What is THC Really Taking From Beer? Still Not Much, BA Finds

Dear Client: A little more than a year after Brewers Association chief economist (now CEO) Bart Watson concluded that cannabis legalization hadn’t meaningfully impacted craft beer sales [see CBD 11-18-2024], the BA is back with fresh data, and a broader lens. This time, staff economist Matt Gacioch revisits the question after another year of beer shipment data – and a “booming” 2025 for intoxicating hemp – to see whether cannabis, hemp-derived THC beverages, or some combination of the two are