List of breweries in Georgia (U.S. state)

Breweries in Georgia produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally and nationally.

In 2012 Georgia's 29 breweries and brewpubs employed 1,650 people directly, and more than 31,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Georgia's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Georgia's breweries and related industries was more than $1.4 billion. Consumer purchases of Georgia's brewery products generated another $366 million in tax revenue. In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Georgia ranked 48th in the number of craft breweries per capita, with 24.

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.

Georgia breweries

Historic 1738 - first brewery in Georgia; Major William Horton, aide to James Oglethorpe, administers Jekyll Island; his residence, Horton House, includes a brewery supplying beer to soldiers and settlers in the area

Current

+ Georgia breweries, brewpubs, and client brewers in current operation Name Location Initial Production Type Barrels/year productionDistributed By Awkward Brewing® Fayetteville 2015 (WA) Brewery UnknownLiberator Camp Brewing Company Hampton 2022 Brewery UnknownModern Hops Cherry Street Brewing Co-op (Rick Tanner's) Cumming 2012 Brewpub 750Atlanta Beverage Company/Modern Hops Coastal Empire Beer Co. Savannah 2011 Brewery UnknownSavannah DistributionCreature ComfortsAthens2014Brewery50,000+Savannah Distributing Debellation Brewing Company Richmond Hill 2019 Brewery 400Modern Hops Distribution Eagle Creek Brewing Company Statesboro 2013 Brewery 4,500Atlanta Beverage Company Line Creek Brewing Peachtree City 2018 Brewery UnknownUnknown Monday Night Brewing Atlanta 2011 Brewery 7,500Atlanta Beverage Company Pearl & Pine Brewery Senoia 2023 Brewery UnknownNo Distribution Piedmont Brewery & Kitchen Macon 2016 Brewpub Unknown Modern HopsPontoon Brewing Co.Sandy Springs2014BrewerySavannah Distribution Printer's Ale Manufacturing Company Carrollton2017BreweryAtlanta Beverage CompanyReformation BreweryWoodstock2012Brewery5,000Atlanta Beverage Company Riverwatch Brewery Augusta 2016 Brewery UnknownAtlanta Beverage CompanySavannah River Brewing Co.Augusta2017BreweryUnknownSchoolhouse BrewingMarietta2019BrewerySlow Pour Brewing CompanyLawrenceville2017BreweryEagle Rock Southbound Brewing Co Savannah 2013 Brewery 6,000United DistributingSouthern Brewing CoAthens2015Brewery2,500Leon Farmer/Modern Hops StillFire Brewing Co Suwanee 2019 Brewery 2,000United Distributing SweetWater Brewing Company Atlanta 1997 Brewery 192,500United DistributorsTerrapin Beer CompanyAthens2002Brewery57,000United Distributors Three Taverns Craft Brewery Decatur 2013 Brewery 2,500Savannah Distributing Twains Billiards and Tap Decatur 2006 Brewpub 750Savannah Distributing Two Tides Brewing Company Savannah 2018 Brewpub Wild Heaven BeerAvondale Estates 2010 Brewery 7,000Georgia CrownWild Leap Brew Co.LaGrange2017BreweryAtlanta Beverage CompanyNormaltown Brewing CompanyAthens2020BreweryModern HopsVariant Brewing CompanyRoswell2015Brewery

Former + Georgia breweries, brewpubs, and client brewers in current operation Name Location Initial Production Last Production Type Barrels/year productionDistributed By Burnt Hickory Brewery Kennesaw 2011 2023 Brewery 2,000 Jekyll Brewing Alpharetta 2011 2025 Brewery 7,500Atlanta Beverage Company Moon River Brewing Company Savannah 1999 2024 Brewpub UnknownSavannah Distributing Red Hare Brewing Company Marietta 2011 2025 Brewery 8,000Atlanta Beverage Company

See also Beer in the United States List of breweries in the United States List of microbreweries

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