Anheuser-Busch surrendered to the Belgian-based InBev. Miller was sold to South African Breweries (which, despite the name, is based in Britain). Coors merged with Molson.

So: What’s the biggest remaining American-owned suds maker?

As you recall, the company now calling itself Pabst is simply a budget-priced marketing company, whose products are made under contract in Miller plants.

Next on BeerInfo.com’s Top 50 list: Boston Beer, a.k.a. Samuel Adams. Boston used to be a “virtual brewer”, like today’s Pabst. But today the majority of its product comes from the former Hudepohl Brewing plant in Cincinnati, bought by Boston a decade ago.

In sixth place stands Pennsylvania’s Yuenling, the biggest remaining regional lager producer.

Several Northwest microbrewers are also on BeerInfo’s list–Widmer, Redhook (both of which have distribution deals with Anheuser-Busch), Pyramid (now merged with a Vermont firm), Deschutes, Full Sail, Mac and Jack’s.

This prominence signifies both the strength of regional specialty brews and the disappearance of the industry’s whole former second tier (Stroh’s, Ballantine, Schaffer, Falstaff, Blatz, Carling, Lucky, Rainier, Oly, Blitz-Weinhard, etc. etc.).