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Two Maine Companies Among Nation's Top Craft Breweries

PORTLAND, Maine - Two Maine breweries have made the Brewers' Association's list of the top 50 craft breweries, based on the volume of beer sold. Bart Watson is the chief economist with the association.

"The top 50 list represents the leading craft brewing companies in the United States, small and independent brewers," Watson says. "There were two from Maine this year, Shipyard Brewing Company, based in Portland, and Allagash Brewing Company, also based in Portland. Having two on the list is very impressive, given Maine's low population."

Shipyard came in at number 25 on the list; Allagash is number 42. The Brewers' Association is a trade group representing small and independent craft brewers. The Association says that one in 10 beers now consumed in America is a craft beer.

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