2014 Craft Brewing & Mid-Year Category Sales Review
Dan Wandel takes a detailed look at craft beer performance from the first of the year through the important July 4, 2014 holiday period.Read More
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Craft Brewers Drive Volume Growth
Today, the National Beer Wholesaler’s Association (NBWA) released the list of finalists for the 2014 Craft Beer Distributor of the year award. Every year, this award highlights the close ties between wholesalers and craft brewers. [Brewers – check the BA …Read More
A Cheers to Craft Beer Choices
A recent article in the popular press suggested that the growing number of craft beer choices might not be good for beer drinkers, arguing that for consumers, more options are confusing. Although I have a number of issues with this argument (the …Read More
How Many Breweries Can the US Take?
A recent report by NBWA Chief Economist Lester Jones states that the number of brewery permits has topped 4,500. For many, I’m sure this begs the question: what if all of those breweries open? Can the US take 4,500 breweries? As …Read More
The Pumpkin Beers Are Coming
A couple of months back, I noted that IPAs had finally caught up with seasonals in annual scan data sales. Well, here we are seven months on, and the race for 2014 doesn’t even seem close. IPAs have sold over …Read More
11 Million More Americans Pick Beer as their Preferred Beverage vs 2013!
Pardon the sensationalist headline, but the new Gallup alcohol consumption poll numbers are out and with them I’ll bet we see a horde of news articles about how much better those numbers look in 2014 than they did in 2013. …Read More
The (Non) Beer Bubble, Part Deux
So despite my earlier efforts to dispel the notion that the number of breweries in this country represents some sort of bubble, “are we at the saturation point?” or “is this a beer bubble?” continues to be the most popular …Read More
The Timing of Craft Sales
When do craft beer sales occur across the course of the year? Or put differently, do craft brewers sell more beer in the first six months of the year or the second six months? This topic has been on my …Read More
Tips for Negotiating Customer Service
By: John Szymankiewicz, Beer Law Center Over a career as an engineer, project manager, lawyer and business owner, I’ve learned how to deal with customers, especially upset and ill-tempered ones. I think negotiation is a key factor in effectively dealing with customers. I’ll …Read More
U.S. Brewery Count Tops 3,000
The American brewing industry reached another milestone at the end of June, with more than 3,000 breweries operating for all or part of the month (3,040 to be precise). Although precise numbers from the 19th century are difficult to confirm, …Read More
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