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For the May/June 2011 The New Brewer, we present our annual Industry Review issue. In this issue, we take a look at how each segment of the craft brewing industry fared in 2010.
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With solid support lined up, expectations increase for a tipping point where craft brewers grow capacity, production, and sales and emerge from their niche origins to broad appeal.
After a disappointing record the previous two years, 752,118 barrels were sold by brewpubs in 2010, up 6.9%. The brewpub segment has weathered the storm.
In total, production at microbreweries increased 11.8% in 2010. That number doesn’t include the nine breweries that grew out of the category.
No matter how you phrase it, craft beer regionals are taking advantage of burgeoning demand by building their breweries downward, upward, and skyward.
Big brewers and importers have had a tough two years. In 2010, domestic beer shipments were down 3 million barrels, or -1.6%, compared to 2009, according to estimates.
A glimpse into the craft brewing industry’s past set the stage for the record-breaking 28th annual Craft Brewers Conference March 23-26 in San Francisco.
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