The Best Beer in America

As the American craft beer movement started taking root the first The Great The Best Beer in America Great American Beer Festival was held in Boulder, Colorado, in 1982. American Beer That first event had 22 participating breweries and a few hundred Festival has 2009 awarded 2,987 beer fans in attendance. The 28th GABF sponsored by the Brewers Association in Denver in 2009 is expected to feature more than 450 medals since breweries serving 2,000 beers to 50,000 beer lovers. The medal 1987. competition is expected to attract more than 2,900 entries from across the United States that will be judged in 75 categories by a professional B Vermont panel of 120 beer experts from around the world. 150 Maine Washington 121 1 90 4 1 36 Top Breweries Per Capita States 20 Montana North Dakota Top Medal Winning States Minnesota 21A Hampshire "15 o Oregon 189 19 77 66 56 New York 108 D 12 Massachusetts 793 Wisconsin 247 15 85 86 76 Vermont Idaho California South Dakota Michigan 776 21 30 20 Montana 16A Rhode Island2 Calorado 4 0 10 17 Oregon Wyoming 27A Wisconsin 16a 18 Connecticut Maine Pennsylvania 162 0 - Oregon. Iowa 11 11 5 Nebraska 170 New Jersey Colorado Pennsylvania Ohio 28 Indiana Alaska Nevada 72 1 Delaware Texas 24A linois 82 8 32 24 28 38 A 23 26 23 Wyoming Utah West Virginia -Washington Virginia 48 2 13 15 20 12 12 14 Colorado 356 34 Maryland 39 6 3 a 8. California 513 39 00 Washington 51A ও 12 ৪। Missouri 97 8 New York Kentucky 14 A Delaware Kansas Washington D.CY 3A 0 0 Missouri 15 18 18 113 130 113 24A 169 152 15 16 31 28 10 37 Wisconsin Illinois North Carolina 19A 10 11 New Hampshire Massachusetts Tennessee 38 0 16 11 12 11 12 Idaho - Michigan 12 Arizona 56A 15 20 21 13 Oklahoma 10 Nebraska South Carolina Ohio Arkansas 13 New Mexico 14 The U.S. Beer Market New Mexico Alaska 25A 14 15 Georgia 22 A 8 14 2 Michigan Alabama Arizona 11 15 Mississippi 70 16 South Dakota Utah 16 $101 Billion 17 * Hawaii Virginia 47 17 Техas Louisiana 18 Nevada Minnesota 18 136 3 40 19 Kansas Maryland L 19 & 20 49 43 Florida Pennsylvania Nevada 20 19 26 0 10 10 210,619,000 Alaska 60 6 Barrels 22 Top American Beers Hawaii 1 Alaskan Smoked Porter New Belgian Abbey Style Ale 17 Top American Breweries Gonesee Cream Ale 10 Samuel Adams Double Bock Anheuser-Busci O'Douls Amber NA Miller Brewing Old Milwauee Láght 10 23 Laughing Lab Scottish Ale Pabst Brewing 27 19 20 19 Pinza Port/Port Browing 11 20 Rock Bottom Brewing St. Ide's Malt Lequor 14 53 Miller Genaine Draft Gold 46 Alaskan Brewing 14 14 12 40 New Glarus Belgian Red Red Dog 10 •Silver O Bronze Gold States with Most Breweries and Total U.S. Breweries 11a Coor's Brewing 12 13 11 36 65 • Silver O Bronze 8. 11b Celis White Regional Craft Breweries Boston Beer ** 18 8 Sandiot Brewery 11 12 30 at Cocrs Field Deschutes Brewery 13 5 1 29 Iron Hill Brewery 11 1 Marin Brewing 13 67 26 Minninsippi 31 13a Coor's Original Oklshoma 1 13b Coor's Light Alaska Arkansas 10 Tana utan 2New 14 14 Hamahire Georgia darolina 11 15 Budweiser Wyoming 27 16 Florida 39 Colorado and Wisconsin 16 ODoul's NA Tennessee 41 Massachusens 14 et Viginia Minnis 12 446 Microbreweries account for 8 of the top 20 beers. Louisiana tico 13 17 Olde Englinh 800 Stoude's Brewing e 106 25 Snake River Brewing 11 9 24 Pelican Pab & Brewery 11 7 Sierra Nevada Brewing 11 66 California accounts for 4 of the top 20 Snake River Zonker Stout Pete's Wicked Aie New York 18 Texas Nebraaka 36 Kontuckyaine 14 19 990 Brewpubs Pennaylvania 15 breweriès. Wiaconsin 25 20 Henry Weinhard's Dark 16a 20 Large Breweries Non-Craft) South Dakota Hawaii Flosmoor Station Pullman Brown Ale Alaskan Pale Ale 21 16b BJ's Restaurants 11 66 New Glarus Brewing 10 7 New Jerpey Olio Minneaot *lad e Meen e 22 Oregon Californin 18 23 medala 221 dades 1 Sel A Data based on Creat American Beer Festival medal winners 1987-2008 & 2008 Brewers Association Craft Beer statistics Legend 19 Stroh Browery 8 Kangss 17 Virginia Connecticut 16 24 18 Other Non-Craft 20 Steolhoad Brewing 6 D Inde eday ed Ceenenpa Michigan Amount of medals gained at 2008 festival Medals Washington 100 Breweries 513 16 26 1,545 Colotado 103 Alabama Dalaware 1 Varmom GABF Site No gain of medals at 2008 festival North Missouri Maryland 29 Top 20 Beer Rank by Medals Total U.S. Breweries Top 20 Brewery Rank by Medals 21 O ? O Y lyke2drink.blogspot.com Current Medal count State Rank by Breweries Per Capita Map By: Mike Wirth - The Beer Geek © 2009. All Rights Reserved. mikewirthart.com As the American craft beer movement started taking root the first The Great The Best Beer in America Great American Beer Festival was held in Boulder, Colorado, in 1982. American Beer That first event had 22 participating breweries and a few hundred Festival has 2009 awarded 2,987 beer fans in attendance. The 28th GABF sponsored by the Brewers Association in Denver in 2009 is expected to feature more than 450 breweries serving 2,000 beers to 50,000 beer lovers. The medal medals since 1987. competition is expected to attract more than 2,900 entries from across the United States that will be judged in 75 categories by a professional G B Vermont panel of 120 beer experts from around the world. 150 Maine Washington 121 1 90 4 1 36 Top Breweries Per Capita States 20 Montana North Dakota Top Medal Winning States Minnesota 21A Hampshire "15 o 40A Oregon 189 19 77 66 56 New York 108 D 12 Massachusetts 793 Wisconsin 247 15 85 86 76 Vermont Idaho California South Dakota Michigan 776 21 30 20 Montana 16A Rhode Island2 Calorado 4 0 10 17 Oregon Wyoming 27A O 13 Pennsylvania 162 0 Wisconsin 16a 18 Connecticut Maine - Oregon. Iowa 11 11 5 170 New Jersey Colorado Pennsylvania Nebraska 5A Ohio 28 Indiana Alaska Nevada 72 1 29 A a 6 0 Delaware Texas 6 24A linois 82 8 32 24 28 38 A 23 26 23 Wyoming Utah West Virginia -Washington 7 Virginia 48 2 13 15 20 12 12 14 Colorado 356 34 Maryland 39 6 3 a 8. California 513 39 00 Washington 51A 6 12 6 Missouri 97 8 New York Kentucky 14 A Kansas 9 Delaware Washington D.CY 3A 0 0 Missouri 15 18 18 113 130 113 9 24A 169 152 15 16 31 28 10 37 Wisconsin Illinois North Carolina 19A 10 7 8 9 11 New Hampshire Massachusetts Tennessee 38 0 16 11 12 11 12 Idaho - Michigan 12 Arizona 56A 15 20 21 Oklahoma 10 South Carolina 13 Nebraska Ohio Arkansas 13 New Mexico 14 The U.S. Beer Market New Mexico Alaska 25A 4 Georgia 22 A 8 14 2 3 3 14 15 3 2 Michigan Alabama Arizona 11 15 Mississippi 70 16 3A South Dakota Utah $101 Billion 16 0 1 2 17 * Hawaii Virginia 47 17 Texas 18 Nevada Louisiana 40 Minnesota 18 136 3 19 Kansas Maryland L 19 & 20 49 43 Florida Pennsylvania Nevada 19 20 26 0 10 10 210,619,000 Alaska 60 6 Barrels 22 Top American Beers Hawaii 1 Alaskan Smoked Porter New Belgian Abbey Style Ale 17 Top American Breweries Gonesee Cream Ale 10 Samuel Adams Double Bock Anheuser-Busci O'Douls Amber NA Miller Brewing Old Milwauee Láght 10 15 27 19 20 19 23 Laughing Lab Scottish Ale Pabst Brewing Rock Bottom Brewing St. Ide's Malt Lequor 14 53 Pinza Port/Port Browing 11 20 Miller Genaine Draft 18 Gold 46 New Glarus Belgian Red Red Dog 10 Alaskan Brewing 14 14 12 40 •Silver O Bronze Gold States with Most Breweries and Total U.S. Breweries 11a Coor's Brewing 12 13 11 36 65 • Silver O Bronze 8. 11b Celis White Regional Craft Breweries Boston Beer ** 18 8 Sandiot Brewery 11 12 30 at Cocrs Field Deschutes Brewery 13 5 1 29 Iron Hill Brewery 11 1 Marin Brewing 13 67 26 Stoude's Brewing e 106 25 Snake River Brewing 11 9 24 Minninsippi 31 13a Coor's Original 2 3 2 3 Oklshoma 1 13b Alaska Arkansas 10 Coor's Light Tana utan 2New 14 14 Hamahire Georgia darolina 11 15 Budweiser 3 2 Wyoming 16 Florida 39 27 16 ODoul's NA Colorado and Wisconsin Minnis Tennessee 12 446 Microbreweries 41 Massachusens 14 account for 8 of the top 20 beers. New Louisiana tico et Viginia 6 13 17 Olde Englinh 800 California accounts for 4 of the top 20 Snake River Zonker Stout Pete's Wicked Aie 18 Texas Nebraaka 36 New York Kontuckyaine 14 19 990 Brewpubs 31 Pennaylvania 15 Pelican Pab & Brewery 11 7 Sierra Nevada Brewing 11 66 Wiaconsin breweriès. 25 20 Henry Weinhard's Dark 16a 20 Large Breweries Non-Craft) 24 South Dakota Hawaii Flosmoor Station Pullman Brown Ale Alaskan Pale Ale I 21 16b BJ's Restaurants 11 66 New Glarus Brewing 10 7 New Jerpey Olio Minneaot *lad e Meen e 22 Californin Oregon 18 23 medala 221 dades 1 Sel A Data based on Creat American Beer Festival medal winners 1987-2008 & 2008 Brewers Association Craft Beer statistics 19 Legend Stroh Browery 8 Steolhoad Brewing 6 D Kangss 17 Virginia Connecticut 16 18 pas eCo 20 Other Non-Craft Inde eday ed Ceenenpa Michigan Amount of medals gained at 2008 festival Medals Washington 100 Breweries 513 16 26 1,545 Colotado 103 Alabama Dalaware 1 Varmom 19 GABF Site No gain of medals at 2008 festival North Top 20 Beer Rank by Medals Missouri Maryland 29 21 Total U.S. Breweries Top 20 Brewery Rank by Medals O ? O Y lyke2drink.blogspot.com Current Medal сount State Rank by Breweries Per Capita Map By: Mike Wirth - The Beer Geek © 2009. All Rights Reserved. mikewirthart.com 5-9 As the American craft beer movement started taking root the first The Great The Best Beer in America Great American Beer Festival was held in Boulder, Colorado, in 1982. American Beer That first event had 22 participating breweries and a few hundred Festival has 2009 awarded 2,987 beer fans in attendance. The 28th GABF sponsored by the Brewers Association in Denver in 2009 is expected to feature more than 450 breweries serving 2,000 beers to 50,000 beer lovers. The medal medals since 1987. competition is expected to attract more than 2,900 entries from across the United States that will be judged in 75 categories by a professional G B Vermont panel of 120 beer experts from around the world. 150 Maine Washington 121 1 90 4 1 36 Top Breweries Per Capita States 20 Montana North Dakota Top Medal Winning States Minnesota 21A Hampshire "15 o 40A Oregon 189 19 77 66 56 New York 108 D 12 Massachusetts 793 Wisconsin 247 15 85 86 76 Vermont Idaho California South Dakota Michigan 776 21 30 20 Montana 16A Rhode Island2 Calorado 4 0 10 17 Oregon Wyoming 27A O 13 Pennsylvania 162 0 Wisconsin 16a 18 Connecticut Maine - Oregon. Iowa 11 11 5 170 New Jersey Colorado Pennsylvania Nebraska 5A Ohio 28 Indiana Alaska Nevada 72 1 29 A a 6 0 Delaware Texas 6 24A linois 82 8 32 24 28 38 A 23 26 23 Wyoming Utah West Virginia -Washington 7 Virginia 48 2 13 15 20 12 12 14 Colorado 356 34 Maryland 39 6 3 a 8. California 513 39 00 Washington 51A 6 12 6 Missouri 97 8 New York Kentucky 14 A Kansas 9 Delaware Washington D.CY 3A 0 0 Missouri 15 18 18 113 130 113 9 24A 169 152 15 16 31 28 10 37 Wisconsin Illinois North Carolina 19A 10 7 8 9 11 New Hampshire Massachusetts Tennessee 38 0 16 11 12 11 12 Idaho - Michigan 12 Arizona 56A 15 20 21 Oklahoma 10 South Carolina 13 Nebraska Ohio Arkansas 13 New Mexico 14 The U.S. Beer Market New Mexico Alaska 25A 4 Georgia 22 A 8 14 2 3 3 14 15 3 2 Michigan Alabama Arizona 11 15 Mississippi 70 16 3A South Dakota Utah $101 Billion 16 0 1 2 17 * Hawaii Virginia 47 17 Texas 18 Nevada Louisiana 40 Minnesota 18 136 3 19 Kansas Maryland L 19 & 20 49 43 Florida Pennsylvania Nevada 19 20 26 0 10 10 210,619,000 Alaska 60 6 Barrels 22 Top American Beers Hawaii 1 Alaskan Smoked Porter New Belgian Abbey Style Ale 17 Top American Breweries Gonesee Cream Ale 10 Samuel Adams Double Bock Anheuser-Busci O'Douls Amber NA Miller Brewing Old Milwauee Láght 10 15 27 19 20 19 23 Laughing Lab Scottish Ale Pabst Brewing Rock Bottom Brewing St. Ide's Malt Lequor 14 53 Pinza Port/Port Browing 11 20 Miller Genaine Draft 18 Gold 46 New Glarus Belgian Red Red Dog 10 Alaskan Brewing 14 14 12 40 •Silver O Bronze Gold States with Most Breweries and Total U.S. Breweries 11a Coor's Brewing 12 13 11 36 65 • Silver O Bronze 8. 11b Celis White Regional Craft Breweries Boston Beer ** 18 8 Sandiot Brewery 11 12 30 at Cocrs Field Deschutes Brewery 13 5 1 29 Iron Hill Brewery 11 1 Marin Brewing 13 67 26 Stoude's Brewing e 106 25 Snake River Brewing 11 9 24 Minninsippi 31 13a Coor's Original 2 3 2 3 Oklshoma 1 13b Alaska Arkansas 10 Coor's Light Tana utan 2New 14 14 Hamahire Georgia darolina 11 15 Budweiser 3 2 Wyoming 16 Florida 39 27 16 ODoul's NA Colorado and Wisconsin Minnis Tennessee 12 446 Microbreweries 41 Massachusens 14 account for 8 of the top 20 beers. New Louisiana tico et Viginia 6 13 17 Olde Englinh 800 California accounts for 4 of the top 20 Snake River Zonker Stout Pete's Wicked Aie 18 Texas Nebraaka 36 New York Kontuckyaine 14 19 990 Brewpubs 31 Pennaylvania 15 Pelican Pab & Brewery 11 7 Sierra Nevada Brewing 11 66 Wiaconsin breweriès. 25 20 Henry Weinhard's Dark 16a 20 Large Breweries Non-Craft) 24 South Dakota Hawaii Flosmoor Station Pullman Brown Ale Alaskan Pale Ale I 21 16b BJ's Restaurants 11 66 New Glarus Brewing 10 7 New Jerpey Olio Minneaot *lad e Meen e 22 Californin Oregon 18 23 medala 221 dades 1 Sel A Data based on Creat American Beer Festival medal winners 1987-2008 & 2008 Brewers Association Craft Beer statistics 19 Legend Stroh Browery 8 Steolhoad Brewing 6 D Kangss 17 Virginia Connecticut 16 18 pas eCo 20 Other Non-Craft Inde eday ed Ceenenpa Michigan Amount of medals gained at 2008 festival Medals Washington 100 Breweries 513 16 26 1,545 Colotado 103 Alabama Dalaware 1 Varmom 19 GABF Site No gain of medals at 2008 festival North Top 20 Beer Rank by Medals Missouri Maryland 29 21 Total U.S. Breweries Top 20 Brewery Rank by Medals O ? O Y lyke2drink.blogspot.com Current Medal сount State Rank by Breweries Per Capita Map By: Mike Wirth - The Beer Geek © 2009. All Rights Reserved. mikewirthart.com 5-9 As the American craft beer movement started taking root the first The Great The Best Beer in America Great American Beer Festival was held in Boulder, Colorado, in 1982. American Beer That first event had 22 participating breweries and a few hundred Festival has 2009 awarded 2,987 beer fans in attendance. The 28th GABF sponsored by the Brewers Association in Denver in 2009 is expected to feature more than 450 breweries serving 2,000 beers to 50,000 beer lovers. The medal medals since 1987. competition is expected to attract more than 2,900 entries from across the United States that will be judged in 75 categories by a professional G B Vermont panel of 120 beer experts from around the world. 150 Maine Washington 121 1 90 4 1 36 Top Breweries Per Capita States 20 Montana North Dakota Top Medal Winning States Minnesota 21A Hampshire "15 o 40A Oregon 189 19 77 66 56 New York 108 D 12 Massachusetts 793 Wisconsin 247 15 85 86 76 Vermont Idaho California South Dakota Michigan 776 21 30 20 Montana 16A Rhode Island2 Calorado 4 0 10 17 Oregon Wyoming 27A O 13 Pennsylvania 162 0 Wisconsin 16a 18 Connecticut Maine - Oregon. Iowa 11 11 5 170 New Jersey Colorado Pennsylvania Nebraska 5A Ohio 28 Indiana Alaska Nevada 72 1 29 A a 6 0 Delaware Texas 6 24A linois 82 8 32 24 28 38 A 23 26 23 Wyoming Utah West Virginia -Washington 7 Virginia 48 2 13 15 20 12 12 14 Colorado 356 34 Maryland 39 6 3 a 8. California 513 39 00 Washington 51A 6 12 6 Missouri 97 8 New York Kentucky 14 A Kansas 9 Delaware Washington D.CY 3A 0 0 Missouri 15 18 18 113 130 113 9 24A 169 152 15 16 31 28 10 37 Wisconsin Illinois North Carolina 19A 10 7 8 9 11 New Hampshire Massachusetts Tennessee 38 0 16 11 12 11 12 Idaho - Michigan 12 Arizona 56A 15 20 21 Oklahoma 10 South Carolina 13 Nebraska Ohio Arkansas 13 New Mexico 14 The U.S. Beer Market New Mexico Alaska 25A 4 Georgia 22 A 8 14 2 3 3 14 15 3 2 Michigan Alabama Arizona 11 15 Mississippi 70 16 3A South Dakota Utah $101 Billion 16 0 1 2 17 * Hawaii Virginia 47 17 Texas 18 Nevada Louisiana 40 Minnesota 18 136 3 19 Kansas Maryland L 19 & 20 49 43 Florida Pennsylvania Nevada 19 20 26 0 10 10 210,619,000 Alaska 60 6 Barrels 22 Top American Beers Hawaii 1 Alaskan Smoked Porter New Belgian Abbey Style Ale 17 Top American Breweries Gonesee Cream Ale 10 Samuel Adams Double Bock Anheuser-Busci O'Douls Amber NA Miller Brewing Old Milwauee Láght 10 15 27 19 20 19 23 Laughing Lab Scottish Ale Pabst Brewing Rock Bottom Brewing St. Ide's Malt Lequor 14 53 Pinza Port/Port Browing 11 20 Miller Genaine Draft 18 Gold 46 New Glarus Belgian Red Red Dog 10 Alaskan Brewing 14 14 12 40 •Silver O Bronze Gold States with Most Breweries and Total U.S. Breweries 11a Coor's Brewing 12 13 11 36 65 • Silver O Bronze 8. 11b Celis White Regional Craft Breweries Boston Beer ** 18 8 Sandiot Brewery 11 12 30 at Cocrs Field Deschutes Brewery 13 5 1 29 Iron Hill Brewery 11 1 Marin Brewing 13 67 26 Stoude's Brewing e 106 25 Snake River Brewing 11 9 24 Minninsippi 31 13a Coor's Original 2 3 2 3 Oklshoma 1 13b Alaska Arkansas 10 Coor's Light Tana utan 2New 14 14 Hamahire Georgia darolina 11 15 Budweiser 3 2 Wyoming 16 Florida 39 27 16 ODoul's NA Colorado and Wisconsin Minnis Tennessee 12 446 Microbreweries 41 Massachusens 14 account for 8 of the top 20 beers. New Louisiana tico et Viginia 6 13 17 Olde Englinh 800 California accounts for 4 of the top 20 Snake River Zonker Stout Pete's Wicked Aie 18 Texas Nebraaka 36 New York Kontuckyaine 14 19 990 Brewpubs 31 Pennaylvania 15 Pelican Pab & Brewery 11 7 Sierra Nevada Brewing 11 66 Wiaconsin breweriès. 25 20 Henry Weinhard's Dark 16a 20 Large Breweries Non-Craft) 24 South Dakota Hawaii Flosmoor Station Pullman Brown Ale Alaskan Pale Ale I 21 16b BJ's Restaurants 11 66 New Glarus Brewing 10 7 New Jerpey Olio Minneaot *lad e Meen e 22 Californin Oregon 18 23 medala 221 dades 1 Sel A Data based on Creat American Beer Festival medal winners 1987-2008 & 2008 Brewers Association Craft Beer statistics 19 Legend Stroh Browery 8 Steolhoad Brewing 6 D Kangss 17 Virginia Connecticut 16 18 pas eCo 20 Other Non-Craft Inde eday ed Ceenenpa Michigan Amount of medals gained at 2008 festival Medals Washington 100 Breweries 513 16 26 1,545 Colotado 103 Alabama Dalaware 1 Varmom 19 GABF Site No gain of medals at 2008 festival North Top 20 Beer Rank by Medals Missouri Maryland 29 21 Total U.S. Breweries Top 20 Brewery Rank by Medals O ? O Y lyke2drink.blogspot.com Current Medal сount State Rank by Breweries Per Capita Map By: Mike Wirth - The Beer Geek © 2009. All Rights Reserved. mikewirthart.com 5-9 As the American craft beer movement started taking root the first The Great The Best Beer in America Great American Beer Festival was held in Boulder, Colorado, in 1982. American Beer That first event had 22 participating breweries and a few hundred Festival has 2009 awarded 2,987 beer fans in attendance. The 28th GABF sponsored by the Brewers Association in Denver in 2009 is expected to feature more than 450 breweries serving 2,000 beers to 50,000 beer lovers. The medal medals since 1987. competition is expected to attract more than 2,900 entries from across the United States that will be judged in 75 categories by a professional G B Vermont panel of 120 beer experts from around the world. 150 Maine Washington 121 1 90 4 1 36 Top Breweries Per Capita States 20 Montana North Dakota Top Medal Winning States Minnesota 21A Hampshire "15 o 40A Oregon 189 19 77 66 56 New York 108 D 12 Massachusetts 793 Wisconsin 247 15 85 86 76 Vermont Idaho California South Dakota Michigan 776 21 30 20 Montana 16A Rhode Island2 Calorado 4 0 10 17 Oregon Wyoming 27A O 13 Pennsylvania 162 0 Wisconsin 16a 18 Connecticut Maine - Oregon. Iowa 11 11 5 170 New Jersey Colorado Pennsylvania Nebraska 5A Ohio 28 Indiana Alaska Nevada 72 1 29 A a 6 0 Delaware Texas 6 24A linois 82 8 32 24 28 38 A 23 26 23 Wyoming Utah West Virginia -Washington 7 Virginia 48 2 13 15 20 12 12 14 Colorado 356 34 Maryland 39 6 3 a 8. California 513 39 00 Washington 51A 6 12 6 Missouri 97 8 New York Kentucky 14 A Kansas 9 Delaware Washington D.CY 3A 0 0 Missouri 15 18 18 113 130 113 9 24A 169 152 15 16 31 28 10 37 Wisconsin Illinois North Carolina 19A 10 7 8 9 11 New Hampshire Massachusetts Tennessee 38 0 16 11 12 11 12 Idaho - Michigan 12 Arizona 56A 15 20 21 Oklahoma 10 South Carolina 13 Nebraska Ohio Arkansas 13 New Mexico 14 The U.S. Beer Market New Mexico Alaska 25A 4 Georgia 22 A 8 14 2 3 3 14 15 3 2 Michigan Alabama Arizona 11 15 Mississippi 70 16 3A South Dakota Utah $101 Billion 16 0 1 2 17 * Hawaii Virginia 47 17 Texas 18 Nevada Louisiana 40 Minnesota 18 136 3 19 Kansas Maryland L 19 & 20 49 43 Florida Pennsylvania Nevada 19 20 26 0 10 10 210,619,000 Alaska 60 6 Barrels 22 Top American Beers Hawaii 1 Alaskan Smoked Porter New Belgian Abbey Style Ale 17 Top American Breweries Gonesee Cream Ale 10 Samuel Adams Double Bock Anheuser-Busci O'Douls Amber NA Miller Brewing Old Milwauee Láght 10 15 27 19 20 19 23 Laughing Lab Scottish Ale Pabst Brewing Rock Bottom Brewing St. Ide's Malt Lequor 14 53 Pinza Port/Port Browing 11 20 Miller Genaine Draft 18 Gold 46 New Glarus Belgian Red Red Dog 10 Alaskan Brewing 14 14 12 40 •Silver O Bronze Gold States with Most Breweries and Total U.S. Breweries 11a Coor's Brewing 12 13 11 36 65 • Silver O Bronze 8. 11b Celis White Regional Craft Breweries Boston Beer ** 18 8 Sandiot Brewery 11 12 30 at Cocrs Field Deschutes Brewery 13 5 1 29 Iron Hill Brewery 11 1 Marin Brewing 13 67 26 Stoude's Brewing e 106 25 Snake River Brewing 11 9 24 Minninsippi 31 13a Coor's Original 2 3 2 3 Oklshoma 1 13b Alaska Arkansas 10 Coor's Light Tana utan 2New 14 14 Hamahire Georgia darolina 11 15 Budweiser 3 2 Wyoming 16 Florida 39 27 16 ODoul's NA Colorado and Wisconsin Minnis Tennessee 12 446 Microbreweries 41 Massachusens 14 account for 8 of the top 20 beers. New Louisiana tico et Viginia 6 13 17 Olde Englinh 800 California accounts for 4 of the top 20 Snake River Zonker Stout Pete's Wicked Aie 18 Texas Nebraaka 36 New York Kontuckyaine 14 19 990 Brewpubs 31 Pennaylvania 15 Pelican Pab & Brewery 11 7 Sierra Nevada Brewing 11 66 Wiaconsin breweriès. 25 20 Henry Weinhard's Dark 16a 20 Large Breweries Non-Craft) 24 South Dakota Hawaii Flosmoor Station Pullman Brown Ale Alaskan Pale Ale I 21 16b BJ's Restaurants 11 66 New Glarus Brewing 10 7 New Jerpey Olio Minneaot *lad e Meen e 22 Californin Oregon 18 23 medala 221 dades 1 Sel A Data based on Creat American Beer Festival medal winners 1987-2008 & 2008 Brewers Association Craft Beer statistics 19 Legend Stroh Browery 8 Steolhoad Brewing 6 D Kangss 17 Virginia Connecticut 16 18 pas eCo 20 Other Non-Craft Inde eday ed Ceenenpa Michigan Amount of medals gained at 2008 festival Medals Washington 100 Breweries 513 16 26 1,545 Colotado 103 Alabama Dalaware 1 Varmom 19 GABF Site No gain of medals at 2008 festival North Top 20 Beer Rank by Medals Missouri Maryland 29 21 Total U.S. Breweries Top 20 Brewery Rank by Medals O ? O Y lyke2drink.blogspot.com Current Medal сount State Rank by Breweries Per Capita Map By: Mike Wirth - The Beer Geek © 2009. All Rights Reserved. mikewirthart.com 5-9 As the American craft beer movement started taking root the first The Great The Best Beer in America Great American Beer Festival was held in Boulder, Colorado, in 1982. American Beer That first event had 22 participating breweries and a few hundred Festival has 2009 awarded 2,987 beer fans in attendance. The 28th GABF sponsored by the Brewers Association in Denver in 2009 is expected to feature more than 450 breweries serving 2,000 beers to 50,000 beer lovers. The medal medals since 1987. competition is expected to attract more than 2,900 entries from across the United States that will be judged in 75 categories by a professional G B Vermont panel of 120 beer experts from around the world. 150 Maine Washington 121 1 90 4 1 36 Top Breweries Per Capita States 20 Montana North Dakota Top Medal Winning States Minnesota 21A Hampshire "15 o 40A Oregon 189 19 77 66 56 New York 108 D 12 Massachusetts 793 Wisconsin 247 15 85 86 76 Vermont Idaho California South Dakota Michigan 776 21 30 20 Montana 16A Rhode Island2 Calorado 4 0 10 17 Oregon Wyoming 27A O 13 Pennsylvania 162 0 Wisconsin 16a 18 Connecticut Maine - Oregon. Iowa 11 11 5 170 New Jersey Colorado Pennsylvania Nebraska 5A Ohio 28 Indiana Alaska Nevada 72 1 29 A a 6 0 Delaware Texas 6 24A linois 82 8 32 24 28 38 A 23 26 23 Wyoming Utah West Virginia -Washington 7 Virginia 48 2 13 15 20 12 12 14 Colorado 356 34 Maryland 39 6 3 a 8. California 513 39 00 Washington 51A 6 12 6 Missouri 97 8 New York Kentucky 14 A Kansas 9 Delaware Washington D.CY 3A 0 0 Missouri 15 18 18 113 130 113 9 24A 169 152 15 16 31 28 10 37 Wisconsin Illinois North Carolina 19A 10 7 8 9 11 New Hampshire Massachusetts Tennessee 38 0 16 11 12 11 12 Idaho - Michigan 12 Arizona 56A 15 20 21 Oklahoma 10 South Carolina 13 Nebraska Ohio Arkansas 13 New Mexico 14 The U.S. Beer Market New Mexico Alaska 25A 4 Georgia 22 A 8 14 2 3 3 14 15 3 2 Michigan Alabama Arizona 11 15 Mississippi 70 16 3A South Dakota Utah $101 Billion 16 0 1 2 17 * Hawaii Virginia 47 17 Texas 18 Nevada Louisiana 40 Minnesota 18 136 3 19 Kansas Maryland L 19 & 20 49 43 Florida Pennsylvania Nevada 19 20 26 0 10 10 210,619,000 Alaska 60 6 Barrels 22 Top American Beers Hawaii 1 Alaskan Smoked Porter New Belgian Abbey Style Ale 17 Top American Breweries Gonesee Cream Ale 10 Samuel Adams Double Bock Anheuser-Busci O'Douls Amber NA Miller Brewing Old Milwauee Láght 10 15 27 19 20 19 23 Laughing Lab Scottish Ale Pabst Brewing Rock Bottom Brewing St. Ide's Malt Lequor 14 53 Pinza Port/Port Browing 11 20 Miller Genaine Draft 18 Gold 46 New Glarus Belgian Red Red Dog 10 Alaskan Brewing 14 14 12 40 •Silver O Bronze Gold States with Most Breweries and Total U.S. Breweries 11a Coor's Brewing 12 13 11 36 65 • Silver O Bronze 8. 11b Celis White Regional Craft Breweries Boston Beer ** 18 8 Sandiot Brewery 11 12 30 at Cocrs Field Deschutes Brewery 13 5 1 29 Iron Hill Brewery 11 1 Marin Brewing 13 67 26 Stoude's Brewing e 106 25 Snake River Brewing 11 9 24 Minninsippi 31 13a Coor's Original 2 3 2 3 Oklshoma 1 13b Alaska Arkansas 10 Coor's Light Tana utan 2New 14 14 Hamahire Georgia darolina 11 15 Budweiser 3 2 Wyoming 16 Florida 39 27 16 ODoul's NA Colorado and Wisconsin Minnis Tennessee 12 446 Microbreweries 41 Massachusens 14 account for 8 of the top 20 beers. New Louisiana tico et Viginia 6 13 17 Olde Englinh 800 California accounts for 4 of the top 20 Snake River Zonker Stout Pete's Wicked Aie 18 Texas Nebraaka 36 New York Kontuckyaine 14 19 990 Brewpubs 31 Pennaylvania 15 Pelican Pab & Brewery 11 7 Sierra Nevada Brewing 11 66 Wiaconsin breweriès. 25 20 Henry Weinhard's Dark 16a 20 Large Breweries Non-Craft) 24 South Dakota Hawaii Flosmoor Station Pullman Brown Ale Alaskan Pale Ale I 21 16b BJ's Restaurants 11 66 New Glarus Brewing 10 7 New Jerpey Olio Minneaot *lad e Meen e 22 Californin Oregon 18 23 medala 221 dades 1 Sel A Data based on Creat American Beer Festival medal winners 1987-2008 & 2008 Brewers Association Craft Beer statistics 19 Legend Stroh Browery 8 Steolhoad Brewing 6 D Kangss 17 Virginia Connecticut 16 18 pas eCo 20 Other Non-Craft Inde eday ed Ceenenpa Michigan Amount of medals gained at 2008 festival Medals Washington 100 Breweries 513 16 26 1,545 Colotado 103 Alabama Dalaware 1 Varmom 19 GABF Site No gain of medals at 2008 festival North Top 20 Beer Rank by Medals Missouri Maryland 29 21 Total U.S. Breweries Top 20 Brewery Rank by Medals O ? O Y lyke2drink.blogspot.com Current Medal сount State Rank by Breweries Per Capita Map By: Mike Wirth - The Beer Geek © 2009. All Rights Reserved. mikewirthart.com 5-9 As the American craft beer movement started taking root the first The Great The Best Beer in America Great American Beer Festival was held in Boulder, Colorado, in 1982. American Beer That first event had 22 participating breweries and a few hundred Festival has 2009 awarded 2,987 beer fans in attendance. The 28th GABF sponsored by the Brewers Association in Denver in 2009 is expected to feature more than 450 breweries serving 2,000 beers to 50,000 beer lovers. The medal medals since 1987. competition is expected to attract more than 2,900 entries from across the United States that will be judged in 75 categories by a professional G B Vermont panel of 120 beer experts from around the world. 150 Maine Washington 121 1 90 4 1 36 Top Breweries Per Capita States 20 Montana North Dakota Top Medal Winning States Minnesota 21A Hampshire "15 o 40A Oregon 189 19 77 66 56 New York 108 D 12 Massachusetts 793 Wisconsin 247 15 85 86 76 Vermont Idaho California South Dakota Michigan 776 21 30 20 Montana 16A Rhode Island2 Calorado 4 0 10 17 Oregon Wyoming 27A O 13 Pennsylvania 162 0 Wisconsin 16a 18 Connecticut Maine - Oregon. Iowa 11 11 5 170 New Jersey Colorado Pennsylvania Nebraska 5A Ohio 28 Indiana Alaska Nevada 72 1 29 A a 6 0 Delaware Texas 6 24A linois 82 8 32 24 28 38 A 23 26 23 Wyoming Utah West Virginia -Washington 7 Virginia 48 2 13 15 20 12 12 14 Colorado 356 34 Maryland 39 6 3 a 8. California 513 39 00 Washington 51A 6 12 6 Missouri 97 8 New York Kentucky 14 A Kansas 9 Delaware Washington D.CY 3A 0 0 Missouri 15 18 18 113 130 113 9 24A 169 152 15 16 31 28 10 37 Wisconsin Illinois North Carolina 19A 10 7 8 9 11 New Hampshire Massachusetts Tennessee 38 0 16 11 12 11 12 Idaho - Michigan 12 Arizona 56A 15 20 21 Oklahoma 10 South Carolina 13 Nebraska Ohio Arkansas 13 New Mexico 14 The U.S. Beer Market New Mexico Alaska 25A 4 Georgia 22 A 8 14 2 3 3 14 15 3 2 Michigan Alabama Arizona 11 15 Mississippi 70 16 3A South Dakota Utah $101 Billion 16 0 1 2 17 * Hawaii Virginia 47 17 Texas 18 Nevada Louisiana 40 Minnesota 18 136 3 19 Kansas Maryland L 19 & 20 49 43 Florida Pennsylvania Nevada 19 20 26 0 10 10 210,619,000 Alaska 60 6 Barrels 22 Top American Beers Hawaii 1 Alaskan Smoked Porter New Belgian Abbey Style Ale 17 Top American Breweries Gonesee Cream Ale 10 Samuel Adams Double Bock Anheuser-Busci O'Douls Amber NA Miller Brewing Old Milwauee Láght 10 15 27 19 20 19 23 Laughing Lab Scottish Ale Pabst Brewing Rock Bottom Brewing St. Ide's Malt Lequor 14 53 Pinza Port/Port Browing 11 20 Miller Genaine Draft 18 Gold 46 New Glarus Belgian Red Red Dog 10 Alaskan Brewing 14 14 12 40 •Silver O Bronze Gold States with Most Breweries and Total U.S. Breweries 11a Coor's Brewing 12 13 11 36 65 • Silver O Bronze 8. 11b Celis White Regional Craft Breweries Boston Beer ** 18 8 Sandiot Brewery 11 12 30 at Cocrs Field Deschutes Brewery 13 5 1 29 Iron Hill Brewery 11 1 Marin Brewing 13 67 26 Stoude's Brewing e 106 25 Snake River Brewing 11 9 24 Minninsippi 31 13a Coor's Original 2 3 2 3 Oklshoma 1 13b Alaska Arkansas 10 Coor's Light Tana utan 2New 14 14 Hamahire Georgia darolina 11 15 Budweiser 3 2 Wyoming 16 Florida 39 27 16 ODoul's NA Colorado and Wisconsin Minnis Tennessee 12 446 Microbreweries 41 Massachusens 14 account for 8 of the top 20 beers. New Louisiana tico et Viginia 6 13 17 Olde Englinh 800 California accounts for 4 of the top 20 Snake River Zonker Stout Pete's Wicked Aie 18 Texas Nebraaka 36 New York Kontuckyaine 14 19 990 Brewpubs 31 Pennaylvania 15 Pelican Pab & Brewery 11 7 Sierra Nevada Brewing 11 66 Wiaconsin breweriès. 25 20 Henry Weinhard's Dark 16a 20 Large Breweries Non-Craft) 24 South Dakota Hawaii Flosmoor Station Pullman Brown Ale Alaskan Pale Ale I 21 16b BJ's Restaurants 11 66 New Glarus Brewing 10 7 New Jerpey Olio Minneaot *lad e Meen e 22 Californin Oregon 18 23 medala 221 dades 1 Sel A Data based on Creat American Beer Festival medal winners 1987-2008 & 2008 Brewers Association Craft Beer statistics 19 Legend Stroh Browery 8 Steolhoad Brewing 6 D Kangss 17 Virginia Connecticut 16 18 pas eCo 20 Other Non-Craft Inde eday ed Ceenenpa Michigan Amount of medals gained at 2008 festival Medals Washington 100 Breweries 513 16 26 1,545 Colotado 103 Alabama Dalaware 1 Varmom 19 GABF Site No gain of medals at 2008 festival North Top 20 Beer Rank by Medals Missouri Maryland 29 21 Total U.S. Breweries Top 20 Brewery Rank by Medals O ? O Y lyke2drink.blogspot.com Current Medal сount State Rank by Breweries Per Capita Map By: Mike Wirth - The Beer Geek © 2009. All Rights Reserved. mikewirthart.com 5-9