The Brewers Association’s 2025 Year in Beer review, published December 15 right here, confirms what many independent brewers already felt on the ground. Craft beer remained under pressure. Volume ...

The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) released its Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) for October 2025, and the results show little change from late summer. The overall BPI reading of 24 remains ...

From legacy Detroit lagers to mason-jar moonshine-style malt beverages, Michigan’s Benchmark Beverage Company is quietly building a blueprint for what post-craft growth can look like—without selling ...

This former Two Hound Red Brewery location will be Maplewood Brewery’s new spot in spring 2026. Chicago’s Maplewood Brewery & Distillery announced plans to open a second location in Glen Ellyn, ...

The taxable removals estimate reflects beer volumes shipped from U.S. breweries and subject to federal excise tax. These numbers are a reliable gauge of overall industry health. Throughout 2025, those ...

Cincinnati’s Fifty West Brewing is finding statewide momentum with Sunflower, a hemp-derived THC seltzer that reflects shifting consumer habits away from alcohol What started as a taproom experiment ...

One of Iowa’s largest and most community-driven breweries is planting roots in the Kansas City metro. Big Grove Brewery announced plans to open a new taproom and brewery in Prairie Village, Kansas, in ...

The business of craft beer is getting more complicated — climate challenges, raw material costs, shifting consumer tastes — and at this year’s drinktec trade show in Munich, BarthHaas makes the case ...

CGA by NIQ’s new On Premise Draft Opportunity report tracks how draft is performing in bars and restaurants. I highly suggest you download it and read it. It blends outlet counts, sales velocity, and ...

Skateboarding legend and entrepreneur Erik Ellington has launched Easy Does It, a non-alcoholic beer brewed with a crisp, familiar bite. The beer debuted via direct-to-consumer online sales, with Los ...

Is the contraction of craft beer off-premise slowing down? Maybe! While still in contractionary territory (<50), the craft segment recorded its highest reading of the year in the National Beer ...

The metaphorical craft beer pipeline. The Brewers Association’s 2025 Midyear Report shows an industry still facing strong headwinds. Yet, pockets of growth remain — especially for the smallest on-site ...