America's 50 Biggest Craft Breweries of 2015, Revealed

In beer , giving is n’t always better . But big can for certain be really , really tasty . Case in item : today , theBrewers Association releasedthe ranking for America ’s top 50 favourite trade brewery base on 2015 beer sale loudness , with some of the common favorites , along with a few newcomers crashing the party . Let ’s get into the newbies , as well as which ones wo n’t be on it next year ( and why ) .

Yuengling is still the best-selling (craft) beer in the country

Yuenglingremains the turgid cunning brewery in America . It ’s operose to write , but leisurely to imbibe . ( Why is n’t that their motto , by the way of life ? ) In 2014 , Yuengling was at the top as well , and it did n’t give up the crown in 2015 . And it ’s not just the Northeast that ’s fuddle beer from America ’s oldest craft brewery from Pottsville , PA – the company brew out of Tampa , FL , as well , so it ’s the entire Eastern half of the USA that ’s crazy about Black & Tans .

Along with diligence stalwarts like Sierra Nevada ( No . 3 ) , Boston Beer ( aka Sam Adams , No . 2 ) , New Belgium ( No . 4 ) , and Bell ’s ( No . 7 ) , the top 10 also includes Minhas Craft Brewery ( No . 9 ) out of Monroe , WI – which brews inexpensiveSimpler Times Lager and Pilsner for Trader Joe’s– and Shiner - makers Gambrinus ( No . 5 ) out of San Antonio , TX .

For some brewers, this will be the last time on the list

A foxiness brewer owned by a macrobrewer is no longer believe a workmanship brewery , which is a little perplexing when you suppose about it . But thems the rules , according to the BA ! Because Lagunitas ( No . 6 ) was purchased by Heineken , Ballast Point ( No . 11 ) was snapped up by Constellation Brands , and Breckenridge Brewery ( No . 47 ) and Four Peaks ( No . 49 ) were corrupt by Anheuser - Busch in 2015 , all of those brewery are not eligible to be on 2016 ’s tilt . Consolidation is take place with more frequency in today ’s craft beer landscape , but if you ask us , it ’s not something to be concerned about . It ’s onlybusiness pubescence .

Two new contenders emerged

Chicago’sRevolution Brewingmade it to No . 50 in this year ’s list , and it brew the pop Anti - Hero IPA – a beer that Dogfish father Sam Calagione ’s say ishis favorite IPA in the country(other than his own ) . The only other newbie is Fort Bragg , CA ’s North Coast Brewing Co. , which brew the Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout . Weirdly , that’sCalagione ’s favorite stout . The Isle of Man has good taste , obviously . ditto mark for Jamie Floyd , the brewmaster of Ninkasi Brewing Co. ( No . 36 ) , who constitute it his favorite stout as well .

Middle America needs to step it up

The Brewer ’s Association also released a mapthat picture where the top 50 breweries in the res publica are locate . It should be no surprise to anyone who sleep together beer that California , Oregon , and the Northeast overtop thing . But outside of Colorado and Boulevard in Kansas City ( a brewery that gets lumped in with Duvel , its possessor ) , the midriff of the area is void of top brewery . And the South only has two brewery represented : SweetWater ( No . 18 ) and Abita ( No . 23 ) .

Is the beer in CA and PA justbetterthan everywhere else ? Or is it because most people live in those states and are fast to local beer ? What you believe probably count on what you think of Yuengling and Sierra Nevada .

The top 50 ranking for 2015

1 . D. G. Yuengling and Son , Inc ( Pottsville , PA)2 . Boston Beer Co ( Boston , MA)3 . Sierra Nevada Brewing Co ( Chico , CA)4 . New Belgium Brewing Co ( Fort Collins , CA)5 . Gambrinus ( San Antonio , TX)6 . Lagunitas Brewing Co ( Petaluma , CA)7 . Bell ’s Brewery , Inc ( Comstock , MI)8 . Deschutes Brewery ( Bend , OR)9 . Minhas Craft Brewery ( Monroe , WI)10 . Stone Brewing Co ( Escondido , CA)11 . Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits ( San Diego , CA)12 . Brooklyn Brewery ( Brooklyn , NY)13 . Firestone Walker Brewing Co ( Paso Robles , CA)14 . Oskar Blues Brewing Holding Co ( Longmont , CO)15 . Duvel Moortgat USA ( Kansas City , MO & Cooperstown , NY)16 . Dogfish Head Craft Brewery ( Milton , DE)17 . Matt Brewing Co ( Utica , NY)18 . SweetWater Brewing Co ( Atlanta , GA)19 . Harpoon Brewery ( Boston , MA)20 . New Glarus Brewing Co ( New Glarus , WI)21 . Great Lakes Brewing Co ( Cleveland , OH)22 . Alaskan Brewing Co ( Juneau , AK)23 . Abita Brewing Co ( Abita Springs , LA)24 . Anchor Brewing Co ( San Francisco , CA)25 . Stevens Point Brewery Co ( Stevens Point , WI)26 . Victory Brewing Co ( Downingtown , PA)27 . August Schell Brewing Co ( New Ulm , MN)28 . Long Trail Brewing Co ( Bridgewater Corners , VT)29 . Summit Brewing Co ( Saint Paul , MN)30 . Shipyard Brewing Co ( Portland , ME)31 . Full Sail Brewing Co ( Hood River , OR)32 . Odell Brewing Co ( Fort Collins , CO)33 . Southern Tier Brewing Co ( Lakewood , NY)34 . Rogue Ales Brewery ( Newport , OR)35 . 21st Amendment Brewery ( Bay Area , CA)36 . Ninkasi Brewing Co ( Eugene , OR)37 . Flying Dog Brewery ( Frederick , MD)38 . Narragansett Brewing Co ( Providence , RI)39 . Left Hand Brewing Co ( Longmont , CO)40 . Uinta Brewing Co ( Salt Lake City , UT)41 . Green Flash Brewing Co ( San Diego , CA)42 . Allagash Brewing Co ( Portland , ME)43 . miss Coast Brewery ( Eureka , CA)44 . Bear Republic Brewing Co ( Cloverdale , CA)45 . Troegs Brewing Co ( Hershey , PA)46 . Karl Strauss Brewing Co ( San Diego , CA)47 . Breckenridge Brewery ( Littleton , CO)48 . North Coast Brewing Co ( Fort Bragg , CA)49 . Four Peaks Brewing Co ( Tempe , AZ)50 . Revolution Brewing Co ( Chicago , IL )

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