Ohio Brewers Buck Parts of Craft Beer's National Decline

The craft beer market continued its decline in 2025, but there is room for optimism at a few craft breweries in Ohio.The persistent downward trend is startling the once-booming industry and forcing brewers to rethink their business models and expand into non-beer beverages.

"While it's probably premature to say the industry has settled into a 'new normal,' there are many indications that we are moving in that direction," said Matt Gacioch, the staff economist at the Brewers Association, in a statement.

Craft beer outperformed the broader beer market, which declined 5.7 percent. Columbus-based Garage Beer Co., which is co-owned by Cleveland Heights natives Jason and Travis Kelce, has become Ohio's largest craft brewery by volume and ranks No. 12 nationwide. Meanwhile, Cleveland's Great Lakes Brewing and Fat Head's in Middleburg Heights also ranked in the top 50.

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