List of breweries in Missouri
Breweries in Missouri produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. The greatest concentration of breweries is in the Greater St. Louis area, which is home to at least 22 different breweries, including a number of brewpubs and microbreweries. St. Louis is also the North American headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, one of the world's largest brewers. Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries and microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries.
In 2012 Missouri's 58 brewing establishments (including breweries, brewpubs, importers, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers) employed 3,890 people directly, and more than 21,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing.[1] Altogether 51 people in Missouri had active brewer permits in 2012.[2]
Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Missouri's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Missouri's breweries and related industries was more than $2.5 billion.[3] Consumer purchases of Missouri's brewery products generated more than $142 million extra in tax revenue.[4] In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Missouri ranked 23rd in the number of craft breweries per capita with 47.[5]
For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries.[6] 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.[7]
Breweries
Brewery | Type | City | Metropolitan area |
---|---|---|---|
Anheuser-Busch | Macrobrewery | St. Louis | St. Louis MSA |
Boulevard Brewing Company | Regional | Kansas City | Kansas City MSA |
Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant | Brewpub | Kansas City | Kansas City MSA |
Griesedieck Brothers beer | Contract | St. Louis | St. Louis MSA |
Mother's Brewing Company | Microbrewery | Springfield | Springfield MSA |
Saint Louis Brewery (Schlafly) | Regional | St. Louis | St. Louis MSA |
Springfield Brewing Company | Brewpub | Springfield | Springfield MSA |
Former breweries
- Falstaff Brewing Corporation - the once large brewery based in St. Louis
- George Muehlebach Brewing Company - in Kansas City, purchased by Schlitz in the 1950s, discontinued in 1973
- Lemp Brewery - a former brewery in St. Louis
See also
References
- ↑ "The Economic Impact of the Beer Industry--State Legislative & Congressional District Data, Missouri". The Beer Institute. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Brewer's Almanac--Active Brewer Permits, 2004 - 2012". The Beer Institute. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "The Economic Impact of the Beer Industry--State Legislative & Congressional District Data, Missouri". The Beer Institute. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "The Economic Impact of the Beer Industry--2012 Data, Missouri". The Beer Institute. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Capita per Brewery" (PDF). Brewers Association. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Brewers Association Announces 2013 Craft Brewer Growth". Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ↑ "Beer Serves America". The Beer Institute. Retrieved 14 May 2014.