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Taproom breweries face different challenges than brewpubs and production-oriented breweries. These taproom resources help you face those challenges, from planning and hosting events to defining your role in the local community, to training and retaining your taproom staff.

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Inside Voices: 2025 Consumer Survey woman considering beer sample in taster flight

Inside Voices: 2025 Consumer Survey

"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

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Staff Economist

Matt Gacioch (he/him), staff economist for the Brewers Association, helps members make sense of the data that enable their businesses to thrive. He brings experience from market analytics, brewery operations, and consulting, along with an MBA, MS, and BS from the University of Michigan. Follow him on Instagram @craft_econ

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The New Brewer Taprooms 2024
The New Brewer: Industry Review

Taprooms

Stephanie Grant

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.

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Industry Review

For the May/June 2025 The New Brewer, we present our annual Industry Review issue. The issue provides an overview of the performance of craft breweries in 2024, which saw the overall segment down 4%. It includes in-depth analysis of each segment including brewpubs, taprooms, microbreweries, regional breweries, and large breweries/imports. Read More

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Check Please: Strategies to Increase Guest Check Average brewery taproom with tables of guests

Check Please: Strategies to Increase Guest Check Average

Whether you are a seasoned data jockey or just dipping your toe into the world of key performance indicators (KPIs), boosting your guest check average (GCA) is an excellent way to start increasing on-premise sales. Read More

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Dr. J Jackson-Beckham is an author, speaker, and vocal advocate for the craft beverage community. After being named the Brewers Association’s first Equity & Inclusion Partner in 2018, she went on to lead both its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion department, and its Member Resources team until 2025. Today, she continues to support the industry as an independent thought leader and changemaker.

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Social Media Tips and Tricks for Taprooms person photographing beer on a smart phone

Social Media Tips and Tricks for Taprooms

In today's market, social media is a necessary aspect of business. In this post, Topa Topa's Jack Dyer attempts to categorize tips that have been helpful for his brewery over the years.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Taprooms Committee's main objective is to foster the sharing of resources and ideas between taproom class breweries. As taproom brewery revenue is generated mainly from onsite sales, the committee’s job is to create resources that help breweries find ways to get customers to come to the taproom, stay a while, and keep coming back.

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But Really, How Dry Is January? Empty glass of beer in snow

But Really, How Dry Is January?

Explore the arc of Dry January over time, understand what to expect this year, and discover strategies to make your way through successfully.Read More

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Staff Economist

Matt Gacioch (he/him), staff economist for the Brewers Association, helps members make sense of the data that enable their businesses to thrive. He brings experience from market analytics, brewery operations, and consulting, along with an MBA, MS, and BS from the University of Michigan. Follow him on Instagram @craft_econ

See Matt Gacioch's Articles
Water as a Hospitality Tool
The New Brewer: Sales & Marketing

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Meghna Jaradi

Access to water is both a basic human right and a universally understood sign of hospitality. In craft brewery taprooms, water can help create a sense of belonging.

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