- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - Below is a press release from the Brewers Association regarding the growth of American craft beer exports. American Craft Beer Exports on the Rise Significant expansion in the international market Boulder, CO • March 24, 2014—The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade group representing small and independent craft[.....]
- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - It’s hard to fathom up here in the Pacific Northwest where we drink so much of it, but craft beer only makes up about 8 percent of the overall beer market in the U.S. In Portland and Seattle that number is closer to 30 percent, but nationwide[.....]
- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - The Beer Institute recently completed some analysis of the beer industry in America. Last week they released some of the findings. The complete press release from the Beer Institute is below. There are now 3,699 breweries in the United States. These are “permitted breweries” according to the[.....]
- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - I just updated my list of Washington breweries and brewpubs. By my reckoning, there are now 217 active breweries in the state. When people ask me how many breweries we have in Washington, I always say that it is a nebulous number and changes all the time.[.....]
- by Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog - It’s an impressive number: $34 billion. That figure represents the craft beer industry’s contribution to the U.S. economy, according to the Brewers Association (BA). The information comes to us today in the form of a press release (below). Understand the definition. According to the Brewers Association, a[.....]