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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 Hop Pendulum: A History of the American Hops Market hop pendulum hero

The Hop Pendulum: A History of the American Hops Market

The hops market has distinct cycles driven by supply and demand. A brief look at the history of American hops can help brewers understand this pendulum. Read More

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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist 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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POS Data Analysis: Pricing, Seasonality and Format Sales POS Data Analysis Rayback Collective

POS Data Analysis: Pricing, Seasonality and Format Sales

Chief Economist Bart Watson takes another look at Arryved's aggregated POS data to explore pricing elasticity, seasonality and trends in formats.Read More

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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist 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.

See Bart Watson's Articles

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2019 Craft Beer Packaging Trends Recap

Brewers Association chief economist Bart Watson takes a look at 2019 trends in craft beer packaging and makes some projections for 2020.Read More

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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist 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.

See Bart Watson's Articles

An Early Look at 2019 Craft Growth via Scan Data production survey hero

An Early Look at 2019 Craft Growth via Scan Data

Although 2019 is officially over, we're still analyzing all of the data about how the year unfolded in craft brewing. Let's take a look at 2019 scan data. Read More

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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist 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.

See Bart Watson's Articles

First Look at New On-Premise Sales Price Data on premise pricing

First Look at New On-Premise Sales Price Data

Chief economist Bart Watson has new data to analyze average beer prices at brewpubs and taprooms. Here's the first look at what he's learned.Read More

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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist 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.

See Bart Watson's Articles

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Hard Seltzers and Small Brewers

Seltzer has exploded and BA chief economist Bart Watson thinks they're here to stay. Here's the data on what this means for your brewery.Read More

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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist 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.

See Bart Watson's Articles

How Many Breweries In Planning Are There Really? breweries in planning hero

How Many Breweries In Planning Are There Really?

Learn how Brewers Association chief economist Bart Watson estimates the number of breweries in planning and what that number really looks like today. Read More

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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist 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.

See Bart Watson's Articles

Brewery Diversity Benchmarking: A Foundation for Change diversity data bart

Brewery Diversity Benchmarking: A Foundation for Change

As part of the recent human resources and salary benchmarking completed by the BA, we also completed our first benchmark of brewery owner and employee diversity, including both gender and race/ethnicity. Read More

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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist 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.

See Bart Watson's Articles

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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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist 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.

See Bart Watson's Articles
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