Philadelphia-region beers and brewers: Slideshow
Philadelphia Business Journal by Peter Van Allen, Reporter
Date: Friday, February 24, 2012, 1:01pm EST - Last Modified: Friday, February 24, 2012, 1:26pm EST
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D.G. Yuengling & Son, a regional brewer established in 1829, is based at 501 Mahantongo St. in Pottsville, Pa. Its headquarters offers brewery tours and has a gift shop. It is the fourth-largest brewer of any kind — ranking behind Anheuser-Busch Inc., MillerCoors Brewing Co. and Pabst — and it’s still family owned.
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Beer was supposedly first brewed 6,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, yet it seems as fresh as ever today.
In the Philadelphia area, especially, makers of craft beer seem bent on proving the city’s a beer capital, to be mentioned alongside Portland, Ore.; Boulder, Colo.; Boston and other craft-beer centers.
Craft beer is one of the fastest growing segments of the $98 billion U.S. beer market, accounting for $7.6 billion in sales in 2010 (up from $7 billion).
Between 2009 and 2010, craft-beer production rose by 1 million barrels, to 9.95 million, according to the Boulder-based Brewers Association.
In that same period, Pennsylvania recorded the second-largest gain in active brewer permits, adding 17, behind Washington state, which added 25, according to theBeer Institute . Pennsylvania now has 105 active brewers, ranking it sixth nationwide.
Earlier this month, Fort Collins, Colo.-basedNew Belgium Brewing , which is just behind Boston Beer Co. (NYSE:SAM) among large craft brewers, said it will build an East Coast facility in either Philadelphia or Asheville, N.C., and will make the decision by June.
It would add new credibility to what’s already a growing beer scene in Philadelphia.
In the city and its suburbs, there are eight microbreweries (producing 15,000 barrels or less) and 18 brewpubs (defined as breweries that sell 25 percent or more of their beer on-site). Stretching the territory to include craft breweries with a strong presence here, there are four in the regional category (production of more than 15,000 barrels but less than 6 million), including D.G. Yuengling & Son (2.5 million barrels ), Dogfish Head Brewing Co., Troegs Brewing Co. and Victory Brewing Co.
Some say Yuengling doesn’t belong in the craft category, some say it does: It’s the fourth-largest brewer of any kind in the United States — ranking behind Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE:BUD), MillerCoors Brewing Co. and Pabst Brewing Co.
Looking to the future, according to the Brewers Association, the Philadelphia market has at least two dozen sites designated as a “brewery in planning,” small sites that could be a microbrewery or brew pub.
What follows is a slideshow of craft brewers — by definition, an independent brewer of less than 6 million barrels a year, though most are considerably smaller than that.
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