As every year here is a overview of new breweries added to RB in 2020:
TOTAL: In Germany we added 147 new BREWERIES in 2020 to the Ratebeer database.
Check your stats here:
Warning: link takes a while to load. Click “Est.” twice to sort by year most recent, then scroll down and count how many you have a blue checkmark next to.This link now includes Cideries and Meaderies as well so the total for 2020 is 166.
Past years:
2017 - 116 : Stats - New breweries in Germany 2017
2018 - 157 : Stats - New breweries in Germany 2018
2019 - 122 : Stats - New breweries in Germany 2019
2020 - 147 → numbers rising again, even though quite a few of this years added have been around in 2019 already as well.
Breakdown by states / Bundesländer:
| Bundesland | Number |
|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 12 |
| Bavaria | 31 |
| Berlin | 14 |
| Brandenburg | 3 |
| Bremen | 1 |
| Hamburg | 3 |
| Hesse | 11 |
| Lower Saxony | 13 |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 2 |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 26 |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 9 |
| Saarland | 2 |
| Saxony | 4 |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 2 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 4 |
| Thuringia | 1 |
Sum is only 138, so either I miscounted somewhere or some breweries aren´t categorized in there respective Bundesland.
Breakdown by type of brewery:
| Type | Number |
|---|---|
| Microbrewery | 58 |
| Client Brewer | 77 |
| Brewpub | 6 |
| Contract Brewery | none |
| Brewpub/Brewery | 1 |
| Commercial Brewery | none |
| Comissioner | 5 |
There still are for sure a couple of wrong ones, especially Micros that should be Clients and Clients that should be Commissioner. I already submitted changes for obvious ones. When adding please research a bit more carefully 
In Germany we added 17 new CIDERIES in 2020 to the Ratebeer database:
There is still a lot of work to do here. I am aware of at least 5-10 more small Apfelwein/Viez producers in my region. But as they often even have interent presence it takes work.
In Germany we added 2 new MEADERIES in 2020 to the Ratebeer database:
In Germany we still have 0 SAKE producers in 2020.
