Pennsylvania produced the second-highest amount of craft beer nationwide last year, with Chester County being one of the top contributors, according to a report from Breweries in Pennsylvania.

The Keystone State produced 3,606,444 barrels of beer in 2019, topped only by California at 3,664,080 barrels.

Pennsylvania also ranked in the top half of the country in most major categories. These include placing second in economic impact, fourth in gallons produced per adults aged 21 and older, fourth in impact per capita, and fifth in the number of craft breweries per state.

And at 401 locations, the number of breweries currently operating in Pennsylvania is also at an all-time high. This helped push Pennsylvania from sixth place in the country 2018 to fifth place last year.

Still, the state saw the addition of new breweries slow down significantly over the last year. In 2017 and 2018, Pennsylvania saw the number of breweries increase by 77 and 72, respectively, compared to just 47 in 2019.

Within Pennsylvania, Chester County ranked fourth based on the overall number of craft breweries with 29 facilities.

Read more at Breweries in Pennsylvania here.

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