Top Selling American Craft Breweries in 2011

The Brewers Association released its annual list of the top 50 craft beers last month.

The Brewers Association came up with the rankings using beer sales volume numbers from 2011. In the last 15 years, craft brewing has gone from 1% of the overall beer market to almost 6% in 2011, a slow increase but getting stronger each year.

Here are some of our favourites, by taste, name or just a sexy label !

1   Boston Beer Co. Boston MA

5   Deschutes Brewery Bend OR

7   Bell's Brewery, Inc. Galesburg MI

9   Lagunitas Brewing Co. Petaluma CA

12 Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Milton DE

18 Great Lakes Brewing Co. Cleveland OH

26 Flying Dog Brewery Frederick MD

34 Blue Point Brewing Co. Patchogue NY

47 Smuttynose Brewing Co. Portsmouth NH

49 Left Hand Brewing Co. Longmont CO

50 Four Peaks Brewing Co. Tempe AZ


For a full listing of the 50 Craft Brewing Companies: http://bit.ly/HO88IE





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