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Top 50 beer brands of 2007
The Brewers Association recently released the Top 50 Craft Brewing companies and Top 50 Overall Brewing companies by Sales Volume for 2007 [PDF].
Here’s the Top 50 Overall Brewing companies for 2007. (2006 ranking in parentheses)
- Anheuser-Busch Inc. (#1 in 2006)
- Miller Brewing Co. (2)
- Coors Brewing Co. (3)
- Pabst Brewing Co. (4)
- Boston Beer Co. (5)
- D.G. Yuengling and Son Inc. (6)
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (7)
- New Belgium Brewing Co. Inc. (9)
- High Falls Brewing Co. (10)
- Spoetzl Brewery (8 – listed as Gambrinus in 2006)
- Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. (11)
- Redhook Ale Brewery (12)
- Pyramid Breweries Inc. (14)
- Matt Brewing Co. (16)
- Minhas Craft Brewery (15)
- Deschutes Brewery, Inc. (17)
- Iron City Brewing Co. (13 – as Pittsburgh Brewing, recently out from bankruptcy)
- Boulevard Brewing Co. (18)
- Full Sail Brewing Co. (21)
- Harpoon Brewery (20)
- Alaskan Brewing and Bottling Co. (19)
- Magic Hat Brewing Co. (24)
- Anchor Brewing Co. (22)
- Bell’s Brewery, Inc. (26)
- Goose Island Beer Co. (31)
- August Schell Brewing Co. (28)
- Shipyard Brewing Co. (29)
- Summit Brewing Co. (27)
- Mendocino Brewing Co. (30)
- Abita Brewing Co. (32)
- Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. (25)
- Brooklyn Brewery (34)
- Stone Brewing Co. (37)
- Rogue Ales / Oregon Brewing (36)
- Long Trail Brewing Co. (33)
- New Glarus Brewing Co. (35)
- Kona Brewing Co. (23)
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (42)
- Firestone Walker Brewing Co. (40)
- Great Lakes Brewing Co./Ohio (41)
- The Lagunitas Brewing Co. (44)
- Flying Dog Brewery (45)
- Sweetwater Brewing Co. (46)
- Bridgeport Brewing Co. (not in Top 50 in 2006)
- Rock Bottom Brewery Restaurants (39)
- Gluek Brewing Co. (not in Top 50 in 2006)
- Straub Brewery (43)
- Odell Brewing Co. (47)
- BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery (not in Top 50 in 2006)
- Victory Brewing Co. (not in Top 50 in 2006)
Dropping off from the 2006 list are: Stevens Point Brewery (38), Mac and Jack’s Brewery (48), Big Sky Brewing (49), and Otter Creek Brewing (50).
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