Breweries in Minnesota produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally in the United States. Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries and microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries.

In 2014, Minnesota's 109 brewing establishments (including breweries, brewpubs, importers, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers) employed 667 people directly, and more than 24,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. As of 2020, the number of craft breweries had grown to 217, and the craft brewing overall economic impact of $2.2 billion ranked 12th among U.S. states.

Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Minnesota's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Minnesota's breweries and related industries was more than $480 million. Consumer purchases of Minnesota's brewery products generated more than $177 million extra in tax revenue. In 2020, Minnesota ranked 13th among U.S. states in the number of craft breweries per capita, with 5.2 breweries per 100,000 adults.

Breweries

To be included in this list, a brewery must be located in the U.S. state of Minnesota; it may produce their own beer, produce contract beers, or both. Breweries which are known to produce contract beer are noted, but this specification does not exclude non-contract brewing, nor does a lack of this specification exclude contract brewing.

+ Brewery Location Opened Notes 10K Brewing Anoka 2015 14 Lakes Brewery Crosslake 2017 56 Brewing Minneapolis 2015 Aegir Brewing Company Elk River2018 Alloy Brewing Company Coon Rapids 2017Closed July 2025 Angry Hog Brewery Austin 2018 Angry Inch Brewing Lakeville 2016 August Schell Brewing Company New Ulm 1860 The second-oldest family-owned brewery in the U.S. Back Channel Brewing Collective Spring Park 2017 Bad Habit Brewing Company St. Joseph 2015 Expanded into the former St. Joseph city hall, 2019 Bad Weather Brewing Saint Paul 2013 Badger Hill Brewery Shakopee 2014 Bald Man Brewing Eagan 2016 Bank Brewing Company Hendricks 2014 Barrel Theory Beer Company Saint Paul 2017Bauhaus Brew Labs Minneapolis 2014|-Beaver Island Brewing CompanySt. Cloud2015 Bemidji Brewing Bemidji2013 Bent Paddle Brewing Company Duluth 2013 Big Wood Brewery White Bear Lake 2009 Established in Vadnais Heights, MN in 2009, Taproom opened and Brewery relocated to Downtown White Bear Lake, MN in February 2014. Birch's on the Lake Brewhouse Long Lake 2015 Black Stack Brewing Saint Paul 2017 Blacklist Artisan Ales Duluth 2016 Blue Wolf Brewing Company Brooklyn Park 2018 Boom Island Brewing Company Minnetonka 2011 Brau Bros. Brewing Company Marshall 2006 Broken Clock Brewing Minneapolis 2017 Brühaven Craft Company Minneapolis 2024 Located in the former Lakes & Legends Brewing Company space in Loring Park, Minneapolis.Burning BrothersSaint Paul2014Gluten-free beer and gluten-free facility. Closed May 10, 2025. Castle Danger Brewery Two Harbors 2014 Canal Park Brewing Duluth 2011 Chapel Brewing Dundas 2017 Copper Trail Brewing Company Alexandria 2016 Cuyuna Brewing Company Crosby2017 Dangerous Man Brewing Company Maple Lake 2013 Formerly located in Minneapolis. Day Block Brewing Company Minneapolis 2014 Dual Citizen Brewing Company St. Paul 2018 Eastlake Craft Brewery Minneapolis 2014 ENKI Brewing Company Victoria 2013 Fair State Brewing Cooperative Minneapolis 2014 Fat Pants Brewing Company Eden Prairie 2019 Finnegans Brew Company Minneapolis 2018 Fitger's Brewing Company Duluth 1997 Forager Brewing Company Rochester 2015 Forbidden Barrel Brewing Company Worthington 2019 Forgotten Star Brewing Company Fridley2019 Foxhole Brewhouse Willmar 2015 The Freehouse Minneapolis 2014 Fulton Beer Minneapolis 2009Gambit Brewing CompanySt. Paul 2023 Giesenbrau Bier Company New Prague 2017 Grand Rounds Brewing Company Rochester2015 Gravity Storm Brewery Cooperative Austin 2018 HammerHeart Brewing Company Ely 2013Located in Lino Lakes until brewery closed in 2022. Production resumed in 2024 in Ely. Hayes Public House Buffalo 2013 Hoops Brewing Duluth 2017 Invictus Brewing Company Blaine 2018 Imminent Brewing Northfield 2017 Inbound BrewCo Minneapolis 2016 Indeed Brewing Company Minneapolis 2012 Insight Brewing Minneapolis 2014 Jack Pine Brewery Baxter 2012 Kinney Creek Brewery Rochester 2012 Lake Superior Brewing Company Duluth 1994Closed in 2019, but re-opened under new ownership in 2022. Lakeville Brewing Company Lakeville 2016 Lift Bridge Brewing Company Stillwater 2008 LocAle Brewing Company Mankato 2018 Loony's Brew Ranier 2017 Lost Sanity Brewing Madelia 2018 LTS Brewing Company Rochester 2015 Lupulin Brewing Big Lake 2015 LynLake Brewery Minneapolis 2014 Housed in the former Lyndale Theater Mankato Brewery Mankato 2012 Mineral Springs Brewery Owatonna 2019Steele County's first brewery since prohibition! Modist Brewing Company Minneapolis 2016 Montgomery Brewing Company Montgomery 2014 Nine Mile Brewing Company Bloomington 2022 The Nordic Brewing Company Monticello 2018 OMNI Brewing Company Maple Grove 2015Outstate Brewing CompanyFergus Falls2019 Pantown Brewing Company St. Cloud 2018 Pig's Eye Brewing Company Saint Paul 2002 Portage Brewing Company Walker 2017 Pryes Brewing Company Minneapolis 2017 Reads Landing Brewery Reads Landing 2011 Revelation Ale Works Hallock 2017 Ripple Effect Brewing Company Rogers 2024 Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery Minneapolis Roundhouse Brewery Brainerd 2016 Rustech Brewing Company Monticello 2018 Saint Paul Brewing Saint Paul 2006 Located in the former Hamm's Brewery location. Formerly known as Flat Earth Brewing. Sisyphus Brewing Company Minneapolis 2014 Sleepy Eye Brewing Company Sleepy Eye 2019 Spilled Grain Brewhouse Annandale 2015 Spiral Brewery Hastings 2018 Summit Brewing Company Saint Paul 1986 Surly Brewing Company Minneapolis 2005 Sylvan Brewing Lanesboro 2020 Take 16 Brewing Company Luverne 2014 Talking Waters Brewing Company Montevideo 2016 Tanzenwald Brewing Company Northfield 2017 Third Street Brewhouse Cold Spring 1874 Located in the Cold Spring Brewery building. Renovated 2011. Three Twenty Brewing Company Pine City 2017 Tilion Brewing Company Cannon Falls 2018 Town Hall Brewing Minneapolis 1997 Two Fathoms Brewing Winona 2024Former location of Island City Brewing. Uncommon Loon Brewing Company Chisago City 2018 Located in the former Chisago City Fire Hall and Community Center Under Pressure Brewing Golden Valley 2019 Unmapped Brewing Company Minnetonka 2017 Utepils Brewing Minneapolis 2017 Venn Brewing Company Minneapolis 2017 Wabasha Brewing Company Saint Paul 2016 Located in the old Yoerg brewery Waconia Brewing Company Waconia 2014 Wicked Wort Brewing Company Robbinsdale 2016 Wooden Ship Brewing Company Minneapolis 2021

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

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