Breweries in Arkansas produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally. In 2012 Arkansas' 14 breweries, importers, brewpubs, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers employed 100 people directly, and another 6,000 in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Arkansas' breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Arkansas' breweries and related industries was more than $129 million. Consumer purchases of Arkansas' brewery products generated another $68 million in tax revenue. In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Arkansas ranked 41st in per capita

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with 10. For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822

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in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237

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, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries. 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.

Breweries

Amity

* Slate Rock Brewing

Bentonville

* Bentonville Brewing Company * Bike Rack Brewing Company

Big Flat

* Gravity Brewworks

Camden

* Native Dog Brewing Company

El Dorado

* Three Birds Brewing Company

Eureka Springs

* Eureka Springs Brewery * Gotahold

Fayetteville

* Apple Blossom Brewing Company *Boston Mountain Brewing *Columbus House Brewery *Crisis Brewing * Fossil Cove Brewing Company * West Mountain Brewing Company

Fort Smith

* Fort Smith Brewing Company

Harrison

* Brick & Forge Brew Works

Hot Springs

* SQZBX Brewery & Pizza Joint *Superior Bathhouse Brewery

Jacksonville

* Blade and Barrel Brewing Company

Jonesboro

* Native Brew Works

Little Rock

* Diamond Bear Brewing Company * Flyway Brewing Co * Lost 40 Brewing * Stone's Throw Brewing * Vino's Brewpub

Norfork

* Norfork Brewing Co.

Paris

*Prestonrose Farm and Brewing Co.

Rogers

* Ozark Beer Company *New Province Brewing Company

Scranton

* Pridgin Family Brewing

Siloam Springs

* Ivory Bill Brewing Co.

Springdale

* Core Brewing and Distilling Company *Hawk Moth Brewery & Beer Parlor * Saddlebock Brewery

Subiaco

* Country Monks Brewing

Former Breweries

* Blue Canoe Brewing Co. * Buffalo Brewing Company * Damgoode Pies Brewpub *East Sixth Brewing Co. * Rebel Kettle Brewing Co * Refined Ale Brewery

References

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Breweries A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of bee ...