In 2012 California's 458 breweries, importers, brewpubs, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers employed over 7,000 people directly, and more than 109,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. Since 1983, California has allowed breweries to sell beer on their premises, giving rise to numerous brewpubs and microbreweries.īreweries in California produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. Brewing companies range widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, ranging from small breweries to massive multinational conglomerates.
This list of breweries in California, both current and defunct, includes both microbreweries and larger industrial scale breweries. Jackson Brewing Company complex in San Francisco
