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Last update: November 25, 2007 - 3:44 PM

BY THE NUMBERS

• Total number of breweries (all time) in Minnesota: 290

• Number of municipalities with breweries: 127

• Lowest number of breweries in state since statehood (1858): 4 (1975-85)

• Typical production rank among states (since 1890): 9th or 10th

• Typical rank among states in number of breweries: 5th to 8th

• Number of breweries to survive more than 100 years: 12

• Largest brewery: Theodore Hamm Brewing Co., St. Paul, 3 million barrels a year, ranked as high as 5th nationally. It opened in 1864 and closed for good in 1975.

• Smallest brewery: probably Anders Kallberg, Braham: total production: 9 barrels; lifespan: 3 months.

DOUG HOVERSON

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