Beer Infinity Beer, Brewing & Beyond
| Each month, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission releases details for the amount of Oregon-brewed beer sold in Oregon. They are all fairly interesting if you’re into sales data, but the biggie comes out in late February, when the year-end totals are released. You can view them here in pdf. Here are the topline numbers. In 2013, Oregon breweries sold 490,000 barrels of beer in Oregon. They added over 70,000 barrels in 2014 (a 14.4% increase) and sold 566,000 barrels. According to the way the OLCC calculates these things, there are 189 breweries currently operating in Oregon.
Of course, the share of the sales goes to a very small group of breweries. Deschutes and the Craft Brewers Alliance (Widmer, Redhook, and Kona) account for a third of all the Oregon-brewed beer sold in Oregon. The five best-selling breweries account for half. The top ten account for two-thirds, the bottom 179 the final third. Below are the top 20 best-selling breweries in Oregon. Keep in mind that this is be … |
Source: Beervana
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