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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.
When COVID-19 hit in 2020, taprooms as we knew them changed forever. While the goal still remains to sell as much beer as safely as possible, the methods must be reimagined and reconsidered. Over the course of the pandemic, the …Read More
“We very often fail to think as carefully about helping others as we could, mistakenly believing that applying data and rationality to a charitable endeavor robs the act of virtue.” – Dr. William MacAskill, Doing Good Better Corporate philanthropy can be …Read More
Open book management is a system where financial information is shared with employees so that they can make better decisions. Better decisions lead to better financial outcomes, and better financial outcomes lead to a stronger brewery business for everyone. There …Read More
Start getting paid for your brewery sustainability projects by finding the right federal, state, or local incentive programs.Read More
IPA continues to be the most important style for many brewers, but as category growth slows, understanding what is going on with sales in its subcategories is becoming more important.Read More
Bart Watson looks into how 12-packs have performed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide retail insights for craft brewers.Read More
Chief Economist Bart Watson presents the results of the BA's midyear survey, plus other trends and economic data from the first half of 2021.Read More
The BA has once again commissioned the annual Craft Beer Insights Panel survey to take the pulse of adults who enjoy drinking craft beer.Read More
Although craft appears to be dropping in scan data, it might be good news for many breweries if it means people are finally going out again.Read More
For the May/June 2021 The New Brewer, we present our annual Industry Review issue. The year 2020 was undoubtedly craft's toughest so far, with overall volume down 9%. We take a look back at how each segment fared during a tumultuous year, with taprooms leading the way at nearly flat growth and brewpubs taking the biggest hit, down 19.3%.Read More
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