The list of the top 50 brewers (by volume) in America was recently published on beertown.org. If I can count correctly only 19 pre-Prohibition breweries still exist. Considering there were tens of thousands of breweries in America in the years leading up to Prohibition this is a frightening statistic. Maybe its just me.
The top 7 brewers are all pre-Prohibition as Boston Beer Co. is the largest Post-prohibition brewery. The smallest pre-Prohibition brewery is the Joseph Huber Brewing Co. which is unfortunarely on its way out of business as it has lost about 80% of its volume compared to five years ago. Below are the dates of opening of the breweries to the best of my knowledge. The breweries with asteriks are pre-Prohibition.
Opened Name
01 -1852 Anheuser Busch Inc.*
02 -1855 Miller Brewing Co.*
03 -1873 Coors Brewing Co.*
04 -1844 Pabst Brewing Co.*
05 -1858 City Brewing Co.*
06 -1829 D.G. Yuengling & Sons Inc.*
07 -1878 High Falls Brewing Co.*
08 -1984 Boston Beer Co.
09 -1893 Latrobe Brewing Co.*
10 -1979 Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
11 -1861 Pittsburgh Brewing Co.*
12 -1867 Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co.*
13 -1991 New Belgium Brewing Co.
14 -1909 Spoetzl Brewery*
15 -1888 F.X. Matt Brewing Co.*
16 -1981 Redhook Ale Brewery
17 -1905 The Lion Brewery Inc.*
18 -1984 Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.
19 -1984 Pyramid Alehouse/Breweries Inc.
20 -1988 Deschutes Brewery
21 -1986 Alaskan Brewing and Bottling Co.
22 -1989 Boulevard Brewing Co.
23 -1986 Harpoon Brewery
24 -1896 Anchor Brewing Co.*
25 -1987 Full Sail Brewing Co.
26 -1983 Mendocino Brewing Co.
27 -1857 Gluek Brewing Co.*
28 -1860 August Schell Brewing Co.*
29 -1987 Gordon Biersch Brewing Co.
30 -1997 Carolina Beer and Beverage Co.
31 -1986 Summit Brewing Co.
32 -1994 Shipyard Brewing Co.
33 -1988 Goose Island Beer Co.
34 -1857 Stevens Point Brewery Co.*
35 -1983 Kalamazoo Brewing Co.
36 -1994 Magic Hat Brewing Co.
37 -1989 Long Trail Brewing Co.
38 -1986 Abita Brewing Co.
39 -1984 Brooklyn Brewery
40 -1975 Rock Bottom Restaurants Inc.
41 -1984 Bridgeport Brewing Co.
42 -1986 Pete's Brewing Co.
43 -1995 Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
44 -1988 Rogue Ales
45 -1872 Straub Brewery Inc.*
46 -1996 Stone Brewing Co.
47 -1845 Joseph Huber Brewing Co.*
48 -1994 Kona Brewery LLC
49 -1990 Flying Dog Brewery
50 -1991 Otter Creek Brewing Co.
The top 7 brewers are all pre-Prohibition as Boston Beer Co. is the largest Post-prohibition brewery. The smallest pre-Prohibition brewery is the Joseph Huber Brewing Co. which is unfortunarely on its way out of business as it has lost about 80% of its volume compared to five years ago. Below are the dates of opening of the breweries to the best of my knowledge. The breweries with asteriks are pre-Prohibition.
Opened Name
01 -1852 Anheuser Busch Inc.*
02 -1855 Miller Brewing Co.*
03 -1873 Coors Brewing Co.*
04 -1844 Pabst Brewing Co.*
05 -1858 City Brewing Co.*
06 -1829 D.G. Yuengling & Sons Inc.*
07 -1878 High Falls Brewing Co.*
08 -1984 Boston Beer Co.
09 -1893 Latrobe Brewing Co.*
10 -1979 Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
11 -1861 Pittsburgh Brewing Co.*
12 -1867 Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co.*
13 -1991 New Belgium Brewing Co.
14 -1909 Spoetzl Brewery*
15 -1888 F.X. Matt Brewing Co.*
16 -1981 Redhook Ale Brewery
17 -1905 The Lion Brewery Inc.*
18 -1984 Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.
19 -1984 Pyramid Alehouse/Breweries Inc.
20 -1988 Deschutes Brewery
21 -1986 Alaskan Brewing and Bottling Co.
22 -1989 Boulevard Brewing Co.
23 -1986 Harpoon Brewery
24 -1896 Anchor Brewing Co.*
25 -1987 Full Sail Brewing Co.
26 -1983 Mendocino Brewing Co.
27 -1857 Gluek Brewing Co.*
28 -1860 August Schell Brewing Co.*
29 -1987 Gordon Biersch Brewing Co.
30 -1997 Carolina Beer and Beverage Co.
31 -1986 Summit Brewing Co.
32 -1994 Shipyard Brewing Co.
33 -1988 Goose Island Beer Co.
34 -1857 Stevens Point Brewery Co.*
35 -1983 Kalamazoo Brewing Co.
36 -1994 Magic Hat Brewing Co.
37 -1989 Long Trail Brewing Co.
38 -1986 Abita Brewing Co.
39 -1984 Brooklyn Brewery
40 -1975 Rock Bottom Restaurants Inc.
41 -1984 Bridgeport Brewing Co.
42 -1986 Pete's Brewing Co.
43 -1995 Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
44 -1988 Rogue Ales
45 -1872 Straub Brewery Inc.*
46 -1996 Stone Brewing Co.
47 -1845 Joseph Huber Brewing Co.*
48 -1994 Kona Brewery LLC
49 -1990 Flying Dog Brewery
50 -1991 Otter Creek Brewing Co.
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