Chicago area has two of the country's top 50 craft breweries

U.S. craft brewers sold 24.8 million barrels of beer in 2021, an 8% increase from last year.

• Craft beer is now 13% of the overall beer market, up from 12%, according to a report released yesterday by the Brewers Association.

By the numbers: The report ranked the top 50 craft brewers in the country by sales volume. In the Chicago area, Three Floyds in Munster, Indiana, placed 26th.

• Revolution Brewing placed 38th.
• Not really Chicago, but close enough: New Glarus in Wisconsin was No. 12.

Go deeper: Read more about the report from Axios Local's resident beer nerd, John Frank.