Archive for beer SmartBlogs
U.S. craft brewers have much to celebrate this summer, as their ranks swell and they continue to see double-digit sales growth. Craft breweries are expanding faster than at any time since Prohibition, according to The Huffington Post. Sales increased 14% in the first half of the year, and volume rose 12%, according to the Brewers Association in Boulder, Colo.[…] Continue Reading »
Americans spend about the same amount on alcohol as they did 30 years ago, but the way they spend has shifted dramatically, according to National Public Radio’s Planet Money blog. In 1982, consumers spent about 75% of their booze budget at the store; today, it’s more like 60%, with restaurants and bars gaining much more business.[…] Continue Reading »
Craft brewers turned out 1.3 million more barrels of beer last year than they did in 2010, a 13% increase in volume, and retail sales rose 15% even as the overall beer industry turned out a lackluster performance, according to the Boulder, Colo.-based Brewers Association. Brewers qualify as craft if they turn out fewer than 6 million barrels a year, and they range from tiny microbreweries that produce a barrel or less to Samuel Adams-maker Boston Beer, which recently hit the 2 million mark.[…] Continue Reading »
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