A Practical Blueprint for Distribution
Whether you’re an experienced brewer, a startup packaging brewery, or a brewpub expanding to provide products to local retailers, you need a viable distribution plan.
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Whether you’re an experienced brewer, a startup packaging brewery, or a brewpub expanding to provide products to local retailers, you need a viable distribution plan.
The merger between Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller is the largest in brewing history, but it also signals fundamental changes to the U.S alcohol beverage industry.
The Reinheitsgebot’s 500th anniversary is an occasion for the reevaluation of its relevancy—especially within the context of today’s rise of the craft brewing movement.
Craft breweries nationwide have been impacted by natural disasters in recent years, but they have also stepped up to help victims of these tragedies in meaningful ways.
Craft brewers added 2.8 million barrels in 2015, and 620 new breweries opened. At the same time, craft beer’s growth continues to evolve as competition increases.
Brewpubs compete with restaurants, gastropubs, and virtually any venue that offers food and drink. In 2015, the 1,645 brewpubs in operation posted 9-percent growth.
Not only did more microbreweries open than ever before in 2015, but more also grew into regional breweries. Still, the category grew an impressive 24 percent.
The spate of high-profile deals recently has had several prominent craft brewers circling the wagons and loudly and proudly declaring their independence.
The big brewers have taken off the gloves and are going directly after craft brewers—both figuratively in their marketing, and literally through acquisitions.