Breweries • Retailers, Wholesalers, Allied Trade and Homebrewers • Adding Educational Institutions • Like the James Beard Foundation for Beer…but more. • Promote and Protect 3
100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 400,000 *Boston Beer Co. *Yuengling Constellation *Small & Independent Imports Molson Coors AB InBev U.S. AB InBev Global 2016 Barrels: U.S. Beer (000's of bbls) *Included in S&I Total
beer is biased toward eating occasions % drinking craft beer for occasion type Source: Nielsen CGA On Premise User Survey (March-April 2017) – sample size: 3082 31% 49% 20% Food-led occasions Drink-led occasions Q: On which occasions do you typically drink craft beer? 25
a case study in how government regulation can block entrepreneurship for decades — and leave entire regions playing catch-up when it is finally relaxed.” --Jim Tankersley, Miami Herald
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