Breweries in Mississippi produce a wide range of

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s in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally. Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries and

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to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries. In 2012 Mississippi's three brewing establishments (including breweries, brewpubs, importers, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers) employed 30 people directly, and more than 6,800 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. Altogether, three people in Mississippi had active brewer permits in 2012. Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Mississippi's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Mississippi's breweries and related industries was more than $128 million. Consumer purchases of Mississippi's brewery products generated more than $101 million extra in tax revenue. In 2012, according to the

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, Mississippi ranked 51st (including the

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) in the number of

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per capita, with three . 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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s, 1,412

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.

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*1817 Brewery - Okolona *Biloxi Brewing Company -

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losed in 2019* Chandeleur Island Brewing Company - Gulfport * Colludium Brewing Company -

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* Crooked Letter Brewery -

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losed in 2019* Key City Brewing Company / Cottonwood Public House -

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* Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company –

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* Lucky Town Brewing Company –

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losed as of 3/9/2019* Mayhew Junction Brewing Company - Starkville * Mississippi Brewing Company - Gulfport losed* Natchez Brewing Company -

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* Slowboat Brewing Company -

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losed in 2019* Southern Prohibition Brewing Company –

* Threefoot Brewing Company -

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* Yalobusha Brewing Company – Water ValleyHow Mississippi Became Beer-Friendly - The Daily Mississippian
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losed* Oxford Brewing Company –

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losed* SweetGum Brewing Company – StarkvilleThe Dispatch , Browning on Business: Golden Triangle's first brewery ready for business
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