Breaking Down One Thousand

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%