Die Top 50 Bier-Brauereien in den USA, Jahr 2011/2012

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Jahr 2011

Basierend auf dem Verkaufsvolumen des Jahres 2011 wurde von der unabhängigen non-profit Brewers Association die neue 2012 Bierstatistik veröffentlicht. Aufgeteilt in die Top 50 unabhängige Kleinbrauereien und die Top 50 Gross-Brauereien, in deren Zahlen ebenfalls die zum Stammhaus gehörenden, aufgekauften Kleinbrauereien gehören.

Als unabhängige Kleinbrauereien zählen die mit einem Gesamt Produktionsvolumen unterhalb 6 Mio Barrel Bier und weniger als 25% der Firma darf von einer anderen Firma im Alkohol-/Bierproduktionssegment kontrolliert werden.
Kleinbrauereien werden als CRAFT BREWING COMPANIES bezeichnet.
Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies (basierend auf dem 2011 Bier Vaerkaufsvolumen)

Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies (basierend auf dem 2011 Bier Vaerkaufsvolumen)

*Top 50 U.S. Overall Brewing Companies notes:
(a) includes Bass, Beck’s, Busch, Goose Island, Landshark, Michelob, Rolling Rock, Shock Top and Wild Blue brands. Does not include partially owned Coastal, Kona, Red Hook and Widmer Brothers brands;
(b) includes A.C. Golden, Batch 19, Blue Moon, Colorado Native, Herman Joseph, Keystone, Killian’s and Leinenkugel’s brands;
(c) includes Schlitz and 28 other brand families;
(d) includes Dundee, Genesee, Labatt Lime, Magic Hat and Pyramid brands;
(e) includes Kona, Red Hook and Widmer Brothers brands;
(f) includes BridgePort, Shiner and Trumer brands;
(g) includes Flying Bison brands;
(h) includes Mountain Crest and 10 other brand families;
(i) includes Grain Belt brand;
(j) private label brands;
(k) includes Gluek and 17 other brand families;
(l) includes Butte Creek, Kingfisher and Olde Saratoga brands;
(m) includes A1A, Big River, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurants, Rock Bottom Restaurants, Ragtime and Seven Bridges brewpubs;
(n) includes James Page and Whole Hog brands;
(o) sold to Anheuser-Busch in 2011.

DEFINITIONS

The definition of a craft brewer as stated by the Brewers Association: An American craft brewer is small, independent, and traditional.

Small: Annual production of beer less than 6 million barrels. Beer production is attributed to a brewer according to the rules of alternating proprietorships. Flavored malt beverages are not considered beer for purposes of this definition.
Independent: Less than 25% of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by an alcoholic beverage industry member who is not themselves a craft brewer.
Traditional: A brewer who has either an all malt flagship (the beer which represents the greatest volume among that brewer’s brands) or has at least 50% of its volume in either all malt beers or in beers which use adjuncts to enhance rather than lighten flavor.

Flavored malt beverages are not considered beer for the Top 50 rankings.