Three Ohio breweries crack top 50 nationwide

• Cincinnati's Rhinegeist ranked 22nd, and Canal Winchester's BrewDog ranked 36th.

The big picture: The craft beer industry declined in 2023 for the second consecutive year.

• Competition among small, independent brewers and shifting alcohol-consumption habits present headwinds for a craft beer industry that had become accustomed to relentless growth.

Yes, but: The craft beer industry didn't shrink as much as the beer market did as a whole, and new brewery openings nationwide outpaced closings.

Zoom in: In Cleveland, the most notable closing was Platform, which shuttered in February 2023 after a volatile period since its acquisition by Anheuser-Busch InBev in 2019.

By the numbers: Overall craft beer production declined 1% last year, the worst year since the Brewers Association began tracking the industry in the late 1970s.

• Production in the overall beer industry declined 5.1%.