BMTC19: Welcome from Julia Herz of the Brewers Association
Welcome from Julia Herz of the Brewers Association: Julia provides a high-energy, fact-intensive overview of the current state of the beer industry with a specific focus on marketing and tourism. Not to be missed.
Box Somewhat Important Not Important Craft Drinker Weekly “LOCAL” PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO MORE FREQUENT CRAFT BEER DRINKERS Source: Nielsen's Craft Beer Insights Poll (CIP) conducted May 2018 by Harris Poll (n=1,008 Craft Drinkers; n=416 weekly craft drinkers) Q: How important is “local” (i.e. a product being made locally made) to you? 21-44: 46% South: 51% 37% 53% 20% 49% 35% 16% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 0 1-4 5+ Number of Visits (last 12 months) A Majority of Craft Drinkers Visited a Brewery Last Year Near Home While Travelling 50 Million Craft Drinkers Average 6 brewery visits a year 2 pints a visit 7 8
Segments 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 U.S. Brewery Permits 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 U.S. Distillery Permits 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 U.S. Winery Permits More than 15,000 new permitted alcohol suppliers in U.S. Majority in past eight years: 2010 = <10,000 2018 = >25,000 Source: U.S. TTB 2018. Homebrewing in U.S. • 1.1M+ U.S. homebrewers • More than 1.4M barrels of beer a year • 1,700+ Clubs • 700+ Retailers • BJCP Competitions 724 in 2017 vs. 192 in 2003 • 46,000 members of AHA HomebrewersAssociation.org 24 23 24
How do you speak to your champions? • How do you speak to those new to you? • What do your customers say about you? Opportunities •Logo •Press Releases •External Communications •Labels •Tag Line 29 30
DRINKING CRAFT BEER – GENDER GAP STILL BIG, BUT SHRINKING a BIT • Source: 35% 37% 38% 40% 2015 2016 2017 2018 Percentage of Craft Beer Drinkers Among 21+ Pop’n (Several times a year or more often) Male 46% 48% 50% 49% Female 25% 26% 27% 31% 33 34