Brewers Affiliation Releases High 50 Craft Breweries by Quantity for 2022

The Brewers Affiliation, the commerce affiliation representing America’s craft brewers, has launched its annual beer manufacturing report for 2022. Every year, this knowledge is one of the best out there when assessing the true “state of beer and craft beer” in America.

Definition of “craft.”

The Brewers Affiliation’s definition of a “craft brewery” has modified barely over time. The most important change to the definition was in 2011 when the manufacturing cap was modified from 2,000 to six,000. Then in 2018, the BA acknowledged the vast majority of a craft brewer’s manufacturing doesn’t have to return from beer. The newest definition consists of an possession assertion – lower than 25% of a fantastic brewery is owned or managed by an financial curiosity that’s not itself a craft brewer. (For instance, Monster Power. Extra on that later.)

For years, you’d see motion out and in of the High 50 Craft, primarily based on manufacturing quantity shift, or a craft brewer departing the listing after being bought by an entity like Anheuser Busch. These days, the listing is seeing the rise of brewing “collectives” like CANarchy and Artisanal Brewing Ventures.

Rise of the “Collectives”

The craft brewing collectives have gotten fairly widespread as craft brewing is altering. A number of years in the past Victory Brewing and Southern Tier dropped from the highest 50 to be discovered beneath the Artisanal Brewing Ventures header, together with Sixpoint. CANarchy was fashioned in 2015, and bought by Monster Power in 2022, which incorporates Cigar Metropolis, Deep Ellum, Oskar Blues, Perrin, and Utah Brewers Cooperative.

The newer collectives and new to the BA High 50 embody Tilray Beer Manufacturers, which is a pharmaceutical/hashish firm that owns SweetWater Brewing, Montauk, Inexperienced Flash, and Alpine Beer. In July 2022, Maui Brewing bought Fashionable Occasions and fashioned Craft Ohana.

No High Surprises

Yuengling nonetheless holds the primary spot in craft brewing and has since not less than 2014, adopted by Boston Beer Co., whose quantity consists of Alchemy & Science, Angel Metropolis, Dogfish Head, Concrete Seashore, and Coney Island manufacturers. Sierra Nevada speaks for itself at 3, adopted by Duvel Moortgat (Firestone Stroll, Boulevard, Ommegang) and Gambrinus (Shiner & Trumer manufacturers).

Most in the USA

When contemplating the whole U.S. beer quantity with craft included, Anheuser Busch will most certainly all the time have the highest spot, except they discover one other business-damaging PR transfer. Primary in craft quantity Yuengling ranks seventh in general U.S. quantity, with Boston Beer at ninth and Sierra Nevada at tenth.

High 50 Craft Breweries by Quantity – 2022

High 50 Breweries by Quantity Total – 2022