Despite estimated production volume declines of 4%, craft brewers are feeling confident halfway through 2026, according to the Brewers Association’s (BA) mid-year report.
Small and independent craft brewers’ output declined 4% in 2025 – more than 25% less than was previously reported by the Brewers Association (BA). The BA issued a correction of its 2025 Beer Industry Production Survey (BIPS), which was published last month, after receiving “revised production figures for a small number of regional craft brewers,” a BA spokesperson said in a statement shared Tuesday with Brewbound.
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.
July’s big occasions were unable to pull beer supply out of the red, according to the Beer Institute’s (BI) latest economic reports.
Check out news items initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter August 24-26, including headlines from the Beer Institute, Constellation Brands, Pabst Blue Ribbon and more.
The Brewers Association’s (BA) state government affairs director Sam DeWitt has left the trade group after more than four years.
Gallup’s highly anticipated report on consumers’ drinking habits was released Thursday, and like most years, the survey results’ underlying trends depend on which angle you’re cutting the data.
The story of craft in 2026 has followed the increasingly repetitive plotlines of the last couple years: Volume is down a mid-single digit at the midway point, scans haven’t been encouraging and craft is on distributors’ cut lists. While the public-facing numbers aren’t encouraging, the vibe around craft is different in 2026.
Check out news items initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter August 3-5, including headlines from Prost, JuneShine, the Beer Institute and more.
Total U.S. beer industry supply declined 2.1% year-over-year (YoY) in June, according to the latest volume report from the Beer Institute (BI). That figure – which includes data for domestic tax paid shipments, imported beer and state-level shipments – outperformed year-to-date (YTD) volume, which declined 3.9% YoY through the end of June.
The National Black Brewers Association (NB2A) is now operating as a board-run enterprise led by president Annie McGinnis.
Check out news items initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter July 13-15, including headlines from the Brewers Association, Girl Beer, Anheuser-Busch InBev and more.
After a positive April, U.S. beer supply fell back in the red in May, according to the latest monthly report from the Beer Institute (BI).
There’s still more beer demand in the future, according to beer wholesalers’ crystal balls.
The FIFA World Cup 2026 on-premise boost has emerged from coast to coast, according to the latest report from data firm BeerBoard. Those gains are much steeper in states with the 11 stadiums hosting World Cup matches, often by several orders of magnitude.
Craft beer drinkers increasingly want to spend more of their time and money at craft breweries and on craft beer. But getting general consumers in the door and turning them into craft drinkers is only getting harder, according to the Brewers Association’s (BA) 2026 Harris Poll Consumer Survey.
Cidermakers planning their packing lists for CiderCon 2027 will have to invest in some warm-weather clothes, because the event won’t be held in Chicago this upcoming February as initially expected.
