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

In 2012 Nebraska's 38 brewing establishments (including breweries, brewpubs, importers, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers) employed 100 people directly, and more than 6,700 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing.[1] Altogether 19 people in Nebraska had active brewer permits in 2012.[2]

Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Nebraska's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Nebraska's breweries and related industries was more than $132 million.[3] Consumer purchases of Nebraska's brewery products generated more than $70 million extra in tax revenue.[4] In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Nebraska ranked 16th in the number of craft breweries per capita with 19.[5]

For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries.[6] In that same year, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 43,000 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $246 billion.[7]

Breweries

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The following is a list of Nebraska-based breweries, meaderies and cideries.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Brewery Location Year Established Notes
Backswing Brewing Company Lincoln[8] 2016 Taproom in Omaha opened in 2021
Benson Brewery Omaha[9] 2013
Big Hair Brewhaus Hartington[10] 2021
Boiler Brewing Company Lincoln[11] 2016 Second Taproom in Lincoln opened in 2019[12]
Bolo Beer Co. Valentine[13] 2016
Bottle Rocket Brewing Seward[14] 2015
Brewery 719 Alliance[15] 2019
Brickway Brewery & Distillery Omaha[16] 2013
Brush Creek Brewing Company Atkinson[17] 2017
Catalyst Brewing Company Lincoln[18][19] 2015 Originally named 5168 Brewing; Renamed in 2020
Canyon Lakes Brewing Company Johnson Lake[20] 2019
Code Beer Co. Lincoln[21] 2017
Corn Coast Brewing Company Lincoln[22] 2021
Cosmic Eye Brewing Lincoln[23] 2018[24]
Divots Norfolk[25] 2016
Empyrean Brewing Company[26] Lincoln 1990 Empyrean Brewing Co. becomes a separate financial entity from Lazlo's Brewery & Grill in 1997
Fairfield Opera House Brewery & Grill Fairfield[27] 2016
First Street Brewing Co. Hastings[28] 2016
Five-O-Five Brewing Company Fremont[29] 2022
Flyover Brewing Company Scottsbluff[30] 2018
Gottberg Brewery Columbus[31] 2003
Heavy Brewing Gretna[32] 2022
HWY 14 Brewing Co. Albion[33] 2019
Infusion Brewing Company Omaha[34] 2013
Jaipur Restaurant and Brew House Omaha[35][36] 2003
Johnnie Byrd Brewing Co. Wayne[37] 2017
Jukes Ale Works Elkhorn[38] 2019
Kinkaider Brewing Company Broken Bow[39] 2014
Kros Strain Brewing Company La Vista[40] 2017
Loop Brewing Company McCook[41] 2011
Lost Way Brewery Holdrege[42] 2017
Lucky Bucket Brewing Company La Vista[43] 2009
Lumen Beer Co. Omaha[44] 2022
Monolithic Brewing Company Omaha[45] 2021
Nebraska Brewing Company Papillion[46] 2007
Pals Brewing Company North Platte[47] 2017
Peg Leg Brewing Company North Platte[48] 2020
Pint Nine Brewing Company La Vista[49] 2017
Platte Valley Brewery Kearney[50] 2000
Prairie Pride Brewing Co. Grand Island[51] 2016
Roc Hopper Brewing Co. Syracuse[52] 2019 No Brick-and-Mortar Taphouse
Salt Mine City Brewing Co. David City[53] 2022 Associated with Ropers Bar & Grill
SchillingBridge Winery & Microbrewery Pawnee City[54] 2005
Scratchtown Brewing Company Ord[55] 2013
Scriptown Brewing Company Omaha[56] 2015
Site-1 Brewing Omaha 2020
Steeple Brewing Co. Hastings[57] 2017
Stone Hollow Brewing Co. Beatrice[58] 2019
Thunderhead Brewery Kearney[59] 2003
Upstream Brewing Company Omaha[60] 1996
Vis Major Brewing Omaha[61] 2017
White Elm Brewing Company Lincoln[62] 2016 Second Taproom in Lincoln opened in 2019[63]
Zipline Brewing Company Lincoln[64] 2013

Closed Breweries

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Brewery Location Year Established Year Closed Notes
Blue Blood Brewing Co. Lincoln 2011 2019[65] Moved to Robbers Cave location in 2016[66]
Farnam House Brewing Omaha[67] 2014 2022 Formerly Goldenrod Brewing[68]
Green Flash Brewing Co. Lincoln[69] 2017 2020[70] Opened as third Brew location of San Diego–based Brewery
Modern Monks Brewery Lincoln 1992 2018[71] Associated with Misty's Steakhouse. Inherited the beer operation from Crane River in 2003. Crane River opened as the city's second brew pub in 1992.
Moonstruck Meadery Bellevue 2011[72] 2017[73] The first meadery to open in the state of Nebraska
Ploughshare Brewing Co. Lincoln 2014 2017[74]
Spilker Ales Cortland 1996 2017[75] Sold signature beer brand, Hopaluia, to Thunderhead Brewing
Storz Brewing Company Omaha[76] 1854 1977[77] Formerly Saratoga Brewery, Columbia Brewery

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References

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