2012 State Scorecard

Dear Client:Now that we've gotten October numbers from the Beer Institute by state, we can start to see which states performed the best and worst in 2012. To do this, we looked at each state's market share changes from 2011 on a year-to-date basis, and it appears that a few big states which have experienced rough patches since 2008 are roaring back, particularly California.California gained the most beer share of all the states in 2012 so far, up 0.3 share