What is Craft Beer?
According to the Brewer’s Association:
“An American craft brewer is small, independent and traditional.
Small
Annual production of 6 million barrels of beer or less (approximately 3 percent of U.S. annual sales). Beer production is attributed to the rules of alternating proprietorships.
Independent
Less than 25 percent of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by an alcoholic beverage industry member that is not itself a craft brewer.
Traditional
A brewer that has a majority of its total beverage alcohol volume in beers whose flavor derives from traditional or innovative brewing ingredients and their fermentation. Flavored malt beverages (FMBs) are not considered beers.”
This is a list of breweries and their current owners, as of May 5, 2016.
AB InBev
Goose Island
Elysian Brewing
Golden Road Brewing
Four Peaks Brewing
Breckenridge Brewery
Ten Barrel Brewing
Blue Point
Birra del Borgo (Italy)
Camden Town Brewery (England)
Cervejaria Wäls (Brazil)
Bogota Beer Company (Columbia)
Craft Brew Alliance (30% owned by AB InBev)
Breckenridge
Widmer
Redhook
Kona
Omission
NorthAmerican Breweries
Dundee
Genesee
Magic Hat
Pyramid
Portland Brewing
Heineken
Lagunitas Brewing (50% stake)
SABMiller
Saint Archer Brewing
Meantime Brewery Compan
Constellation Brands
Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits
Duvel Moortgat
Ommagang
Boulevard Brewing
Firestone Walker
ESOP
Odell Brewing Company
Left Hand Brewing Co
Harpoon Brewing
Uptown Market LLC
Logsdon Farmhouse Ales
Enjoy Beer LLC
Abita Brewing Co.
Encore Consumer Capital
Full Sail Brewing Co.
Evans Brewing Co.
Bayhawk Ales
Mahou San Miguel
Founders Brewing Co.
Green Flash Brewing
Alpine Beer Co.
TSG Consumer Partners
SweetWater Brewing
Ulysses Management LLC
Southern Tier Brewing
The Riverside Company
Uinta Brewing