For those curious about the geographical details of our 1,000 breweries, below is a breakdown by country and U.S. state of the 1,006 different breweries included on “The List”. The overall brewery total is 1,006 due to the fact that Merideth and I have slightly different lists of breweries. No real surprise that the numbers are skewed towards where we live as well as where we like to visit.
And for the really curious:
- Closest brewery visit was Carmel Valley Brewing. 1/4 mile.
- Furthest brewery visit was Colonial Brewery in Margaret River, Western Australia. ≈ 9,500 miles.
- The most frequent word in all the brewery names excluding brewery, brewing, brewpub and the like was “mountain.” River was a close second.
Breakdown by Country
| Country | Count | % |
| Australia | 57 | 5.67% |
| Austria | 6 | 0.60% |
| Belgium | 14 | 1.39% |
| Canada | 48 | 4.77% |
| Czech Republic | 8 | 0.80% |
| Denmark | 6 | 0.60% |
| England | 24 | 2.39% |
| France | 11 | 1.09% |
| Germany | 130 | 12.92% |
| Ireland | 18 | 1.79% |
| Italy | 3 | 0.30% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 0.50% |
| New Zealand | 22 | 2.19% |
| Scotland | 3 | 0.30% |
| Spain | 2 | 0.20% |
| United States | 640 | 63.62% |
| Wales | 9 | 0.89%/ |
Breakdown By U.S. State
| State | Count | % |
| Alaska | 5 | 0.78% |
| Arizona | 11 | 1.72% |
| California | 308 | 48.13% |
| Colorado | 40 | 6.25% |
| Delaware | 5 | 0.78% |
| Georgia | 3 | 0.47% |
| Illinois | 12 | 1.88% |
| Indiana | 1 | 0.16% |
| Maine | 30 | 4.69% |
| Maryland | 3 | 0.47% |
| Massachusetts | 12 | 1.88% |
| Nebraska | 5 | 0.78% |
| Nevada | 9 | 1.41% |
| New Hampshire | 9 | 1.41% |
| New York | 2 | 0.31% |
| North Carolina | 17 | 2.66% |
| Ohio | 3 | 0.47% |
| Oregon | 64 | 10.00% |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | 2.50% |
| South Carolina | 1 | 0.16% |
| Tennessee | 3 | 0.47% |
| Texas | 7 | 1.09% |
| Vermont | 9 | 1.41% |
| Virginia | 20 | 3.13% |
| Washington | 45 | 7.03% |