List of breweries in Minnesota
Breweries in Minnesota produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally in the United States. Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries and microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries.
In 2014, Minnesota's 109 brewing establishments (including breweries, brewpubs, importers, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers) employed 667 people directly, and more than 24,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing.[1] As of 2020, the number of craft breweries had grown to 217, and the craft brewing overall economic impact of $2.2 billion ranked 12th among U.S. states.[2]
Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Minnesota's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Minnesota's breweries and related industries was more than $480 million.[1] Consumer purchases of Minnesota's brewery products generated more than $177 million extra in tax revenue.[1] In 2020, Minnesota ranked 13th among U.S. states in the number of craft breweries per capita, with 5.2 breweries per 100,000 adults.[3]
Breweries
To be included in this list, a brewery must be located in the U.S. state of Minnesota; it may produce their own beer, produce contract beers, or both. Breweries which are known to produce contract beer are noted, but this specification does not exclude non-contract brewing, nor does a lack of this specification exclude contract brewing.
Brewery | Location | Opened | Notes |
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10K Brewing | Anoka | 2015[4] | |
56 Brewing | Minneapolis | 2015[5] | |
612Brew | Minneapolis | 2013[6] | |
Aegir Brewing Company | Elk River | 2018[7] | |
Angry Hog Brewery | Austin | 2018[8] | |
Angry Inch Brewing | Lakeville | 2016[9] | |
August Schell Brewing Company | New Ulm | 1860 | The second-oldest family-owned brewery in the U.S.[10] |
Back Channel Brewing Collective | Spring Park | 2017[11] | |
Bad Habit Brewing Company | St. Joseph | 2015[12] | Expanded into the former St. Joseph city hall, 2019[13] |
Bad Weather Brewing | Saint Paul | 2013[14] | |
Badger Hill Brewery | Shakopee | 2014[15] | |
Bald Man Brewing | Eagan | 2016[16] | |
Bank Brewing Company | Hendricks | 2014[17] | |
Barrel Theory Beer Company | Saint Paul | 2017[18] | |
Bauhaus Brew Labs | Minneapolis | 2014[19] | |
Beaver Island Brewing Company | St. Cloud | 2015[20] | |
Bemidji Brewing | Bemidji | 2013[21] | |
Bent Paddle Brewing Company | Duluth | 2013[22] | |
Big Wood Brewery | White Bear Lake | 2009[23] | Established in Vadnais Heights, MN in 2009,[24] Taproom opened and Brewery relocated to Downtown White Bear Lake, MN in February 2014.[25] |
Birch's on the Lake Brewhouse | Long Lake | 2015[26] | |
Black Stack Brewing | Saint Paul | 2017[27] | |
Blacklist Artisan Ales | Duluth | 2016[28] | |
Blue Wolf Brewing Company | Brooklyn Park | 2018[29] | |
Boom Island Brewing Company | Minnetonka[30] | 2011 | |
Brau Bros. Brewing Company | Marshall[31] | 2006 | |
Broken Clock Brewing | Minneapolis | 2017[32] | |
Castle Danger Brewery | Two Harbors | 2014[33] | |
Canal Park Brewing | Duluth | 2011[34] | |
Chapel Brewing | Dundas | 2017[35] | |
Clutch Brewing Company | Saint Paul | 2018 | Located in the Schmidt Brewery complex[36] |
Copper Trail Brewing Company | Alexandria | 2016[37] | |
Dangerous Man Brewing Company | Minneapolis | 2013 | |
Dual Citizen Brewing Company | Saint Paul | 2018 | |
Fair State Brewing Cooperative | Minneapolis | 2014[39] | |
Eastlake Craft Brewery | Minneapolis | 2014[40] | |
ENKI Brewing Company | Victoria | 2013[41] | |
Fair State Brewing Cooperative | Minneapolis | 2014[42] | |
Finnegans Brew Company | Minneapolis | 2018[43] | |
Fitger's Brewing Company | Duluth | 1997[22] | |
Flat Earth Brewing Company | Saint Paul | 2015 | Located in the old Hamm's Brewery[44] |
Forager Brewing Company | Rochester[45] | 2015 | |
Forbidden Barrel Brewing Company | Worthington | 2019[46] | |
Foxhole Brewhouse | Willmar | 2015[47] | |
The Freehouse | Minneapolis | 2014[48] | |
Fulton Beer | Minneapolis | 2009 | |
Giesenbrau Bier Company | New Prague | 2017[49] | |
Grand Rounds Brewing Company | Rochester[50] | 2015[51] | |
Gravity Storm Brewery Cooperative | Austin | 2018[52] | |
HammerHeart Brewing Company | Lino Lakes | 2013[53] | |
Hayes Public House | Buffalo | 2013[54] | |
Hoops Brewing | Duluth[55] | 2017[56] | |
Invictus Brewing Company | Blaine | 2018[57] | |
Imminent Brewing | Northfield | 2017[58] | |
Inbound BrewCo | Minneapolis | 2016[59] | Owned by North Loop BrewCo[60] |
Indeed Brewing Company | Minneapolis | 2012 | |
Insight Brewing | Minneapolis | 2014[61] | |
Jack Pine Brewery | Baxter | 2012[62] | |
Kinney Creek Brewery | Rochester | 2012[63] | |
Lake Superior Brewing Company | Duluth[64] | 1994[22] | |
Lakeville Brewing Company | Lakeville | 2016[65] | |
Lift Bridge Brewing Company | Stillwater | 2008[66] | |
LocAle Brewing Company | Mankato | 2018[67] | |
Loony's Brew | Ranier | 2017[68] | |
Lost Sanity Brewing | Madelia | 2018[69] | |
LTS Brewing Company | Rochester | 2015[70] | |
Luce Line Brewing | Plymouth | 2020 | |
Lupulin Brewing | Big Lake | 2015[71][72] | |
LynLake Brewery | Minneapolis | 2014 | Housed in the former Lyndale Theater[73] |
Mankato Brewery | Mankato | 2012[74] | |
Modist Brewing Company | Minneapolis[75] | 2016[76] | |
Montgomery Brewing Company | Montgomery | 2014[77] | |
The Nordic Brewing Company | Monticello | 2018[78] | |
OMNI Brewing Company | Maple Grove | 2015[79] | |
Pantown Brewing Company | St. Cloud | 2018[80] | |
Pig's Eye Brewing Company | Saint Paul | 2002 | |
Portage Brewing Company | Walker | 2017 | |
Pryes Brewing Company | Minneapolis | 2017[81] | |
Reads Landing Brewery | Reads Landing | 2011[82] | |
Revelation Ale Works | Hallock | 2017[83] | |
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery | Minneapolis | ||
Roundhouse Brewery | Brainerd | 2016[84] | |
Rustech Brewing Company | Monticello | 2018[85] | |
Sisyphus Brewing Company | Minneapolis | 2014[86] | |
Sleepy Eye Brewing Company | Sleepy Eye | 2019[87] | |
Spilled Grain Brewhouse | Annandale | 2015[88] | |
Spiral Brewery | Hastings | 2018[89] | |
Steel Toe Brewery | St. Louis Park | 2018[90] | |
Summit Brewing Company | Saint Paul | 1986 | |
Surly Brewing Company | Minneapolis | 2005 | |
Sylvan Brewing | Lanesboro | 2020[91] | |
Take 16 Brewing Company | Luverne | 2014[92] | |
Talking Waters Brewing Company | Montevideo | 2016[93] | |
Tanzenwald Brewing Company | Northfield | 2017[94] | |
Third Street Brewhouse | Cold Spring | 1874[95] | Located in the Cold Spring Brewery building. Renovated 2011.[96] |
Three Twenty Brewing Company | Pine City | 2017[97] | |
Tilion Brewing Company | Cannon Falls | 2018 [98] | |
Town Hall Brewing | Minneapolis | 1997[99] | |
Uncommon Loon Brewing Company | Chisago City | 2018 | Located in the former Chisago City Fire Hall and Community Center[100] |
Under Pressure Brewing | Golden Valley | 2019[101] | |
Urban Growler Brewing Co. | Minneapolis | 2014 | |
Utepils Brewing | Minneapolis | 2017[102] | |
Venn Brewing Company | Minneapolis | 2017[103] | |
Voyageur Brewing Company | Grand Marais | 2015 | |
Wabasha Brewing Company | Saint Paul | 2016 | Located in the old Yoerg brewery[104] |
Waconia Brewing Company | Waconia | 2014[105] | |
Wicked Wort Brewing Company | Robbinsdale | 2016[106] | |
Wooden Ship Brewing Company | Minneapolis | 2020 | |
Boathouse Brothers Brewing Co | Prior Lake | 2018 | |
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