CUYAHOGA COUNTY, Ohio — Roughly 30 Ohio breweries have shuttered this year so far, and a big reason behind that is due to a drop in consumerism.

Ohio Craft Brewers Association Deputy Director Justin Hemminger said, "Up until this year, Ohio's had more breweries open than close. The national trend flipped in 2024, and unfortunately, Ohio is going to see us following the national trend in 2025."

As of 2024, there were 440 craft breweries in Ohio.

46 breweries opened last year and 53 were in the works.

The official data for this year has not been released yet.

Hemminger said, though, while 30 have closed this year so far, 20 are opening.

Realistically, Ohio is losing at least 10 breweries in 2025.

"It's not like everyone's closing all at once. What we're seeing is after about a decade

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