Smallest town/location with a brewery

[ALExanderH]

Hello everybody!

What's the lowest populated town you know of with a commercial/craft brewery?

In east Iceland there is a beautiful brewpub called Beljandi in the tiny town of Breiðdalsvík with a population of 139. Curious if this might be the smallest place on earth with a brewery

 

[Yooper]

Hmm, here near me there is a new brewery in Alpha, Michigan. It's called Alpha Brewing Company.

I'm not sure of the population so I googled it. Looks like the 2016 population was 136 but I'm pretty sure several of the oldest people died. So maybe 130(?).

 

[ancientmariner52]

Gravity Brewery, in Searcy County, Arkansas. The mailing address is Big Flat, but the brewery is miles from town. So, population zero? I suppose we should count the staff, but I don't have any numbers.

Edit: population of Big Flat was 105 in 2010.

 

[Yooper]

Gravity Brewery, in Searcy County, Arkansas. The mailing address is Big Flat, but the brewery is miles from town. So, population zero? I suppose we should count the staff, but I don't have any numbers.

Edit: population of Big Flat was 105 in 2010.

I thought Searcy County was dry? I'll be darned.

 

[ancientmariner52]

I thought Searcy County was dry? I'll be darned.

Voted wet a couple of years ago. Stone county is still dry, so Searcy county gets all the trade. A number of the northern counties have voted wet recently.

 

[angry_gopher]

Hello everybody!

What's the lowest populated town you know of with a commercial/craft brewery?

In east Iceland there is a beautiful brewpub called Beljandi in the tiny town of Breiðdalsvík with a population of 139. Curious if this might be the smallest place on earth with a brewery

Edgerton, Alberta. (pop 384)
Ribstone Creek Brewery

 

[Numsquat]

That I know of, Woodbine IA pop. 1400, Brick Street Brewing. But from recently being from very NW Iowa and going to Minnesota a lot, it seems every town regardless of size in Minnesota has a brewery so I'm pretty sure there are some small towns there, smaller than 1400, that have breweries.

 

[jtp137]

Mountain State brewery Thomas West Virginia 586 people in 2010 but some pretty awesome state parks in the area

 

[Hanglow]

Smallest communitythat I know of with a commercial brewery is the Colonsay Brewery which is on the island of Colonsay off scotland, population 120.

https://colonsaybrewery.co.uk/our-island/

Otherwise there's quite a few breweries in the sticks in scotland, not sure how one would define what population they are part of

 

[Kharnynb]

rousal brygghus in the finnish village rosola, 142 inhabitants is lowest with permanent brewery in finland

Kvarken brewery in the Södderuden archipello wins with 0 permanent inhabitants(about 50 in summer)

 

[Jel91]

Arillas, Corfu (Greece), not the smallest but around 350-400 people and there is a growing micro-brewery which is slowly expanding their business to mainland Greece. They don't pasteurize and their beers taste like homebrew. I took a tour of their brewery and was impressed with their dedication and passion.

 

[JohnSand]

I'm sure there isn't a hamlet or zip code on Long Island with less than a thousand people. But we have plenty of breweries and beer.

 

[Kealia]

Bridgeport, CA - Population 575. (I'm surprised there are that many, really).

Just a small blip on highway 395, but a great jumping off spot for those that fish.

 

[user 30639]

It's not the smallest town, but I remember reading an article that said Big Bend Brewing in Alpine, Texas was the most remote by whatever metric they used.

 

[Alcoholica]

It's not the smallest town, but I remember reading an article that said Big Bend Brewing in Alpine, Texas was the most remote by whatever metric they used.

A lot of beautiful remote areas I’m glad I didn’t break down in there in Texas. But to be stranded and find a brewery. That only happens in dreams. And maybe a ccomercial or a country song or two. Lol.

 

[MaxStout]

Smallest one I'm aware of in my area is Reads Landing Brewing in Reads Landing, MN, pop 164. There's a new one just north of me, Garphish Brewing, in Bethel, MN. Town's pop is 466.

 

[RPh_Guy]

Asking life's big questions...

If you brew on international waters, could you distribute to every country without it being considered an import?

What's the tallest brewery in the world?

What brewery has the most cats?

What's the most profitable brewery?

Which brewery produces the most unique beers per year?

 

[Kharnynb]

Asking life's big questions...

If you brew on international waters, could you distribute to every country without it being considered an import?

No, you still import, buy it won't be export beer

What's the tallest brewery in the world?

What is the highest and lowest, is there underwater breweries?

What brewery has the most cats?

Ones that use simcoe "hop"

What's the most profitable brewery?

One of the big ones i guess

Which brewery produces the most unique beers per year?

Hmmm... Good one

 

[MaxStout]

What brewery has the most cats?

Ones that use simcoe "hop"