Untitled. American Craft Beer Week® Great Lakes Brewing Company: Great Lakes Brewing Company: 18th Largest U.S. Craft Brewery. « Back to News Great Lakes Brewing Company: 18th Largest U.S. Craft Brewery Posted April 24, 2012 Great Lakes Brewing Company: 18th Largest U.S. April 24, 2012—CLEVELAND, OHIO—Great Lakes Brewing Company (GLBC), Ohio’s first and most celebrated craft brewer of award-winning lagers and ales, is one of America’s top 50 breweries, based on 2011 beer sales volume calculated by The Brewers Association. The Brewers Association, the Boulder-based not-for-profit trade group that tabulates production statistics for U.S. breweries, found GLBC to be the 18th largest craft brewery in the country and the 27th largest overall. GLBC produces over 110,000 barrels of handcrafted beer annually and serves 13 states and Washington D.C.
Brewers Association Releases Top 50 Breweries in 2011. Boulder, CO • April 17, 2012 - The Brewers Association—the not-for-profit trade group that tabulates production statistics for U.S. breweries—today released its annual lists of the top 50 craft and overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on 2011 beer sales volume. Of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 36 are small and independent¹ craft brewing companies¹,². “In the last 15 years, craft brewing has gone from one percent of the overall beer market to almost six percent in 2011,” said Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association.
“We attribute a large part of that growth to the many talented brewers who are providing beer lovers with more beer style and flavor choices than ever before.” Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies (Based on 2011 beer sales volume) Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies (Based on 2011 beer sales volume) *Top 50 U.S. For additional statistics, see the craft brewing statistics, and 2011 craft brewer sales numbers. Past Winners. The Beer Store. Official Guinness Surger Unit Movie. 87148.1.pdf (application/pdf Object) Main.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) Buffalo Wild Wings® Legendary Burgers Tavern.