Craft Beer Production in the US Industry Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld
New York, NY (PRWEB) March 13, 2015 -- The past five years have transformed the Craft Beer Production industry into one of the fastest growing and most popular alcoholic beverage segments in the United States. The industry has experienced annualized revenue growth of 19.1% in the five years to 2015, reaching an estimated $5.1 billion in 2015. As consumers increasingly demand a greater variety of beers, including pale ales, lagers, seasonal beers, wheat beers, stouts and porters, craft brewers have captured a significant portion of drinkers who had traditionally purchased light and premium brand beers. Since many of the industry's craft brewers are microbrewers, local brewpubs and regional producers, consumers have gravitated toward the industry's products for the attention to detail, range of beer styles, quality ingredients, high degree of expertise and overall freshness craft brewers offer. IBISWorld projects industry revenue to grow an additional 13.5% over 2015, in response to continual increases in demand for craft beer styles.
According to IBISWorld Industry Analyst Nick Petrillo, “Although the industry mostly consists of many small-sized players, there has been increasing consolidation and expansion activity among some of the industry's largest brewers.” Brewers such as Magic Hat and Pyramid, once significant independent brewers, have been acquired by holding company North American Breweries. Other companies, such as Sierra Nevada and Lagunitas, have constructed massive secondary brewing locations to facilitate beer distribution across a greater region of the United States. In response to the increasing popularity of craft breweries, international beer manufacturing companies, MillerCoors and Anheuser-Busch InBev, have aggressively promoted their respective Blue Moon and Shock Top wheat beer competitor brands in an attempt to capture growing craft beer sales.
“Although craft brewers and their competitors alike have speculated that the rapid revenue growth among industry brewers is poised to plateau due to market saturation, consumer demand for craft beer remains robust,” says Petrillo. Overwhelming consumer support for craft beer, alongside various legislative changes for interstate beer distribution, has transformed this industry from the small collection of brewpubs and microbreweries it was two decades ago to an industry that represents the fastest-growing segment within the US alcoholic beverages market.
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IBISWorld industry Report Key Topics
The Craft Beer Production industry includes microbreweries and brewpubs that produce beer for resale or consumption on premises. A microbrewery produces a limited amount of beer, typically up to 6.0 million barrels (186,000,000 US gallons) of beer per year. A brewpub brews and sells beer on the premises as well as prepares and serves food to dining patrons. A brewpub may also be considered a microbrewery if it engages in a significant amount of beer distribution on a regional level.
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