List of breweries in Alaska
Breweries in Alaska produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally. In 2012 Alaska's 21 breweries, importers, brewpubs, packagers, and wholesalers employed more than 250 people directly in brewing activities, and another 2200 in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing.[1] Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Alaska's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Alaska's breweries and related industries was more than $73 million.[2] Consumer purchases of Alaska's brewery products generated another $23 million in tax revenue.[3] In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Alaska ranked 4th in per capita craft breweries with 22.[4]
For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries.[5] In that same year, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 43,000 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $246 billion.[6]
Breweries
Almost all of the breweries listed below are also co-located with a restaurant on-site.
- Anchorage Brewing Company[7] - Anchorage
- King Street Brewing Company[8] - Anchorage
- Midnight Sun Brewing Company - Anchorage
- Resolution Brewing Company[9] - Anchorage
- HooDoo Brewing Company[10] - Fairbanks
- Silver Gulch Brewing & Bottling Company - Fox
- Alaskan Brewing Company - Juneau
- Kassik's Kenai Brew Stop[11] - Nikiski
- Arkose Brewery[12] - Palmer
- Gold Rush Brewery[13] - Skagway
- Baranof Island Brewing Company - Sitka[14]
See also
References
- ↑ "The Economic Impact of the Beer Industry--State Legislative & Congressional District Data, Alaska". The Beer Institute. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ↑ "The Economic Impact of the Beer Industry--State Legislative & Congressional District Data, Alaska". The Beer Institute. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ↑ "The Economic Impact of the Beer Industry--State Legislative & Congressional District Data, Alaska". The Beer Institute. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Capita per Brewery". Brewers Association.
- ↑ "Brewers Association Announces 2013 Craft Brewer Growth". Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ↑ "Beer Serves America". The Beer Institute. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ↑ Big Oak, James "Dr. Fermento" Roberts, Anchorage Press, 3/6/15
- ↑ Welcoming a new brewery - Anchorage Press: Food And Drink
- ↑ New brewery moves into Mountain View, Heather Hintze, KTVA Alaska, 3/6/15
- ↑ In Fairbanks, local love keeps HooDoo Brewing Company in high demand, Suzanna Caldwell, Alaska Dispatch News, 7/13/14
- ↑ Cream of the Crop, James "Dr. Fermento" Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, 8/5/10
- ↑ Palmer Gets a Brewery, James "Dr. Fermento" Roberts, Anchorage Press, 11/20/11
- ↑ There's Beer In Them There Hills, James "Dr. Fermento" Roberts, Anchorage Press, 6/3/09
- ↑ Hesse, Tom (September 7, 2014). "Baranof Island Brew 6-Packed for Travel", Daily Sitka Sentinel. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
Further reading
- "Drink Locally", Anchorage Daily News article, Nov. 5th, 2010
- "Peninsula Beers", Anchorage Press article, May 11th, 2011
External links
- "The United States of Beer: Alaska", Poor Taste Magazine, April 4th, 2011
- Alaskan Beers on Reddit
- Brewer's Guild of Alaska
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