Regionals That Came Out on Top in ‘24

Dear Client:  The latest Industry Review of The New Brewer, the Brewers Association’s annual craft brewery production tally, hit over the long weekend.  As is tradition, your CBD editors have zeroed in on craft regional performance, in particular.  While regional breweries that produce more than 15,000 barrels of beer annually were down 3.1% overall in 2024, they still outperformed overall craft, which dropped 3.9% in 2024, as well as taprooms (down 4.1%) and microbreweries (down 7.5%).  Then too, it appears