in 2005, faster any other segment of the beverage alcohol business, including wine, spirits and imported beer. (See beertown.com "The craft beer segment has grown steadily over the past ten years and in 2005 it showed its biggest increase since 1996," said Gatza. "The strong growth in craft beer sales over the past several years shows American consumers' continuing interest in flavorful American beers." More than half of the top 50 brewers can be found in just five states now, according to the Brewers Association. California and Wisconsin each host seven top breweries while Oregon has five and Colorado and Pennsylvania each host four top producers for a total of 27 in these five states. The remainder of the top 50 operate from Minnesota (3), New York (3), Texas (3), Massachusetts (2), Missouri (2), Vermont (2), Washington (2), Alaska (1), Illinois (1), Louisiana (1), Michigan (1), Maine (1) and North Carolina (1). Complete listings of the top-50 are included below by rank and by state. The craft beer segment includes more than 1300 breweries who produce an all-malt flagship beer. It includes brewpubs (brewery/restaurant), microbreweries (less than 15,000 barrels per year) and regional craft brewers (15,000 to 2 million barrels per year). The Brewers Association has tabulated industry growth data for these breweries annually since 1985. Top 10 craft brewers in the United States include Boston Beer Co (MA), Sierra Nevada Brewing Co (CA), New Belgium Brewing Co (CO), Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co (WI), F.X. Matt Brewing Co. (NY), Widmer Brothers Brewing Co (OR), Redhook Ale Brewery (WA), Pyramid Alehouse/Breweries Inc. (WA), Deschutes Brewery (OR), and Alaskan Brewing and Bottling Co (AK). Top 50 Brewing Companies Listed by Size Rank (based on 2005 production) Rank Name City State 1 Anheuser-Busch Inc. St Louis MO 2 Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee WI 3 Coors Brewing Co. Golden CO 4 Pabst Brewing Co. San Antonio TX 5 City Brewing Co. LaCrosse WI 6 D. G. Yuengling and Son Inc. Pottsville PA 7 Boston Beer Co. Boston MA 8 Steel Brewing Co. Milwaukee WI 9 High Falls Brewing Co. Rochester NY 10 Latrobe Brewing Co. Latrobe PA 11 Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Chico CA 12 New Belgium Brewing Co. Fort Collins CO 13 Pittsburgh Brewing Co. Pittsburgh PA 14 Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. Chippewa Falls WI 15 Spoetzl Brewery Shiner TX 16 Matt Brewing Co. Utica NY 17 Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. Portland OR 18 Redhook Ale Brewery Woodinville WA 19 Lion Brewery, Inc. Wilkes-Barre PA 20 Pyramid Alehouse/Breweries Inc. Seattle WA 21 Deschutes Brewery Bend OR 22 Alaskan Brewing and Bottling Co. Juneau AK 23 Boulevard Brewing Co. Kansas City MO 24 Harpoon Brewery Boston MA 25 Carolina Beer and Beverage Co. Mooresville NC 26 Full Sail Brewing Co. Hood River OR 27 Anchor Brewing Co. San Francisco CA 28 Gluek Brewing Co. Cold Springs MN 29 Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. San Jose CA 30 August Schell Brewing Co. New Ulm MN 31 Mendocino Brewing Co. Ukiah CA 32 Summit Brewing Co. St Paul MN 33 Magic Hat Brewing Co. South Burlington VT 34 Shipyard Brewing Co. Portland ME 35 Bell's Brewery Inc. Galesburg MI 36 Long Trail Brewing Co. Bridgewater Corners VT 37 Goose Island Beer Co. Chicago IL 38 Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn NY 39 Abita Brewing Co. Abita Springs LA 40 Stevens Point Brewery Co. Stevens Point WI 41 BridgePort Brewing Co. Portland OR 42 Rogue Ales Newport OR 43 Rock Bottom Restaurants Inc. Louisville CO 44 Pete's Brewing Co. San Antonio TX 45 New Glarus Brewing Co. New Glarus WI 46 Joseph Huber Brewing Co. Monroe WI 47 Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Paso Robles CA 48 Stone Brewing Co. San Marcos CA 49 Flying Dog Brewery Denver CO 50 Lagunitas Brewing Co. Petaluma CA