Beer Brewing History And Statistics
Saturday, February 25th, 2012The first known instance of beer brewing was in Mesopotamia, 5000 years back. It remained a homebrewing activity until 1040 AD when a German brewery was setup as a production center. Today, retail sales of all beers produced by the 1,700 breweries in the US totals up to $91.6 billion.
This vast network didn’t show up overnight. Native American Indians had been creating their own batches even before the Mayflower brought the Pilgrims and European brewery techniques to America. However, the first commercial brewery in the US was established in New York City only in 1632. The oldest brewery company still in existence commenced operations way back in 1829.

