Zoe Licata joined Brewbound in 2021 after several years of freelance reporting and documentary work. She’s a Massachusetts native, guinea pig for bev-alc innovation and savant in Gen Z culture.
More than half (55.45%) of Brewers Association (BA) defined regional craft breweries beyond the top 50 recorded production volume declines in 2025, but there are still signs of improvement compared to 2024, according to annual data shared last week by the trade group.
Non-alcoholic (NA) beer and hard cider have a similar share of total beer dollars – 1.5% and 1.2%, respectively, in NIQ-tracked off-premise channels – and both segments have been growth outliers among beer’s recent declines. However, top beer companies haven’t flocked to the hard cider segment as quickly as they have to NA.
The top 50 Brewers Association-defined craft breweries once again posted results as diverse as their portfolio mix these days, according to 2025 production data shared Friday by the trade group.
Seven of the 10 largest Brewers Association-defined craft breweries recorded production volume declines in 2025, according to data shared by the trade group in the May/June Issue of The New Brewer magazine.
Bev-alc declines accelerated earlier this month, despite the Cinco de Mayo holiday, according to the latest weekly report from market research firm NIQ.
While off-premise bev-alc scans have been on a rollercoaster this year (one with admittedly mild drops compared to 2025), the on-premise has been more steady, trending between flat and up 1% over the last few months.
While 2026 started with sunny scans for bev-alc, April brought the showers, according to the latest weekly report from market research firm NIQ.
On-premise venues should have seen a notable lift in sales over the weekend, if historical Mother’s Day trends played out.
For the second consecutive month, beer recorded the largest year-over-year (YoY) price increases across all bev-alc categories in April, according to today’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Bev-alc recorded another “reset week” to kick off May, according to the latest weekly report from market research firm Circana.
Nearly four out of every 10 craft brands recorded growth in the off-premise through mid-April, according to the latest monthly update from data and consulting firm Bump Williams Consulting (BWC).
Bev-alc trends held steady through late April, according to the latest weekly update from market research firm NIQ.
American Cider Association (ACA) CEO Monica Cohen has departed the trade group as it transitions to a “staff-led operating model,” the ACA announced Wednesday.
Beer shipment volume continued to rise in March, and there are signs that the category is reaching a point of “broad based stabilization,” according to Beer Institute (BI) chief economist Andrew Heritage.
