Beer is 1.6 percent of our gross domestic product. Learn this and other brain busting beer facts in this short interview with the Brewers Association (BA) on Fox Business. CraftBeer.com publisher Julia Herz discusses the parameters of the craft beer industry and how smaller breweries compete with big-name beer brands. Craft brewers currently provide an estimated 110,273 jobs in the U.S., including serving staff in brewpubs. According to BA stats, growth of the craft brewing industry in 2013 was 18 percent by volume and 20 percent by dollars compared to growth in 2012 of 15 percent by volume and 17 percent by dollars; this video mentions 10.9 percent averaged over the last 10 years. Craft brewers sold an estimated 15.6 million barrels (bbls) of beer in 2013, up from 13.2 million bbls in 2012, and the craft brewing sales share in 2013 was 7.8 percent by volume and 14.3 percent by dollars. Learn more by watching the video above.
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RT @BrewersLaw: “Beer is 1.6 percent of our GDP” -you wonder if it could be more if #Tallahassee wasn’t wooed by big beer $$$ #FLbeer http:…
RT @BrewersLaw: “Beer is 1.6 percent of our GDP” -you wonder if it could be more if #Tallahassee wasn’t wooed by big beer $$$ #FLbeer http:…
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