Top Craft Breweries:

Originally posted by cking
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From the Beer Nut

The Brewers Association released the list of top craft brewing companies, based on sales. No. 1 on the list is the Boston Beer Co., makers of Sam Adams. Harpoon Brewery is 10th.

The rest of the top 10 are Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in California (2), New Belgium Brewing Co. Inc. in Colorado (3), Spoetzl Brewery in Texas (4), Pyramid Breweries Inc. in Washington (5), Matt Brewing Co. in New York (6), Deschutes Brewery Inc. in Oregon (7), Boulevard Brewing Co. in Missouri (8) and Full Sail Brewing Co. in Oregon (9).

"In 2007, 1,406 of the 1,449 breweries were small, independent and traditional breweries," said Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association.

The top overall breweries are still controlled by mass-market companies. Anhesuser-Busch is No. 1, followed by Miller, Coors and Pabst.

Originally posted by brewtopian
I think Spoetzl Brewery should not be on that list since they’re essentially a macro masquerading as a craft beer.

Originally posted by brewtopian
I think Spoetzl Brewery should not be on that list since they’re essentially a macro masquerading as a craft beer.

Originally posted by Reid

Originally posted by cking
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

From the Beer Nut

The Brewers Association released the list of top craft brewing companies, based on sales. No. 1 on the list is the Boston Beer Co., makers of Sam Adams. Harpoon Brewery is 10th.

The rest of the top 10 are Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in California (2), New Belgium Brewing Co. Inc. in Colorado (3), Spoetzl Brewery in Texas (4), Pyramid Breweries Inc. in Washington (5), Matt Brewing Co. in New York (6), Deschutes Brewery Inc. in Oregon (7), Boulevard Brewing Co. in Missouri (8) and Full Sail Brewing Co. in Oregon (9).

"In 2007, 1,406 of the 1,449 breweries were small, independent and traditional breweries," said Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association.

The top overall breweries are still controlled by mass-market companies. Anhesuser-Busch is No. 1, followed by Miller, Coors and Pabst.

Thats weird i was under the impression Widmers sold way more than Full Sail , though I suppose they might be using the sales of Weinhard beers to bulk up the Full Sail totals.

Originally posted by brewtopian
I think Spoetzl Brewery should not be on that list since they’re essentially a macro masquerading as a craft beer.

Originally posted by ericwebber

Originally posted by brewtopian
I think Spoetzl Brewery should not be on that list since they’re essentially a macro masquerading as a craft beer.

Could you expand on that, please? Compare it, maybe, to Sam Adams, which is largely contract brewed by macros but is still conisdered a craft brewery (and still able to turn out fine beers.)

Originally posted by erway

Originally posted by ericwebber

Originally posted by brewtopian
I think Spoetzl Brewery should not be on that list since they’re essentially a macro masquerading as a craft beer.

Could you expand on that, please? Compare it, maybe, to Sam Adams, which is largely contract brewed by macros but is still conisdered a craft brewery (and still able to turn out fine beers.)

All of their products are produced without the use of adjuncts that mute rather than enhance the flavor of their product and they are independently owned.

Spoetzel, while being independently owned, does use adjuncts, yet they argue that corn in a bock enhances flavor somehow...as I stated above.