Posted on 06/12/2021 6:40:29 AM PDT by mylife
Countless new beer releases flood the United States each year, from craft IPAs to macro lagers. But small-batch to mass-produced brews alike owe a debt of gratitude to the establishments that paved the way long ago — or, in some cases, less than two decades ago.
With nearly 9,000 breweries operating in the U.S. today, we ventured to independently verify each state’s longest-operating brewery. Exploring this data reveals Prohibition’s wide-ranging and inconsistent impact on American beer.
Pennsylvania’s Yuengling, established in 1829, takes the crown for the oldest brewery in the U.S., while North Dakota’s Fargo Brewing Co., founded in 2010, is the youngest state representative on the list. A craft beer renaissance in the 1990s is evident, with 21 of the states’ oldest breweries originating in the decade.
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The Mormons had the biggest in Utah...
Its probably the oldest there...
Utah Wasatch Brewery 1986
looks like I grew up in the cradle of old brewerys
This is the one thing Jimmy Carted did correctly. He signed the bill that made micro-breweries and home brewing legal after about 60 years.
However, during Prohibition all the best recipes were lost and when it was over the brewing companies went after quantity over quality. That's why American beer has tasted like horse pi$$ for decades.
Germany may disagree
we can thank brother billy.
Coors, bud, etc. still tastes that way.
Interesing. Only 9 established prior to 1900 hundred.
Alabama Good People Brewing 2008
Alaska1 Alaskan Brewing Co. 1986
Arizona Barrio Brewing 1991
Arkansas2 Vino’s Brewpub 1993
California Anchor Brewing 1896
Colorado Coors 1873
Connecticut Willimantic Brewing 1997
Delaware Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 1995
District of Columbia (D.C.) District ChopHouse & Brewery 1997
Florida Dunedin Brewery 1996
Georgia Atlanta Brewing Co. 1993
Hawaii Kona Brewing Co. 1994
Idaho Grand Teton Brewing 1998
Illinois3 Goose Island Beer Co. 1988
Indiana4 Broad Ripple Brewpub 1990
Iowa Millstream Brewing Co. 1985
Kansas Free State Brewery 1989
Kentucky Bluegrass Brewing 1993
Louisiana5 Abita Brewing Co. 1986
Maine Geary Brewing Co. 1983
Maryland Oliver Brewing Co. 1993
Massachusetts6 Harpoon Brewery 1986
Michigan Frankenmuth Brewery 1862
Minnesota Schell’s Brewery 1860
Mississippi Lazy Magnolia 2003
Missouri Anheuser-Busch 1852
Montana Bayern Brewing 1987
Nebraska Empyrean Brewing Co. 1990
Nevada Great Basin Brewing Co. 1993
New Hampshire Portsmouth Brewery 1991
New Jersey Anheuser-Busch 1951
New Mexico Santa Fe Brewing 1988
New York Genesee Brewing Co. 1878
North Carolina Weeping Radish 1986
North Dakota Fargo Brewing Co. 2010
Ohio Portsmouth Brewing Co. 1842
Oklahoma Choc Beer 1919
Oregon Widmer Brothers Brewing 1984
Pennsylvania Yuengling 1829
Rhode Island Union Station Brewing 1993
South Carolina Palmetto Brewing Co. 1993
South Dakota Firehouse Brewing 1991
Tennessee Blackstone Brewing Co. 1984
Texas Spoetzl Brewery 1909
Utah Wasatch Brewery 1986
Vermont Vermont Pub & Brewery 1988
Virginia Legend Brewing Co. 1993
Washington Redhook Brewery 1981
West Virginia8 North End Tavern & Brewery 1997
Wisconsin Minhas Brewery 1845
Wyoming Snake River Brewing 1994
Coors started making Batch 19 a few years ago. It’s a pre-prohibition beer recipe.
Full disclosure: I work there making malt.
Been there almost 21 years.
I don’t know. That’s just what I heard.
Umm, Sam Adams started in 1984 two years before Harpoon.
continuously operating?
I cant see some of them even on the large map.
Not to mention England.
it is obvious where the grain belt is
or Belgium or Czech or..
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