Bob Pease, CEO/president of the Brewers Association, the not-for-profit trade association representing small and independent American craft brewers, on America’s Top 50 brewing companies in 2019
Every year the Brewers Association releases its annual list of the top 50 producing craft brewing companies and overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on beer sales volume. Despite the current pandemic, this year is no different. Of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 40 were small and independent craft brewing companies.
Although 2020 will be a markedly different year from 2019 for the American craft brewing market, these companies are well positioned to help the craft category weather the current market uncertainty and rebound with the flavour, variety and innovation that beer lovers have come to expect from small and independent American craft brewers.
Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies
| Rank | Brewery Name | City | State |
| 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, San Francisco | CO, CA |
| 5 | Duvel Moortgat | Paso Robles, Kansas City, Cooperstown | CA, MO, NY |
| 6 | Gambrinus | Berkeley, Portland, Shiner | CA, OR, TX |
| 7 | Bell’s Brewery Inc. | Comstock | MI |
| 8 | CANarchy | Longmont, Tampa, Salt Lake City, Comstock, Inglewood, Dallas | CO, FL, UT, MI, CA, TX |
| 9 | Stone Brewing | Escondido | CA |
| 10 | Artisanal Brewing Ventures | Downingtown, Lakewood, Brooklyn | PA, NY, NY |
| 11 | Deschutes Brewery | Bend | OR |
| 12 | Brooklyn Brewery | Brooklyn | NY |
| 13 | Dogfish Head Craft Brewery | Milton | DE |
| 14 | SweetWater Brewing Co | Atlanta | GA |
| 15 | New Glarus Brewing Co | New Glarus | WI |
| 16 | Matt Brewing Co | Utica | NY |
| 17 | Harpoon Brewery | Boston | MA |
| 18 | Minhas Craft Brewery | Monroe | WI |
| 19 | Odell Brewing Co | Fort Collins | CO |
| 20 | Stevens Point Brewery | Stevens Point | WI |
| 21 | Summit Brewing Co | Saint Paul | MN |
| 22 | Alaskan Brewing Co | Juneau | AK |
| 23 | Great Lakes Brewing Co | Cleveland | OH |
| 24 | Abita Brewing Co | Covington | LA |
| 25 | August Schell Brewing Co | New Ulm | MN |
| 26 | Rhinegeist Brewery | Cincinnati | OH |
| 27 | Troegs Brewing Co | Hershey | PA |
| 28 | Allagash Brewing Co | Portland | ME |
| 29 | 21st Amendment Brewery | Bay Area | CA |
| 30 | Narragansett Brewing Co | Pawtucket | RI |
| 31 | Three Floyds Brewing Co | Munster | IN |
| 32 | Gordon Biersch Brewing Co | San Jose | CA |
| 33 | Georgetown Brewing Co | Seattle | WA |
| 34 | Surly Brewing Company | Minneapolis | MN |
| 35 | Flying Dog Brewery | Frederick | MD |
| 36 | Rogue Ales Brewery | Newport | OR |
| 37 | Long Trail Brewing Co | Bridgewater Corners | VT |
| 38 | Ninkasi Brewing Co | Eugene | OR |
| 39 | Karl Strauss Brewing Co | San Diego | CA |
| 40 | Revolution Brewing | Chicago | IL |
| 41 | Lost Coast Brewery | Eureka | CA |
| 42 | Shipyard Brewing Co | Portland | ME |
| 43 | Wachusett Brewing Co | Westminster | MA |
| 44 | Modern Times Beer | San Diego | CA |
| 45 | Saint Arnold Brewing Co | Houston | TX |
| 46 | Full Sail Brewing Co | Hood River | OR |
| 47 | Two Roads Brewing Co | Stratford | CT |
| 48 | Left Hand Brewing Company | Longmont | CO |
| 49 | Bear Republic Brewing Co | Cloverdale | CA |
| 50 | North Coast Brewing Co Inc | Fort Bragg | CA |