Craft Beer Growth By the Numbers: the consumer trend toward taste and authenticity
17%:
Amount of dollar growth of sales of craft beer in 2012 and
- 15% in 2011
- 12% in 2010
- 10% in 2009
15%:
Amount of volume growth of sales of craft beer in 2012, and
- 13% in 2011
- 11% in 2010
- 7% in 2009
1.0%:
Amount of volume growth of imported beer sales in the US beer market
0.9%:
Amount of volume growth of all beer sales in the US beer market
10.2%
Craft brewing’s dollar share of sales in the US beer market in 2012
6.5%:
Craft brewing’s volume share of sales in the US beer market in 2012
$11.9 billion:
Craft brewer retail dollar value in 2012
2,538:
Number of American breweries operating in 2013, more than at any time since the 1880s
Definition:
Craft beer is produced by small, independent brewers using traditional methods (1).Click here for more details on craft beer
(1) Figures compiled by the Brewers Association. Click here for more information.