May/June 2013

Industry Review Issue

For the May/June 2013 The New Brewer, we present our Annual Industry Review issue. In 2012, craft brewing was on fire, posting volume growth of 15% and 1.8 million barrels. In this issue, we take a look of how each segment of the craft brewing industry fared in 2012.

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Industry Review Issue

Craft’s Growth Acceleration

Good times returned to the U.S. beer industry in 2012, and great times continued for the vast majority of Americas 2,347 craft breweries.

Industry Review Issue

Featured Stories

Brewpubs

Stan Hieronymus

Brewpubs produced 7.2% more beer in 2012 than in 2011, the fourth straight year of increases—and the largest.

Micros

Jack Curtin

The microbrewery segment grew by 33 percent in 2012 as 1,115 micros that produced beer for all or part of the year turned out nearly 2 million barrels.

Regionals

Greg Kitsock

For craft regionals, the biggest brake on expansion is often the lag time necessary to fashion stainless steel into tanks and pipes and valves.

Imports and Large Breweries

Harry Schuhmacher

It was a good year in the beer business in 2012. After losing 10 million barrels since 2007, the beer industry finally finds itself in positive territory, albeit barely.

A Note From the Editor

Jill Redding, Editor-in-Chief

This issue also includes our usual informative departments, plus brewery-generated news about the craft brewing community in the Brew News and New Releases sections, and new products and services from the allied trade in Industry Supplier News. In our back-page interview, we highlight Gary Fish, founder of Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Ore.

Cheers, and we hope you enjoy this issue of The New Brewer.

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