At the end of 2017, there were a total of 7,450 breweries in the United States, including 7,346 craft breweries subdivided into 2,594 brewpubs, 4,522 microbreweries, 230 regional craft breweries and 104 large/non-craft breweries.[1][2]
The following is a partial list of defunct breweries in the United States.
^"Goodbye to the Drawbridge Inn: Heyday Expansion". June 23, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2021. In January 1984, public discussion began related to a "small brewery". This was a hybrid of the previous dinner theater concept and represented visionary planning (at least for Greater Cincinnati) on Jerry Deters' part. In the 5 years since president Jimmy Carter had deregulated home brewing no one had tried the microbrewery concept in the region. The complex was planned to host a microbrewery, an entertainment center, a restaurant, and a festhaus.
^"Oldenberg Brewing Company". The Gnarly Gnome. Retrieved June 6, 2021. Oldenberg is often considered the start of Cincinnati's "craft" breweries.
^Morgan, Michael D. (2019). Cincinnati Beer. United States: American Palate. pp. 163–164, 168. ISBN9781467140898. Despite a brewing pedigree richer than that of Milwaukee or St. Louis, Cincinnati's role in American beer history is quite often underappreciated.
^Stephens, Sarah (2010). Cincinnati's Brewing History. United States: Arcadia Publishing. p. 111. ISBN9780738577906. According to Timothy Holian, by the early 1990s Oldenberg beers had earned so much acclaim that the brewery began the self-promotional campaign of 'America's Most Awarded Microbrewery.'
^Hunter, Dave (1997). Along the I-75: A Unique Driving Guide for the I-75 Between Detroit and the Florida Border (1998 ed.). Canada: Mile Oak Publishing, Incorporated. pp. 18, 75. ISBN9781896819068.
