Breweries in Mississippi 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 and microbreweries 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.[1] Altogether, three people in Mississippi had active brewer permits in 2012.[2]
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.[1] Consumer purchases of Mississippi's brewery products generated more than $101 million extra in tax revenue.[3] In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Mississippi ranked 51st (including the District of Columbia) in the number of craft breweries per capita, with three .[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
Breweries
edit- 1817 Brewery[7] - Okolona
- Biloxi Brewing Company - Biloxi[8] [Closed in 2019]
- Chandeleur Island Brewing Company - Gulfport[9]
- Circle and Square Brewing Company Oxford[10]
- Colludium Brewing Company - Hattiesburg[11]
- Craft Advisory Brewing - Ocean Springs
- Crooked Letter Brewery - Ocean Springs[12] [Closed in 2019]
- Fly Llama Brewing - Biloxi
- Fort Bayou Brewing at Cypress Taproom - Ocean Springs
- Key City Brewing Company / Cottonwood Public House - Vicksburg[13]
- Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company – Kiln
- Lost Spring Brewing - Ocean Springs
- Lucky Town Brewing Company – Jackson[14][15] [Closed as of 3/9/2019]
- Mayhew Junction Brewing Company - Starkville[16]
- Mississippi Brewing Company - Gulfport[17] [Closed]
- Natchez Brewing Company - Natchez[18]
- Slowboat Brewing Company - Laurel[19] [Closed in 2019]
- Southern Prohibition Brewing Company – Hattiesburg[20]
- Threefoot Brewing Company - Meridian[21][22]
- Yalobusha Brewing Company – Water Valley[23][24][Closed]
- Gordon Creek Brewery – Hattiesburg [Closed][25]
- Oxford Brewing Company – Oxford[23] [Closed]
- SweetGum Brewing Company – Starkville[26] [Closed]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "The Economic Impact of the Beer Industry--State Legislative & Congressional District Data, Mississippi". The Beer Institute. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Brewer's Almanac--Active Brewer Permits, 2004 - 2012". The Beer Institute. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "The Economic Impact of the Beer Industry--2012 Data, Mississippi". The Beer Institute. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ "Capita per Brewery" (PDF). Brewers Association. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Brewers Association Announces 2013 Craft Brewer Growth". 13 March 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Beer Serves America". The Beer Institute. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Mississippi micro-breweries have high hopes with legislation".
- ^ "Biloxi Brewing Company Opens its Doors for First Time". stltoday.com. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ "David Reese of Chandeleur Island Brewing is an Advanced Cicerone | Biloxi Sun Herald". Sunherald.com. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- ^ "Circle and Square, Oxford's First Microbrewery, Now Open".
- ^ "New Hattiesburg craft brewery features beer, board games".
- ^ "Popular Ocean Springs microbrewery is on tap downtown. Now there's more than just beer".
- ^ Kristy Sturgill, Special to Clarion Ledger (2018-07-05). "Mississippi law allows Vicksburg bar, brewery to join forces". Clarionledger.com. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- ^ "Lucky Town Brewing Company eyes move to Jackson". Clarion Ledger. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- ^ Lucky Town Brewery Expanding | Jackson Free Press | Jackson, MS
- ^ New Brewery Coming to Starkville
- ^ Gulfport's first brewery taps its kegs - WLOX.com - The News for South Mississippi
- ^ Natchez Brewing Company Debuts New Brew
- ^ "Owners of Laurel's first craft beer company "learning a lot" abo - WDAM-TV 7-News, Weather, Sports-Hattiesburg, MS". Archived from the original on 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
- ^ Local brewery expanding into downtown Hattiesburg - WDAM.COM - TV 7 - News, Weather and Sports
- ^ "Threefoot Brewing to unveil craft beer in Meridian | Local News". meridianstar.com. 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- ^ "Threefoot Brewing Company, Meridian, Mississippi, United States". RateBeer. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- ^ a b How Mississippi Became Beer-Friendly - The Daily Mississippian
- ^ The Oxford Eagle | Locally brewed beer coming to area | Wednesday, May 1, 2013
- ^ "Gordon Creek Brewery closes". Hattiesburgamerican.com. 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- ^ The Dispatch | Browning on Business: Golden Triangle's first brewery ready for business
Further reading
edit- Murphy, Dan (January 12, 2011). "Raise Your Pints looks to change Mississippi's beer laws, culture". Press Register. Retrieved 31 January 2014.