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A Banner Year for Craft
Two hundred and fifty breweries opened in the United States in 2011, providing one of many bright spots in a year in which craft brewer volumes grew 13%.
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It can be easy to forget that every brewery is also a business that requires strong leadership, a positive company culture, stable finances, and more. This section is for everything beyond the brewhouse, including regulation and government affairs; promotion of diversity and inclusion in the craft beer industry; establishment of best practices for human resources, management and leadership in breweries; maintaining healthy finance and accounting practices; and understanding the statistics and trends that are affecting the indsutry overall.
Two hundred and fifty breweries opened in the United States in 2011, providing one of many bright spots in a year in which craft brewer volumes grew 13%.
Craft brewpubs turned out 768,536 barrels of beer in 2011, a 5.6% increase over the 727,547 barrels produced in 2010.
In 2011, the headlines were about new local breweries, ongoing growth, and the hundreds of breweries in planning. The sheer number has become a conversation itself.
Almost every regional craft brewery seems to have either undergone a major expansion or has drawn up blueprints for a build-out. Also, 11 more breweries joined the category.
Scott Metzger of Freetail Brewing Co in San Antonio, TX offers advise on how to "Establishing an effective beer costing program in the Brewpub". Read More
Dan Wandel presents channel shift, beverage alcohol dollar changes across CPG channels, and stats on dollar shares at U.S. supermarkets.Read More
For the May/June 2012 The New Brewer, we present our annual Industry Review issue. In this issue, we take a look at craft breweries’ performance in 2012 in each category: brewpubs, microbreweries, and regional breweries, as well as large breweries and imports. Read More
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For the March/April 2012 The New Brewer, we present our Managing Growth issue. In this issue, we take a look at topics such as expansion, contract brewing, scaling back distribution, and craft beer’s economic resilience. We also provide a preview of San Diego as host city of the 2012 Craft Brewers Conference. Read More
Join this Brewers Association Power Hour with IRI's Dan Wandel covering the overall beer category in 2011, as well as specific craft beer trends.Read More
Most craft brewers didn’t get into brewing to get rich, but we’re asked to help out nearly every day. Turns out, you can make a difference in your community on a dime.