Two Texas Breweries Among Top 50 Producers in 2025

For the first time in six years, Texas had only two breweries among the top 50 craft breweries in the United States by production according to newly published 2025 data from the Brewers Association. The organization published its annual Craft Brewing Industry Production Report for 2025 in April. Gambrinus, the parent company of Shiner Bock producer Spoetzl Brewery, dropped one spot from the sixth largest to the seventh largest craft brewer in the nation. Houston’s Saint Arnold Brewing Company fell by three spots from the 35th largest to the 38th largest American craft brewer. Both breweries have appeared on the Brewers Association list since 2017.

The biggest Texas-centric change to the BA’s list was the relocation of Monster Brewing Company from Texas to Colorado after the consortium closed Dallas’ Deep Ellum Brewing and the Austin outpost of Oskar Blues Brewery. Despite the closures, Monster moved up one spot from the tenth-largest to the ninth-largest brewery on the list.

A Tough Year for Beer

The Brewers Association report calculates that 21.8 million barrels of craft beer were brewed in the U.S. in 2025, a 5% decline from 2024. 60% of breweries reported declines in production. That drop-off in production was true for all four business models–Brewpubs, Taprooms, Microbreweries, and Regional Breweries–with the latter two categories downshifting the hardest. Despite the disappointing numbers, craft brewers were still more productive than the larger brewing industry, which had a 5.7% decline in production. The 5% decline in production was mirrored by a 4% reduction in the craft brewing workforce size to 189,000 jobs. The total number of operating craft breweries fell by 2.9% to 9,578. The highest percentage of closures came from the Microbrewery model. The traditional hubs for craft brewing in the northeast and west coast experienced the lowest rate of closures. In spite of these declines, BA staff economist Matt Gacioch was cautiously optimistic about the industry at large: “[S]hifting trends offer hope for a more stable path forward after several challenging years. While it’s probably premature to say the industry has settled into a ‘new normal,’ there are many indications that we are moving in that direction. What’s nearly guaranteed is that success going forward will come down to creating something meaningful and memorable for consumers. Breweries that deliver consistent quality, human connection, and unique experiences will stand out.”