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No brewery works in a silo. Brewers Association staff, including Chief Economist Bart Watson, keep close tabs on the statistics and trends that affect the entire craft brewing community. Keep up with the latest numbers to ensure the success and growth of your business using the resources in this category.
The Brewers Association (BA) recently conducted its bi-annual comprehensive survey of America’s craft brewers to establish and share industry benchmarks and brewery operations data. This survey was developed in response to BA member requests for data that they could use …Read More
Chris Swersey, Brewers Association Technical Brewing Projects Manager, provided additional input and writing for this article. Since American beer lovers apparently can’t get enough hops (IPAs are up another 42% YTD in scan data), one of the most interesting semiannual reports is …Read More
Welcome to “craft update.” The goal of this post (and future iterations) is to provide more timely updates of the craft beer industry along the lines of the State of the Industry presentation Paul Gatza and I give every year …Read More
This 2015 Power Hour reveals how craft beer performs in the bar and restaurant arena and in competition with other alcohol beverages.Read More
The current growth trends in the craft beer market – more brewers, more market share, and more hoppy beers – have led some in the industry to worry about the hop supply in the future. Even with thousands of new …Read More
It’s that time again, when we tally the barrelage of the craft breweries operating in the United States and report on the growth numbers for the previous year for our annual Industry Review Issue. Craft breweries had a banner year in 2014, increasing production by 18% by volume and earning double digit market share (11%) for the first time ever. Read More
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During the State of the Industry presentation at CBC, I presented some numbers on the general state of capacity in the craft brewing industry. Right now we estimate that there are roughly 34.6 million barrels of craft brewer capacity. Note …Read More
First, let me start this post with a thank you. Thanks to the almost 450 breweries that have started and filled out some portion of the Brewery Operations and Benchmarking Survey (BOBS) and an even bigger thank you to the …Read More
On April 15, a crowd of brewing industry professionals packed the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Ore. for the annual Craft Brewers Conference General Session. Brewers Association Chief Economist Bart Watson once again joined Director Paul Gatza on stage to deliver the State …Read More
Craft’s fundamental value proposition is that beer lovers are willing to pay a little bit more for a beer that has something more: more flavor, more variety, more local appeal. For the past year, I’ve been stating the primary reasons …Read More
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