2024 State of the Craft Brewing Industry

Craft Brewers Conference 2024
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Speakers: Bart Watson

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Hear Brewers Association Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist Bart Watson break down the statistics and trends from 2024. Using the annual Beer Industry Production Survey and a multitude of other data sources, Bart digs deep into business models and zooms out to provide the context you need as you look to steer your business in the coming years.

About the Speaker

Bart Watson

Bart Watson, Chief Economist

Brewers Association

Bart Watson (he/him) vice president of strategy and chief economist at 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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