Oregon Beer

 

These numbers and facts are found at the Oregon Brewer's Guild site. The Oregon Brewers Guild is a non-profit organization with the primary goal of promoting the common interests of the members and the brewing industry in Oregon. Special thanks to Oregon Brewers Guild Executive Director Brian Butenschoen for compling these statistics and keeping them up to date! 

• There are currently 116 brewing companies, operating 150 brewing facilities in 58 cities in Oregon. 1,5

• There are 51 breweries operating in Portland, more than any other city in the world. 1

•The Portland metro area is the largest craft brewing market in the US with the most number of breweries at 64. 1,7

•Want to know where Oregon ranks in breweries per capita? 2010 Per capita breweries 2. There are currently 3,871,859 people per the US Census Bureau and 148 breweries or 1 brewery per every 26,161 people.

• Oregon’s brewing companies employ 5650 full and part-time employees.  1

• Oregon’s breweries donated an estimated $1,500,000 in product or money to non-profits in 2011. 1

• Total economic impact from the beer industry on Oregon’s economy is $2.44 billion. 3

• Oregonians consumed 2.711 million barrels of beer in 2011 – of that 431,000 barrels or 15.9% was made in Oregon 2011. 1,5

• US craft beer consumption is 5.7 percent by volume. 2

• Oregon’s brewers made 1.17 million barrels of beer in 2011.  1

• Oregon is the second largest producer of craft beer in the US. 1

• Oregon is the third largest craft beer market in the US. 7

• It’s estimated that 43.2% Percent of all draft beer consumed in Oregon is brewed in Oregon. 1

• Oregon has the 3rd highest percentage of draft beer consumed in the US at 16.4%. 6

• Oregon is the No. 2 hop growing state in the country with a 2010 crop value of $31,200,000 4

 

Oregon is top 3 in the United States

  • Number of Breweries
  • Breweries per capita
  • Craft Beer Production
  • Craft Beer Consumption
  • % of Draft Beer Consumed

Sources: 1. Oregon Brewers Guild 2. Brewers Association.  3. John Dunham and Associates 4. Oregon Hop Commission 5. Oregon Liquor Control Commission 6. Beer Institute 7. SymphonyIRI Group