Your fun facts for the day…

Your fun facts for the day…

•Growth of the craft brewing industry in the first half of 2009 was 5% by volume and 9% by dollars.
•Craft brewers sold an estimated 4.2 million barrels of beer in the first half of 2009, up from 4 million barrels in the first half of 2008.
•Overall US beer sales are down 1.3% in the first 6 months of 2009.
•Imported beer sales are down 9.5% in the first 6 months.
•Growth of the craft brewing industry in 2008 was 5.9% by volume and 10.1% by dollars.
•The craft brewing industry produced nearly 8.6 million barrels of craft beer in the US in 2008.
•The craft brewing sales share as of December ’08 was 4% by volume and 6.3% by dollars.
•Total US craft brewing industry annual dollar volume is $6.3 billion.
•The US brewery count of 1,525 on July 31, 2009 is the highest total in 100 years. (2008 total includes breweries that closed during the year, and the July 2009 count is higher than at any time in 2008.)

From the Brewers Association