
2021 Overview
Craft brewers continue to show resilience through twists and turns of pandemic-related complications. After a 2020 of shutdowns and pivots, volume grew 8% in 2021.
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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.
Craft brewers continue to show resilience through twists and turns of pandemic-related complications. After a 2020 of shutdowns and pivots, volume grew 8% in 2021.
For the May/June 2022 The New Brewer, we present our annual Industry Review issue. Craft began its pandemic recovery in 2021, growing 8% overall.Read More
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In this BA Collab Hour, Christopher Shepard explores the major trends and developments moving the needle in the U.S. craft beer industry.Read More
In this BA Collab Hour webinar, we provide a glimpse at what's happening with barley and hops in 2022 and beyond.Read More
The craft brewing business is a mix of trends in full bloom, trends about to launch, and trends simmering just below the surface, waiting to erupt like a geyser.
This year's annual packaging recap is a mix of the traditional recap looking at scan data with some broader thoughts about the packaging market and supply chain.Read More
One of the buzzwords of 2020 was “pivot,” as in small brewers survived the worst of the pandemic by “pivoting” to more to-go and packaged sales. Despite the concept of pivoting to to-go being mentioned in countless articles over the …Read More
The BIPS is the deepest statistical resource we have at the Brewers Association. If you can, please provide us with your 2021 numbers now.Read More
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Brewers Association Chief Economist Bart Watson assesses 2021 numbers for the craft beer industry and looks ahead to what 2022 might bring.Read More
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Next Glass CEO Trace Smith leverages Untappd's vast database to show the latest trends in what and where beer enthusiasts are drinking.Read More