Craft Beer Industry
New Belgium is the third largest craft brewery as defined by the Brewers Association. An American craft brewer is small, independent and traditional.
Small: Annual production of beer less than 6 million barrels. Beer production is attributed to a brewer according to the rules of alternating proprietorships. Flavored malt beverages are not considered beer for purposes of this definition.
Independent: Less than 25% of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by an alcoholic beverage industry member who is not themselves a craft brewer.
Traditional: A brewer who has either an all malt flagship (the beer which represents the greatest volume among that brewers brands) or has at least 50% of its volume in either all malt beers or in beers which use adjuncts to enhance rather than lighten flavor.
Growth
New Belgium currently sells beer in 31 states and the District of Columbia. In 2013, we began shipping our beer to Alaska and Louisiana and plan to ship to Florida by the fall. In 2012 New Belgium Brewing produced 764,264 barrels of beer.
All of New Belgium’s beer is brewed in Fort Collins, Colorado, although in 2012 we announced plans to build a second brewery in Asheville, North Carolina.
Rankings
New Belgium Brewing is the third-largest brewer of craft beer in the nation and the eighth-largest brewery in the United States.
