page_title: List of breweries in Massachusetts
hierarchical_section_title: List of breweries in Massachusetts
caption_attribution_description: English: Harpoon Brewery, Boston Massachusetts
context_page_description: This is an historical overview and list of Massachusetts breweries and beer brands that are currently operating. Breweries in Massachusetts produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally. In 2012 Massachusetts' 72 brewing establishments employed 1,100 people directly, and more than 25,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. Altogether, 53 people in Massachusetts had active brewer permits in 2012.
  As of 2018, there are more than 150 registered craft brewers in Massachusetts.
  Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Massachusetts' breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Massachusetts' breweries and related industries was more than $990 million. Consumer purchases of Massachusetts' brewery products generated more than $152 million extra in tax revenue. In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Massachusetts ranked 28th in the number of craft breweries per capita with 47.
context_section_description: This is an historical overview and list of Massachusetts breweries and beer brands that are currently operating. Breweries in Massachusetts produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally. In 2012 Massachusetts' 72 brewing establishments (including breweries, brewpubs, importers, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers) employed 1,100 people directly, and more than 25,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. Altogether, 53 people in Massachusetts had active brewer permits in 2012.
  As of 2018, there are more than 150 registered craft brewers in Massachusetts.
  Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Massachusetts' breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Massachusetts' breweries and related industries was more than $990 million. Consumer purchases of Massachusetts' brewery products generated more than $152 million extra in tax revenue. In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Massachusetts ranked 28th in the number of craft breweries per capita with 47.
  Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries and microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries. For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries. In that same year, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 43,000 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $246 billion.
caption: Harpoon Brewery, in Boston, Massachusetts
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