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Breweries in Alaska produce a wide range of
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s in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally. In 2012, Alaska's 21 breweries, importers, brewpubs, packagers, and wholesalers employed more than 250 people directly in brewing activities, and another 2200 in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Alaska's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Alaska's breweries and related industries was more than $73 million. Consumer purchases of Alaska's brewery products generated another $23 million in tax revenue. In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Alaska ranked 4th in per capita craft breweries with 22. For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822
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in the United States, including 2,768
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. In that same year, according to the
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, the brewing industry employed around 43,000 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $246 billion. Since the turn of the century, the number of craft breweries in Alaska has increased dramatically, reflecting a nationwide trend in the United States. Alaskan breweries struggle with strict liquor regulations that keep their onsite sales limited to 36 ounces per person per day, closing times at 8pm and disallow TVs, gaming and live entertainment. Some breweries like the 49th State Brewing Company, Matanuska Brewing, and now Anchorage Brewing have picked up more extensive liquor licenses to get around the red tape


Breweries


Operating breweries

* 49th State Brewing Company (est. 2010) – Healy and
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
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Alaskan Brewing Company Alaskan Brewing Company is a brewery in Juneau, Alaska founded in 1986. The company's beers have won awards at regional, national, and international beer competitions. The brewery was founded by Marcy and Geoff Larson, they are still in charge of ...
(est. 1986) –
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* Alpenglow Brewery (est. 2021)
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
* Anchorage Brewing Company (est. 2010) –
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
* Arkose Brewery (est. 2011) – Palmer * Baleen Brewing Company (est. 2018) - Ketchikan * Barnaby Brewing Company (est. 2017) -
Juneau The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the se ...
* Bawden Street Brewing Company (est. 2018) - Ketchikan * Bearpaw River Brewing Company (est. 2015) –
Wasilla Wasilla ( Dena'ina: ''Benteh'') is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the fourth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the st ...
* Black Spruce Brewing Company (est. 2018) -
Fairbanks Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 Census put the po ...
* Bleeding Heart Brewery (est. 2016) – Palmer * Brewerks (est. 2021) -
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
* Broken Tooth Brewing (est. 1996) –
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
* Cooper Landing Brewing Company (est. 2017) -
Cooper Landing Cooper Landing is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States, about south of Anchorage, at the outlet of Kenai Lake into the Kenai River. The town was first settled in the 19th century by gold and mineral pr ...
* Cynosure Brewing (est. 2016) –
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
* Denali Brewing Company (est. 2009) –
Talkeetna Talkeetna ( Dena'ina: ''K'dalkitnu'') is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 1,055, up from 876 in 2010. Geography Talkeetna is located at the confluence o ...
* Devil's Club Brewing Company (est. 2018) -
Juneau The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the se ...
* Forbidden Peak Brewery (est. 2019) -
Juneau The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the se ...
* Gakona Brewery & Supply Company (est. 2015) – Gakona * Girdwood Brewing Company (est. 2017) - Girdwood * Glacier Brewhouse (est. 1996) –
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
* Grace Ridge Brewing (est. 2016) –
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* Growler Bay Brewing Company (est. 2020) - Valdez * Haines Brewing Company (est. 1999) – Haines * Harbor Mountain Brewing Company (est. 2020) -
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Homer Brewing Company The Homer Brewing Company is a brewery in Homer, Alaska, near the southern end of the Kenai Peninsula The Kenai Peninsula ( Dena'ina: ''Yaghenen'') is a large peninsula jutting from the coast of Southcentral Alaska. The name Kenai (, ) is ...
(est. 1996) –
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* HooDoo Brewing Company (est. 2012) –
Fairbanks Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 Census put the po ...
* Icy Strait Brewing (est. 2015) –
Hoonah Hoonah ( tli, Xunaa or ''Gaaw Yat’aḵ Aan'') is a largely Tlingit community on Chichagof Island, located in Alaska's panhandle in the southeast region of the state. It is west of Juneau, across the Alaskan Inside Passage. Hoonah is the only f ...
* Kassik's Kenai Brew Stop (est. 2006) –
Nikiski Nikiski is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 4,456 at the 2020 census, down from 4,493 in 2010. Geography Nikiski is located at (60.707891, -151.262646) on the west side of the ...
* Kenai River Brewing Company (est. 2006) – Soldotna * King Street Brewing Company (est. 2010) –
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
* Klondike Brewing Company (est. 2018) -
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* Kodiak Island Brewing Company (est. 2003) –
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* Last Frontier Brewing Company (est. 2010) –
Wasilla Wasilla ( Dena'ina: ''Benteh'') is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the fourth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the st ...
* Latitude 65 Brewing Company (est. 2021) -
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* Lazy Mountain Brewing Company (est. 2019) — Palmer * Matanuska Brewing Company (est. 2018) - Palmer *
Midnight Sun Brewing Company Midnight Sun Brewing Company (MSBC) is a craft brewery that produces over 40 different ales and lagers each year. Founded in 1995, it is Anchorage, Alaska's first brewery and the second oldest in state history, following Alaska Brewing Co. in ...
(est. 1995) –
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
* Midnight Mine Brewing Company (est. 2019) -
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* Odd Man Rush Brewing (est. 2015) – Eagle River * Olds River Brewing Company (est. 2020) -
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* Onsite Brewing Company (est. 2019)Beer on the Last Frontier: The Craft Breweries of Alaska. (December 1, 2019). In Facebook roup Page Retrieved December 3, 2019, from https://www.facebook.com/BeerOnTheLastFrontier −
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
* Raven's Ring Brewing Company (est. 2022) -
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
* Roughwoods Inn & Café (est. 2013) - Nenana * Seward Brewing Company (est. 2014) – Seward * Silver Gulch Brewing & Bottling Company (est. 1998) –
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* Skagway Brewing Company –
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* St. Elias Brewing Company (est. 2007) – Soldotna * Stoney Creek Brewhouse (est. 2021) - Seward * Turnagain Brewing (est. 2018) -
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
* Valdez Brewing (est. 2019) - Valdez * Copper River Brewing (est. 2022) - Cordova


Closed breweries

* Alaska Brewing Company (1900-1901) - Nome * Arctic Brewing (1907-1910) –
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* Baranof Island Brewing Company (2010-2019) –
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* Barphel Brewing Company (1905-1919) –
Fairbanks Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 Census put the po ...
* Douglas City Brewing Company (1902-1906) -
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* Eagle Brewing Company (1904-1906) -
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* Fairbanks Brewing (1906-1907) –
Fairbanks Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 Census put the po ...
* Gold Rush Brewing (2010-2017) -
Skagway The Municipality and Borough of Skagway is a first-class borough in Alaska on the Alaska Panhandle. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,240, up from 968 in 2010. The population doubles in the summer tourist season in order to deal wit ...
* Juneau Brewing and Malting Company (1900-1904) -
Juneau The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the se ...
* Pioneer Brewing Company (1934-1937) –
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* Prinz Brau (1976-1979)BurnSilver, Glenn (August 23, 2013)
"More beer, breweries bubbling up in Alaska"
''Fairbanks Daily News-Miner''. Retrieved July 13, 2016. –
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
* Railway Brewing Company (1996-1998) -
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
* Ravens Ridge (1994-1995) –
Fairbanks Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 Census put the po ...
* Regal Eagle Brewing (1995-2003) - Eagle River * Resolution Brewing Company (2015-2021) -
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
* Skagway Brewing Company (1897-1902) -
Skagway The Municipality and Borough of Skagway is a first-class borough in Alaska on the Alaska Panhandle. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,240, up from 968 in 2010. The population doubles in the summer tourist season in order to deal wit ...
* Sleeping Lady Brewing Company (1996-2015) –
Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
* Quake Brewing Company (2016-2017) -
Wasilla Wasilla ( Dena'ina: ''Benteh'') is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the fourth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the st ...
*Valdez Brewing Company (1903-1909) - Valdez


See also

* Beer in the United States * List of breweries in the United States * List of microbreweries * Mead in Alaska


References


Further reading


"Drink Locally"
''Anchorage Daily News'', November 5, 2010

''Anchorage Press'', May 11, 2011


External links


"The United States of Beer: Alaska"
''Poor Taste Magazine'', April 4, 2011
Alaskan beers
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Brewer's Guild of Alaska website
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Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
Lists of buildings and structures in Alaska