Know Your Market: Consumer Data Sets User Tutorial
To accompany the newly released 2025 Brewers Association Consumer Survey Data Sets, here is a short tutorial video on getting started.
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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.
To accompany the newly released 2025 Brewers Association Consumer Survey Data Sets, here is a short tutorial video on getting started.
Despite declines in volume and operating breweries, nearly half of respondents reported production growth—especially among small on-site models.Read More
Industry experts Tom Williams and Jeremiah Johnson offer insights into brewery financing, covering funding options, strategic decision-making, and projections. Gain a comprehensive understanding of debt and financial considerations specific to the brewing industry.Read More
Beer margins are shrinking and operating costs just keep going up. In this seminar, you'll learn how to identify the key drivers of profitability, create scorecards to measure and improve results, and get proven strategies that you can implement right away in your business.Read More
"Well, what do you think?" It’s a simple question that you and your staff probably ask a hundred times a day after sliding a taster across the bar to a thirsty patron. At which point, that customer will give you a thumbs up or thumbs down. Now, imagine you could jump fully into that patron’s head to understand what they really think.Read More
Taprooms, down 4.1 percent by volume in 2024, are going back to the basics—focusing on customer service, refining business strategies, and expanding offerings.
U.S. beer shipments declined 1.6% to 193 million barrels in 2024 vs. 2023. That puts volume down 10% in the last three years, shedding over 21 million barrels since 2021.
Regionals, defined as breweries that produce more than 15,000 barrels a year, lost 3.1% in volume over 2024, performing better than craft as a whole.
2024 was a challenging year for craft brewers, but adaptability kept small decreases from being substantially larger. However, this might be craft’s new environment
Despite difficult conditions, the brewpub business model still presents a wealth of opportunities unavailable to production breweries and even satellite sampling spaces.