Rough Year, Easier Road? BI’s Final Read on ’25 Beer Supply

Dear Client:  The Beer Institute is out with its latest economic report, offering a final read on December domestic shipments, the most recent import data, and where total supply landed for 2025. The tallies, as you might imagine, confirm a pretty awful year for the category, though BI chief economist Andrew Heritage sees early signs that conditions may be beginning to level out. DOMESTIC SHIPMENTS END THE YEAR DOWN NEARLY 6%. Nevertheless, December was disappointing for domestic shipments, down 5.8%,