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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.
The hemp beverage industry is less than two months out from a federal ban on nearly all products in the market, pending legislative action.
Despite the looming deadline, Hemp Beverage Alliance (HBA) president and CEO Christopher Lackner is feeling “optimistic.”
As distributors expand their portfolios beyond beer, they need to remember that “beer is the trump card,” incoming National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) chair Luke Dahlheimer said Tuesday during his speech at the trade association’s Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida.
“Total beverage strategy adoption,” “blurred category lines,” “a beverage-alcohol free-for-all” – there are numerous ways the current state of the bev-alc industry has been described. National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) president and CEO Craig Purser has added his own to the mix: “Freaky Friday.”
The National Beer Wholesaler Association’s (NBWA) Annual Convention and Product Showcase kicks off today and the Brewbound team is on the ground in Orlando, Florida, to hear updates from the trade group, as well as what some of the middle tier’s leadership has to say about today’s contracting bev-alc market.
The 44th annual Great American Beer Festival (GABF) kicks off tomorrow, but this year’s iteration will look nothing like any of its priors.
August’s beer supply improved to down 1% year-over-year (YoY) due to an imports bounceback, according to the latest report from the Beer Institute (BI).
The Brewers Association (BA) has streamlined voting classes in its annual board of directors election, which is open through October 21.
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.
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.
