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Statistics & Trends

No brewery works in a silo. Brewers Association staff, including Chief Economist Bart Watson, keep close tabs on the statistics and trends that affect the entire craft brewing community. Keep up with the latest numbers to ensure the success and growth of your business using the resources in this category.

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The New Brewer: Industry Review Issue

Brewpubs: Staying Power

Stan Hieronymus

Brewpubs have the wind at their backs. In 2017, 264 brewpubs opened, 64 closed, and the total in operation surpassed 2,000 for the second straight year.

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The New Brewer: Industry Review Issue

Micros: Still Driving Growth

Jack Curtin

Microbreweries are once again the primary engine in craft growth, accounting for nearly 60 percent of the category’s total growth in 2017.

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The New Brewer: Industry Review Issue

Regionals: Rolling with the Punches

Greg Kitsock

How do you react when your backyard is becoming ever more crowded and competitive, and you’re in danger of getting elbowed off your own turf? You adapt.

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The New Brewer: Industry Review Issue

Large Breweries + Imports: High End Fuels Growth

Harry Schuhmacher

Imports, craft beer, flavored malt beverages, and Michelob ULTRA are driving 100 percent of the growth in an overall flat U.S. beer industry.

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The New Brewer: The Business of Beer Issue

The Other Long Tail: The Value of infrequent Customers

Mike Kallenberger

Can brand champions be encouraged to drink their favorite brand even more often? Or will more grown be generated by reaching out directly to potential new drinkers?

Analyzing 2019 Midyear Craft Brewing Growth 2019 mid year feature

Analyzing 2019 Midyear Craft Brewing Growth

Brewers Association chief economist Bart Watson delves deeper into the midyear growth estimate, including the midyear survey results and other sources of data used.Read More

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Bart Watson, president and chief executive officer for the Brewers Association, is a stats geek, beer lover, and Certified Cicerone. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where in addition to his dissertation, he completed a comprehensive survey of Bay Area brewpubs one pint at a time. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @BrewersStats.

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Crafting an Intersection: Cannabis, Beer and Cannabeers

Craft Brewers Conference 2019Denver, ColoradoSpeaker(s): Jessica Lukas

Cannabis is not new to the craft beer industry or consumer, but legal cannabis is. In this session, we will breakdown the legal cannabis landscape, the exploding cannabis beverage (and new cannabeer) market, and uncover the risks and opportunities cannabis …Read More

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Forecasting Market Demand for U.S. Craft Exports

Craft Brewers Conference 2019Denver, ColoradoSpeaker(s): Bart Watson

This seminar will use historical data on the development of U.S. craft exports to highlight some of the underlying variables that may predict growth opportunities. It will provide examples of modelling the future trajectory of various foreign markets. Read More

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