Breweries Per Capita

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  1. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    So, this NPR story has been going around the last few days: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/20...ign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140528 . And some quick and dirty math got me these numbers: Asheville 12 breweries (in city limits), population +/- 85k = 1 brewery for every 7083 people. Bend, OR has the same number within, 12, and a population of +/- 79k = 1 brewery for every 6583 people.

    Now my real question; which town has the actual highest per capita? I submit Deming, WA. Population 353, 1 brewery = 1/353. Alright, what other small towns have a high per capita number?
     
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  2. herrburgess

    herrburgess Grand Pooh-Bah (3,077) Nov 4, 2009 South Carolina
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    Aufsess in Franconia (outside of Bamberg, Germany) has 4 breweries for 1321 people, for a ratio of 1/330. Some excellent breweries at that:

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  3. Ranbot

    Ranbot Pooh-Bah (2,463) Nov 27, 2006 Pennsylvania
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  4. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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  5. herrburgess

    herrburgess Grand Pooh-Bah (3,077) Nov 4, 2009 South Carolina
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    C'mon. Places with 1 shouldn't count, right?
     
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    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Why not? I think it's fun to see what little places will pop-up. Some town that produces 23,994 gallons of beer a year, in the middle of West Nowhere, Maine, that's interesting to me.
     
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  7. maltmaster420

    maltmaster420 Initiate (0) Aug 17, 2005 Oregon

    Parkdale, OR (home of Solera Brewing) has a whopping 266 people. The highest per capita I can think of with more than 1 brewery is probably Rosalyn, WA with 2 breweries for 900 people.
     
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  8. herrburgess

    herrburgess Grand Pooh-Bah (3,077) Nov 4, 2009 South Carolina
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    Just thinking about (very popular) places in Vermont, for example. Kinda makes it too easy. Beer should, in some way, be about community, IMO, and breweries need a viable, central one to serve. But I'm usually in the minority on most things on this site, so....
     
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    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Seems like their brews are at least solid though: http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/438/
     
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    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    And, if we're talking about the same little Vermont town, their brewery produced about 9,000bbl last year. As point of reference, a Brewery/brewpub in Santa Rosa, CA produced 10,600 at the brewery, and another 3800 at their pub, so they're kind of in the same ballpark with each other, production wise, despite a notable population difference.
     
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    Ranbot Pooh-Bah (2,463) Nov 27, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    Greater population does not make for greater community. Very small populations tend to have the strongest sense of community and support for each other. I'll bet a brewery in a town of 35 people is very much a part of that community.

    FWIW, I grew up in a small rural VT town with more cows than people (no joke) and growing up I knew people and families for miles around, where they lived, worked, went church, where kids went to school, when people got sick or passed away, etc. I have lived in Philadelphia suburbs for over 10 years and I barely know my neighbors' names much less feel any strong connection to the larger community.
     
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    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,635) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    I was in bend a couple of weeks back, and I think they have 18 breweries now.
     
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    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    I used the list here on BA for both Bend and A'ville. Maybe no local has added them to BA yet, or maybe they don't have Bend addresses?
     
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  14. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    In the big city category, I have to think that Portland, OR, would win this contest handily. But I'm not going to do the numbers to prove my guess.
     
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    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    When I was curious earlier, I did PDX (again, as listed here, with a PDX address): 38 breweries, 603k folks = 1/15868. Just did Seattle real quick: 634k/30 = 1/21,133.
     
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  16. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,157) Mar 12, 2009 New York
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    Small towns with one brewery shouldn't be on this list.

    New Paltz, NY has 3 breweries for 7044 people, 1 for every 2344 prople

    Life is good.
     
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    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Damnit Dave! It's my list and I say they can be on the list! :angry:
     
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  18. orcrist_cleaver

    orcrist_cleaver Initiate (0) May 3, 2014 New York
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    Butternutts Brewery in upstate NY.
    Apparently Garrattsville only has 93 people...and it's DECREASING steadily, down 50% from 2000.
     
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  19. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,635) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    These guys say 18 in Bend and 24 in the area. My friend in bend says the city has 4 more in planning.
    http://beermebend.com
     
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  20. Janis_Hoplin

    Janis_Hoplin Initiate (0) Oct 19, 2013 Colorado

    I think there are around 30 in Boulder County
     
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