lots going on in the beeriverse!
sierra nevada’s founder, ken grossman, in a nice long interview
three craft beer trends to watch: collaboration brews, expanding industry means more jobs and women are embracing craft
the big boys are running scared – and taking over craft breweries, when they’re not too busy coming up with new “craft” products
part one of the lovely lynn’s blog on converting your friends into craft beer drinkers
according to craftbeer.com these are the brewer’s association top 50 breweries in the u.s. of a. in 2011:
| Rank | Brewing Company | City | State |
| 1 | Boston Beer Co. | Boston | MA |
| 2 | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. | Chico | CA |
| 3 | New Belgium Brewing Co. | Fort Collins | CO |
| 4 | The Gambrinus Company | San Antonio | TX |
| 5 | Deschutes Brewery | Bend | OR |
| 6 | Matt Brewing Co. | Utica | NY |
| 7 | Bell’s Brewery, Inc. | Galesburg | MI |
| 8 | Harpoon Brewery | Boston | MA |
| 9 | Lagunitas Brewing Co. | Petaluma | CA |
| 10 | Boulevard Brewing Co. | Kansas City | MO |
| 11 | Stone Brewing Company | Escondido | CA |
| 12 | Dogfish Head Craft Brewery | Milton | DE |
| 13 | Brooklyn Brewery | Brooklyn | NY |
| 14 | Alaskan Brewing & Bottling Co. | Juneau | AK |
| 15 | Long Trail Brewing Co. | Burlington | VT |
| 16 | Shipyard Brewing Co. | Portland | ME |
| 17 | Abita Brewing Co. | Abita Springs | LA |
| 18 | Great Lakes Brewing Co. | Cleveland | OH |
| 19 | New Glarus Brewing Co. | New Glarus | WI |
| 20 | Full Sail Brewing Co. | Hood River | OR |
| 21 | Summit Brewing Co. | St. Paul | MN |
| 22 | Anchor Brewing Co. | San Francisco | CA |
| 23 | Firestone Walker Brewing Co. | Paso Robles | CA |
| 24 | Sweetwater Brewing Co. | Atlanta | GA |
| 25 | Rogue Ales | Newport | OR |
| 26 | Flying Dog Brewery | Frederick | MD |
| 27 | Victory Brewing Co. | Downingtown | PA |
| 28 | CraftWorks Breweries & Restaurants | Chattanooga/Louisville | TN/CO |
| 29 | Oskar Blues Brewery | Longmont | CO |
| 30 | Odell Brewing Co. | Fort Collins | CO |
| 31 | Stevens Point Brewery Co. | Stevens Point | WI |
| 32 | Ninkasi Brewing Co. | Eugene | OR |
| 33 | BJ’s Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc. | Huntington Beach | CA |
| 34 | Blue Point Brewing Co. | Patchogue | NY |
| 35 | Bear Republic Brewing Co. | Cloverdale | CA |
| 36 | Lost Coast Brewery Cafe | Eureka | CA |
| 37 | Big Sky Brewing Co. | Missoula | MT |
| 38 | North Coast Brewing Co. Inc. | Fort Bragg | CA |
| 39 | Saint Louis Brewery, Inc./Schlafly Bottleworks | St. Louis | MO |
| 40 | Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. | San Jose | CA |
| 41 | Breckenridge Brewery | Denver | CO |
| 42 | Founders Brewing Co. | Grand Rapids | MI |
| 43 | Saint Arnold Brewing Co. | Houston | TX |
| 44 | Karl Strauss Brewing Co. | San Diego | CA |
| 45 | Real Ale Brewing Co. | Blanco | TX |
| 46 | Mac and Jack’s Brewery Inc. | Redmond | WA |
| 47 | Smuttynose Brewing Co. | Portsmouth | NH |
| 48 | Utah Brewers Cooperative | Salt Lake City | UT |
| 49 | Left Hand Brewing Co. | Longmont | CO |
| t.50 | Anderson Valley Brewing Co. | Boonville | CA |
| t.50 | Four Peaks Brewing Co. | Tempe | AZ |
american craft brew statistics:
the results are in!
these are the best beers in cans in the u s of a
happy u.s. turkey day!
only toronados in s.f. made it to the top ten list representing the west
but hey, if you’re travelling in the u.s. any time soon
you should check out this list of the best bars for beer geeks
they’re not anti-car, they’re pro-bike!
and they brew a fabulous beer
if you’re in the states this summer, maybe the tour will cross your lucky path
the huffington post on beer:
10 craft beers you should try right now
too many belgians on this list for me to get all the way through it
but i gots to agree with having the stone sublimely self-righteous american black ale!!
top 50 beers in america
are your favourites on the list?
pliny the elder is there! its number one!
(and much further down are ska’s modus hoperandi and green flash’s west coast ipa!!)
from zymurgy magazine – american homebrewer’s association
if i didn’t have a fabulous softball tournie right here in good ole vancouver this weekend i’d be wishing mighty hard that i was in washington d.c. instead!
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