The Road Now Taken
It isn’t too great a leap to wonder whether contracts could prove to be the lifeblood of the next wave of craft growth, or at least play a more significant role going forward.
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It can be easy to forget that every brewery is also a business that requires strong leadership, a positive company culture, stable finances, and more. This section is for everything beyond the brewhouse, including regulation and government affairs; promotion of diversity and inclusion in the craft beer industry; establishment of best practices for human resources, management and leadership in breweries; maintaining healthy finance and accounting practices; and understanding the statistics and trends that are affecting the indsutry overall.
It isn’t too great a leap to wonder whether contracts could prove to be the lifeblood of the next wave of craft growth, or at least play a more significant role going forward.
If you don’t have a clear view of the cost of your beer, you may be pouring dollars down the drain. A well-established cost analysis will provide invaluable data.
Given the continuing economic doldrums and persistently high unemployment since 2009, it might be easy to start thinking of craft beer as “recession-proof.” But is it?
Two hundred and fifty breweries opened in the United States in 2011, providing one of many bright spots in a year in which craft brewer volumes grew 13%.
Craft brewpubs turned out 768,536 barrels of beer in 2011, a 5.6% increase over the 727,547 barrels produced in 2010.
Most craft brewers didn’t get into brewing to get rich, but we’re asked to help out nearly every day. Turns out, you can make a difference in your community on a dime.
Most breweries lack a data-driven infrastructure offering the information needed for decision-making in an environment experiencing exponential growth.
Craft beer is part of a much larger phenomenon, rooted in a long-term evolution of American society and culture that’s still progressing.
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.
The bright young men and women who kicked off this grand adventure in their 20s and 30s are reaching the point where it’s time to start thinking about what comes next.