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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.
For both the beer industry and the larger political and social environment, “there are new rules to the game,” National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) president and CEO Craig Purser said in his opening remarks of the trade group’s Annual Convention in San Diego.
Kimberly McKinnish, SVP and chief operating officer of the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA), joins the Brewbound Podcast to preview Making Moves 2024, taking place October 1-2 in San Diego immediately following the NBWA’s 87th annual convention.
Wholesalers continue to show caution in their beer ordering, according to the latest Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) from the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA).
Last year’s overall craft volume decline was felt more acutely in the Midwest than other regions, according to a recent report from Brewers Association (BA) staff economist Matt Gacioch.
IPA drinkers in Connecticut and Delaware have boosted the style to have the largest share of craft off-premise dollars in the country, according to a recent report from Brewers Association (BA) staff economist Matt Gacioch.
Brewers Association (BA) staff economist Matt Gacioch examined the Federal Reserve’s half-point rate cut on Wednesday and the potential impact for small businesses, including craft breweries. Major media outlets have described the rate cut as “jumbo-sized.”
While “it might feel like we’re hearing more about brewery closures” since the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still plenty of craft breweries opening across the country, according to Brewers Association staff economist Matt Gacioch.
California Craft Brewers Association (CCBA) executive director Lori Ajax will vacate the position at the end of 2024, the trade association representing California’s craft brewing industry shared Wednesday.
U.S. brewers shipped an estimated 12.8 million barrels of beer in July, a -2.5% decline year-over-year (YoY), and a loss of 458,000 barrels compared to July 2023, according to the Beer Institute (BI).
Beer is expected to be the most popular alcoholic beverage at Labor Day weekend celebrations, as 76% of shoppers said they plan to purchase it, according to consumer research firm Numerator.
New Orleans-based Cajun Fire Brewing is the new owner of a 20-barrel brewhouse.
Beverage-alcohol industry trade groups didn’t hold back in their feedback to the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) about recent changes to the process by which the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) evaluates alcohol’s place in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA).
The Brewers Association reported that more than 9,500 attendees made the trip to Las Vegas for the Craft Brewers Conference April 21-24, including more than 740 exhibitors and more than 3,100 breweries, according to a post-CBC report shared by the trade group.
After a month in the black, domestic tax paid shipments of beer recorded a -4.8% year-over-year (YoY) decline in June, according to the Beer Institute (BI), which cited several government sources for its monthly report.
