Craft beer companies are hot and I am interested as well as some limited partners and private equity friends. Green Flash was just an startup when I moved to San Diego and now the are number 49 nationwide in the US! I have few industry experts at my fingertips and would enjoy speaking 15 minutes or 2 day strategy meeting in DC or SoCal! The Brewers Association estimates that craft brands more than doubled their share of the $100 billion beer market, to 11%, in the past four years, while sales of mass-market beer stagnated. In 2015, 19 craft-beer deals worth $13 billion were announced in the U.S., according to research firm Dealogic. AB InBev, MillerCoors, Constellation Brands, and Heineken—which together control 81% of the U.S. market—all announced deals.
And now for some raw data:
Top Craft Beer Company (Rank, Company, Location, 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 |
CO |
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 & Cooperstown |
MO/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 |
Lost 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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