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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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As promised, more numbers are now out.

You can read the Brewers Association press release and check out the statistics.

Here’s an obligatory pie chart. (Who doesn’t love charts?)

Stan Hieronymus:

97% of the breweries in the country make just 3.8% of the beer. Meaning 3% of the breweries produce 96% of the beer.

(via Appellation Beer, among others)

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Oh, man, I want to go. It’s on my birthday. Think I can convince the wife?

Tickets went on sale recently, and are $85 a session, not including shipping.

The Brewers Association, producers of the Great American Beer Festival^SM, is bringing the quintessential craft beer and food event to Washington D.C. in celebration of American Craft Beer Week.

A must attend for craft beer aficionados and foodies alike, SAVOR will offer a memorable craft beer and food experience to a limited number of attendees under the columned archways of the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium.

Look at this brewery list:

21st Amendment
Abita Brewing Company
Allagash Brewing Company
Avery Brewing Company
Blackfoot River Brewing Company
Boscos Brewing Company
Boston Beer Company
The Brooklyn Brewery
Clipper City Brewing Company
Deschutes Brewery
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Florida Beer Company
Flying Dog Brewery
Flying Fish Brewing Company
Foothills Brewing
Four Peaks Brewing Company
Free State Brewing Company
Full Sail Brewing Company
FX Matt Brewing Company
Great Divide Brewing Company
Great Lakes Brewing Company
Harpoon Brewery
Heiner Brau Microbrewery
Hoppy Brewing Company
Legacy Brewing Co.
Montana Brewing Company
New Albanian Brewing Company
New Belgium Brewing Company
New Holland Brewing Company
Odell Brewing Company
Otter Creek Brewing
Pelican Pub & Brewery
Port Brewing Company
Rock Art Brewery
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery
Rogue Ales
Russian River Brewing Company
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
Sierra Nevada Brewing
Smuttynose Brewing Company
Sprecher Brewing Company
Starr Hill Brewing Company
Stone Brewing Co.
Stoudts Brewing Company
The Saint Louis Brewery, Inc
Tröegs Brewing Company
Two Brothers Brewing Company
Williamsburg AleWerks

SAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience

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