Breweries in Minnesota produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally. Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries and microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries.
In 2014, Minnesota's 109 brewing establishments (including breweries, brewpubs, importers, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers) employed 667 people directly, and more than 24,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. As of 2017, the number of craft breweries had grown to 112, and the craft brewing overall economic impact of $1,324,000,000 ranked 14th among US states.
Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Minnesota's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Minnesota's breweries and related industries was more than $480 million. Consumer purchases of Minnesota's brewery products generated more than $177 million extra in tax revenue. In 2014, according to the Brewers Association, Minnesota ranked 14th in the number of craft breweries per capita, with 2.7 breweries per 100,000 adults.
For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries. In 2016, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 64,745Â Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $350 billion.
Breweries
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Breweries in Minnesota may produce their own beer, produce contract beers, or both. Breweries which are known to produce contract beer are noted, but this specification does not exclude non-contract brewing, nor does a lack of this specification exclude contract brewing.
Minnesota breweries include:
- 10K Brewing - Anoka
- Angry Inch Brewing - Lakeville
- August Schell Brewing Company - New Ulm
- Back Channel Brewing Collective - Spring Park
- Bald Man Brewing - Eagan
- Bent Paddle Brewing Company - Duluth
- Birch's on the Lake Brewhouse - Long Lake
- Blacklist Artisan Ales - Duluth
- Castle Danger Brewery - Two Harbors
- Canal Park Brewing - Duluth
- Chapel Brewing - Dundas
- Clutch Brewing Company - Saint Paul
- Copper Trail Brewing Co. - Alexandria
- Dangerous Man Brewing Company - Minneapolis
- Day Block Building (Day Block Brewing Company) - Minneapolis
- Fair State Brewing Cooperative - Minneapolis
- Flat Earth Brewing Company - Saint Paul - located in the old Hamm's Brewery
- Fitger's Brewing Company - Duluth
- Forager Brewing Company - Rochester
- Fulton Beer - Minneapolis
- Giesenbrau Bier Co. - New Prague
- Grand Rounds Brewing Company - Rochester
- Gull Dam Brewing - Nisswa
- Hoops Brewing - Duluth
- Imminent Brewing - Northfield
- Inbound BrewCo - Minneapolis
- Indeed Brewing Company - Minneapolis
- Jack Pine Brewery - Baxter
- Kinney Creek Brewery - Rochester
- Lake Superior Brewing Company - Duluth
- Lakeville Brewing Company - Lakeville
- Lift Bridge Brewing Company - Stillwater
- LTS Brewing Company - Rochester
- Mankato Brewery - Mankato
- Modist Brewing Co. - Minneapolis
- Montgomery Brewing Company - Montgomery
- OMNI Brewing Company - Maple Grove
- Pig's Eye Brewing Company - Saint Paul
- Pryes Brewing Company - Minneapolis
- Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery - Minneapolis
- Roundhouse Brewery - Brainerd
- Summit Brewing Company - Saint Paul
- Surly Brewing Company - Minneapolis
- Take 16 Brewing Company - Luverne
- Talking Waters Brewing Company - Montevideo
- Tanzenwald Brewing Company - Northfield
- Third Street Brewhouse - Cold Spring
- Utepils Brewing - Minneapolis
- Wabasha Brewing Company - Saint Paul - in the old Yoerg brewery.
- Wicked Wort Brewing Company - Robbinsdale
See also
- Beer in the United States
- List of breweries in the United States
- List of microbreweries
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