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)

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