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02 — Large Brewery of the Year
Georgetown Brewing Company
Why they won
Georgetown’s draft-first focus was challenged during the COVID-19 pandemic, as bars and restaurants shuttered. This led to an -8% decline in production in 2020. In a fortuitous move, the Seattle-headquartered craft brewery added a canning line in 2017 that helped support its off-premise shift in 2020. In 2021, Georgetown bounced back in a big way, reaching its highest volume output ever at more than 108,000 barrels. That made Georgetown the 25th largest Brewers Association-defined craft brewery by volume.