Breweries in Louisiana produce a wide range of beers 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 to microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries.
In 2014, Louisiana's 37 breweries and brewpubs, and 66 distributors, and hundreds of retailers employed more than 15,000 people directly, and more than 10,000 others in related industries.[1] Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Louisiana's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Louisiana's breweries and related industries was more than $380 million.[1] Consumer purchases of Louisiana's brewery products generated more than $150 million in additional tax revenue.[1] In 2014, according to the Brewers Association, Louisiana ranked 36th (out of 51 including Washington, D.C.) in the number of craft breweries per capita with 15.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
- ^ a b c "Beer Industry Economic Impact in Louisiana" (PDF). Beer Institute. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ^ "State Craft Beer Sales & Production Statistics, 2014". Brewers Association. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ^ "Brewers Association Announces 2013 Craft Brewer Growth". Brewers Association. 13 March 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ "Beer Serves America". Beer Institute. Retrieved March 25, 2016.