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Encyclopedia > Brewing industry

The beer brewing industry is dominated by a few international players.


The 2002 acquisition of Miller Brewing by South African Breweries to form SABMiller made it the second-largest brewing company.

Company 2001 REVENUE (bil) 2001 BEER VOLUME (bil gallons)
Anheuser-Busch (St. Louis) $14.97 3.9
Heineken (Netherlands) $8.15 2.8
Interbrew (Belgium) $6.50 2.6
Miller Brewing (Philip Morris) $4.24 1.2
South African Breweries $4.18 2.3



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EH.Net Encyclopedia: A Concise History of America's Brewing Industry (4479 words)
Brewing in America dates to the first communities established by English and Dutch settlers in the early to mid seventeenth century.
Second, America was becoming increasingly industrialized and urbanized during these years, and many workers in the manufacturing and mining sectors drank beer during work and after.
New York: United States Brewing Association, 1909: Interesting account of the state of the brewing industry at the turn of the twentieth century.
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