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The Brewers Association just released its annual listing of the top 50 craft and overall brewing companies in the U.S. based on 2012 beer sales volume. Cleveland’s Great Lakes Brewing Co. landed on both lists.

In the category of Top 50 U.S. Craft Brewing Companies, Great Lakes Brewing came in at #19.

In the Top 50 Overall U.S. Brewing Companies, Great Lakes Brewing came in at #28.

These results prove two things: One is that craft beer continues to make a bigger dent in the overall beer industry, and two, Great Lakes Brewing is awesome.

“In 2012, craft surpassed six percent of the total U.S. beer market, with volume and dollar sales reaching record levels,” said Paul Gatza, director, Brewers Association. “Increasingly, beer lovers are turning to craft brewed beer from small and independent producers to satisfy their thirst for bold, innovative and flavor-forward beers.”

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This article appears in Apr 3-9, 2013.

For 25 years, Douglas Trattner has worked as a full-time freelance writer, editor and author. His work as co-author on Michael Symon's cookbooks have earned him four New York Times Best-Selling Author honors, while his longstanding role as Scene dining editor has garnered awards of its own.

11 replies on “Great Lakes Brewing Among Top 50 Breweries in US”

  1. I sure would love to get more of that double IPA.. real good, but $10 for a 4 pack of beer is….. fucking ridiculous…..

  2. I’ll take 19th best in the US…@Josh it’s perfect to celebrate payday fridays with tho’…

  5. Guess you won’t be buying any green flash beers, then-they run about $13/4. To some extent, you get what you pay for (assuming you’re not at Progressive field!)

  6. Very glad to hear that Great Lakes is doing so well and is being recognized. The positive publicity that they and Christmas Ale in particular have brought to the city of Cleveland has been great!

  7. Also, considering how many other mass-produced beers are out there, it’s very impressive that small breweries have taken 6% of the market. That number is hard to increase due to the small amount produced and the fact that it doesn’t contain about 90% water like the rest of the big beers seem to.

  8. They have some good beers, but lots of companies make good beers, and Great Lakes’ beer is overpriced. So they can go fuck themselves. I’d understand the prices more if they had union labor, but they don’t.

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