Brewers Association Releases Top 50 Breweries List, part 2: Overall Brewing Companies
Changes from last year’s list include breweries moving up or down in the rankings based on volume sales. Two craft brewers have claimed spots in the Top 50 Overall list—Big Sky Brewing Co. and Mac & Jack’s Brewery. Consolidation of MillerCoors, last year’s number 2 and 3 brewers, opened up a slot, and the merger of Widmer Brothers and Redhook into the company now named Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc. opened up another slot filled by emerging small and independent craft brewers.
For additional statistics, see Craft Brewing Statistics.
Top 50 overall brewing companies by beer sales volume (based on 2008 sales)
| Rank | Brewing Company | City | State | |
| 1 | Anheuser-Busch InBev | St. Louis | MO | |
| 2 | Miller Coors Brewing Co. | Chicago | IL | |
| 3 | Pabst Brewing Co. | Woodridge | IL | |
| 4 | Boston Beer Co. | Boston | MA | |
| 5 | D. G. Yuengling and Son Inc. | Pottsville | PA | |
| 6 | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. | Chico | CA | |
| 7 | Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc. | Woodinville | WA | |
| 8 | New Belgium Brewing Co. | Fort Collins | CO | |
| 9 | High Falls Brewing Co. | Rochester | NY | |
| 10 | Spoetzl Brewery | Shiner | TX | |
| 11 | Pyramid Breweries Inc. | Seattle | WA | |
| 12 | Deschutes Brewery | Bend | OR | |
| 13 | Iron City Brewing Co. | Pittsburgh | PA | |
| 14 | Minhas Craft Brewery | Monroe | WI | |
| 15 | Matt Brewing Co. | Utica | NY | |
| 16 | Boulevard Brewing Co. | Kansas City | MO | |
| 17 | Full Sail Brewing Co. | Hood River | OR | |
| 18 | Magic Hat Brewing Co. | Burlington | VT | |
| 19 | Alaskan Brewing Co. | Juneau | AK | |
| 20 | Harpoon Brewery | Boston | MA | |
| 21 | Bell’s Brewery Inc.td> | Galesburg | MI | |
| 22 | Goose Island Beer Co. | Chicago | IL | |
| 23 | Kona Brewery LLC | Kailua-Kona | HI | |
| 24 | Anchor Brewing Co. | San Francisco | CA | |
| 25 | August Schell Brewing Co. | New Ulm | MN | |
| 26 | Shipyard Brewing | Portland | ME | |
| 27 | Summit Brewing Co. | Saint Paul | MN | |
| 28 | Stone Brewing Co. | Escondido | CA | |
| 29 | Mendocino Brewing Co. | Ukiah | CA | |
| 30 | Abita Brewing Co., L.L.C. | Abita Springs | LA | |
| 31 | The Brooklyn Brewery | Brooklyn | NY | |
| 32 | New Glarus Brewing Co. | New Glarus | WI | |
| 33 | Dogfish Head Draft Brewery | Milton | DE | |
| 34 | Long Trail Brewing Co. | Bridgewater Corners | VT | |
| 35 | Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. | San Jose | CA | |
| 36 | Rogue Ales/ Oregon Brewing Co. | Newport | OR | |
| 37 | Great Lakes Brewing Co. | Cleveland | OH | |
| 38 | The Lagunitas Brewing Co. | Petaluma | CA | |
| 39 | Firestone Walker Brewing Co. | Paso Robles | CA | |
| 40 | Sweet Water Brewing Co. | Atlanta | GA | |
| 41 | Flying Dog Brweing Co. | Frederick | MD | |
| 42 | BJ’s Restaurant and Brewery | Huntington Beach | CA | |
| 43 | Rock Bottom Brewery Restaurants | Louisville | CO | |
| 44 | BridgePort Brewing Co. | Portland | OR | |
| 45 | Odell Brewing Co. | Fort Collins | CO | |
| 46 | Victory Brewing Co. | Downingtown | PA | |
| 47 | Straub Brewery | Saint Marys | PA | |
| 48 | Cold Spring Brewing Co. | Cold Spring | MN | |
| 49 | Mac and Jack’s Brewery | Redmont | WA | |
| 50 | Big Sky Brewing Co. | Missoula | MT |
