page_title: Brewing in New Hampshire
hierarchical_section_title: Brewing in New Hampshire
context_page_description: Breweries in New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire's 21 brewing establishments employed 490 people directly, and more than 5,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. Altogether 21 people in New Hampshire had active brewer permits in 2012.
  Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply New Hampshire's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by New Hampshire's breweries and related industries was more than $264 million. Consumer purchases of New Hampshire's brewery products generated more than $37 million extra in tax revenue. In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, New Hampshire ranked 10th in the number of craft breweries per capita with 21.
context_section_description: Breweries in New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire's 21 brewing establishments (including breweries, brewpubs, importers, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers) employed 490 people directly, and more than 5,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. Altogether 21 people in New Hampshire had active brewer permits in 2012. 
  Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply New Hampshire's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by New Hampshire's breweries and related industries was more than $264 million. Consumer purchases of New Hampshire's brewery products generated more than $37 million extra in tax revenue. In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, New Hampshire ranked 10th in the number of craft breweries per capita with 21.  
  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.
caption: New Hampshire ranks 10th nationally in craft breweries per capita, after only Maine and Vermont among East Coast states.[1]