This is a list of notable microbreweries. A microbrewery is a brewery which produces a limited amount of beer. The qualifications to be classified as a microbrewery vary by country. The term "microbrewery" originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s to describe the new generation of small breweries which focused on producing traditional cask ale. The first example of this approach was Selby Brewery founded by Martin Sykes in 1972 in the Yorkshire town of the same name. Although originally "microbrewery" was used in relation to the size of breweries, it gradually came to reflect an alternative attitude and approach to brewing flexibility, adaptability, experimentation, and customer service. The term and trend spread to the United States in the 1980s, where it eventually was used as a designation of breweries that produce fewer than 15,000 U.S. beer barrels (1,800,000 liters) (475,000 U.S. gallons) annually.
Notable microbreweries
Located in the United States unless otherwise noted.
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5 Rabbit Cervecería (founded 2009), Chicago, Illinois
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Abbey Brewing Company (founded 2003), Chama River Wilderness Area near Abiquiú, New Mexico Abita Brewing Company (founded 1986), Abita Springs, Louisiana. Original location is now the Abita Brew Pub Agassiz Brewing (1998–2010), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Alaskan Brewing Company (founded 1986), Juneau, Alaska AleSmith Brewing Company (founded 1995), San Diego, California Allagash Brewing Company (founded 1995), Portland, Maine Amager Bryghus (founded 2007), Amager, Denmark Amsterdam Brewing Company (founded 1986), Toronto, Ontario, Canada Anderson Valley Brewing Company (founded 1987), Boonville, California Arcadia Brewing Company (founded 1996), Battle Creek, Michigan Argus Brewery (founded 2009), Chicago, Illinois
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La Barberie
Bayern Brewing
Bear Republic Brewing Company
Beau's All Natural Brewing Company
Belgh Brasse
Bell's Brewery
Bent Paddle Brewing Company
Big Al Brewing
BJ's Restaurant & Brewery
Blackrocks Brewery, Marquette, Michigan
Blue Hills Brewery
Blue Mountain Brewery
Blue Point Brewing Company
Bluegrass Brewing Company
Bluetongue Brewery
Bootleg Brewery
Boston Beer Company
Boulder Beer Company
Boundary Bay Brewing Company
Les Brasseurs du Nord
Brew Keeper
BrewDog
Brewery Ommegang
Brick Brewing Company
BridgePort Brewing Company
Brooklyn Brewery
Buffalo Bill's Brewery
Burleigh Brewing Company
By The Horns Brewing Co.
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Calfkiller Brewing Company
Cameron's Brewing Company
Canteen Brewhouse
Capital Brewery
Carakale Brewing Company
Cascade Lakes Brewing Company
Casco Bay Brewing Co. Cellis Brewery Chew Valley Brewery Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. The Church Brew Works Churchkey Can Company Cigar City Brewing Coastal Extreme Brewing Company Colonial Brewing Company Creemore Springs Cricket Hill Brewery