Breweries with most no. of beers reviewed on BA vs Sales Volume Rank

The thought just came into my mind as i came across this list of largest craft breweries in USA by sales volume. The list surprised me a lot. There were a lot of names (on top) that i have not had anything from yet (I am a beginner, novice what you want to call me). I then decided to see how popular a brewery's beers really are in the craft world (one measure is the beers reviewed - it is flawed but it does provide a lot of food for thought). A lot of surprises here as well. I knew, though, that Dogfish Head will be somewhere on top - and it come right at number 1. Phenomenal stuff Sam. Even when i had not heard this word called 'Craft Beer' i did hear these names Dogfish Head, 60 Minute, 120 minute etc.

Got the list from here (I am not sure how authentic this is - but i found this on Stone's wikipedia listing):

http://www.brewersassociation.org/p...ociation-releases-2010-top-50-breweries-lists

Please (BA veterans) let me know your thoughts on the list and how do you experienced BAs see the data. Include some breweries that are not in the original top 50 sales volume list 2010. I have included few that are a surprise exclusion to me - Founders, FFF etc.

For a better view of data:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9mwxAdTmjfSRkV6LTliMkdXSzA


Sales Volume Rank (2010) Brewing Company City State BA Total Beer Reviews BA Review Volume Rank (As of 1/1/2013)
1 Boston Beer Co. Boston MA 32,767 1
11 Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Milton DE 32,767 2
2 Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Chico CA 27,437 3
14 Stone Brewing Co. Escondido CA 26,218 4
8 Bell's Brewery, Inc. Galesburg MI 23,916 5
25 Rogue Ales Newport OR 22,751 6
29 Victory Brewing Co. Downingtown PA 19,447 7
17 Lagunitas Brewing Co. Petaluma CA 16,449 8
16 Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn NY 13,773 9
3 New Belgium Brewing Co. Fort Collins CO 13,369 10
28 Flying Dog Brewery Frederick MD 11,627 11
22 Great Lakes Brewing Co. Cleveland OH 11,425 12
5 Deschutes Brewery Bend OR 10,645 13
40 North Coast Brewing Co. Inc. Fort Bragg CA 10,304 14
7 Matt Brewing Co. Utica NY 9,306 15
10 Boulevard Brewing Co. Kansas City MO 8,385 16
21 New Glarus Brewing Co. New Glarus WI 8,090 17
36 Oskar Blues Brewery Longmont CO 8,089 18
43 Bear Republic Brewing Co. Cloverdale CA 8,055 19
23 Anchor Brewing Co. San Francisco CA 7,466 20
9 Harpoon Brewery Boston MA 6,920 21
26 Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Paso Robles CA 6,028 22
15 Abita Brewing Co. Abita Springs LA 5,194 23
18 Full Sail Brewing Co. Hood River OR 4,900 24
42 The Saint Louis Brewery, Inc. Maplewood MO 4,494 25
19 Shipyard Brewing Co. Portland ME 4,325 26
45 Breckenridge Brewery Denver CO 4,255 27
33 Odell Brewing Co. Fort Collins CO 3,998 28
4 Spoetzl Brewery* Shiner TX 3,590 29
12 Alaskan Brewing and Bottling Co. Juneau AK 3,547 30
13 Long Trail Brewing Co. Bridgewater Corners VT 3,546 31
27 Sweetwater Brewing Co. Atlanta GA 3,262 32
39 Big Sky Brewing Co. Missoula MT 2,835 33
37 Blue Point Brewing Co. Patchogue NY 2,596 34
20 Summit Brewing Co. St. Paul MN 2,573 35
38 Lost Coast Brewery and Cafe Eureka CA 2,517 36
49 Real Ale Brewing Co. Blanco TX 2,118 37
48 Saint Arnold Brewing Co. Houston TX 2,080 38
34 BridgePort Brewing Co.* Portland OR 1,822 39
46 Utah Brewers Cooperative Salt Lake City UT 1,581 40
32 Stevens Point Brewery Co. Stevens Point WI 1,535 41
35 Rock Bottom Brewery Restaurants Louisville CO 1,491 42
50 Ninkasi Brewing Co. Eugene OR 1,481 43
30 Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. San Jose CA 1,196 44
47 Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurants Chattanooga TN 1,196 45
44 Karl Strauss Brewing Co. San Diego CA 894 46
31 BJ's Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc. Huntington Beach CA 285 47
41 Mac and Jack's Brewery Redmond WA 140 48
6 Independent Brewers United (IBU)* Burlington VT 49
24 Kona Brewery LLC* Kailua-Kona HI 50
Some obvious Omissions
NA Founders Brewing Company Grand Rapids MI 20,217 Would enter at 7th
NA Three Floyds Munster IN 14,164 Would enter at 7th
NA Hill Farmstead Greensboro Bend VT 2,804
NA Alpine Beer Company Alpine CA 3,140

 

Of course i know that.. but how do you explain Dogfish topping SN and Sam Adams (with probably better distribution) and SAM Adams having a huge line up of beers?

 

Very good catch.. Numbers are from each breweries profile page on BA.. yes i did go to each breweries page and collected the numbers.

I guess BAs should look into the changing the properties of that field.

i was wondering how on earth could numbers be the exact same... (I then thought may be a great coincidence that numbers match when i decided to pull them up.. huh)

Correcting the two numbers..

1 Boston Beer Co. Boston MA 36,328 1
11 Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Milton DE 33,268 2

 

May be by sales volume they are not yet in... but in 2 years may be they migt have broken into top 50, who knows.. my idea was to list the popular ones i was disappointed not to see there.

I am requesting others to do the same. Founders and FFF do enter at 7th and 10th in the review list.

 

I consider myself a bit off-centered and may be you are too, according to me. To the general public most BAs enjoying craft beers are some way or the other off-centered.

'self-styled connoisseur' - for your beer bro.. i thought here at BA we respected each other

 

Good point. May be.

 

Founders did debut in 2011. At 42.

Along with
Smuttynose Brewing - 47
Left hand brewing co. - 49
Anderson Valley and Four Peaks tied at 50th.

http://www.brewersassociation.org/p...association-releases-top-50-breweries-in-2011