

The craft beer industry is expected to continue to grow in 2019, although the growth rates are slower than in previous years, the Brewers Association’s Watson said. The Breweries in Pennsylvania website says various aspects of the craft beer industry were up and down last year. Pennsylvania has 3.6 breweries per 100,000 legal drinkers, which ranks 21st in the nation. Less impressive is the number of breweries for every 100,000 adults of drinking age. That means the Keystone State drinkers - in theory - have the fourth-highest amount of craft beer in the nation at their disposal. The state’s beer production is equal to 11.7 gallons of craft beer for every Pennsylvanian of legal drinking age. Yuengling is sixth in the nation in overall beer production, with Anheuser-Busch Inc. Yuengling and Son Location: Pottsville, Pennsylvania 2.
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The association did not reveal how much beer Yuengling made last year. To see the full list, here are the top 10 producing craft brewing companies of 2022, according to the Brewers Association.

1 in the Brewers Association’s list of 50 top-producing craft breweries, based on beer sales volume. brewery could be one reason Pennsylvania does so well in craft brewing. California has a population of 49.5 million people, compared to 12.8 million people in the Keystone State. 2 in terms of economic impact, second only to the $7.3 billion generated by the California craft beer industry. The craft beer industry in the state packed an economic wallop of $5.8 billion in 2016, the most recent year for which the economic statistics were available, the association reported. The state also produced the most craft beer in 20, said Bart Watson, chief economist for the Brewers Association. The state’s craft brewers have been able to do what the beloved Penguins and Steelers have not - threepeat. “We have definitely seen (growth) around Pittsburgh,” Gentry said.

Pleasant and Murrysville, because of the growth he has seen in the industry in the past few years. The beer production ranking for 2018 did not surprise Shawn Gentry, owner of Helltown Brewing in Mt. The number of craft beer breweries puts Pennsylvania sixth in the nation. The state’s 354 breweries produced more than 3.7 million barrels of craft beer last year, more than in any other state in the nation, according to statistics compiled by the Colorado-based Brewers Association, a national trade group. 1 in the country in one craft beer category - production.
