BA 2011 Numbers, Plus More on Craft Share at the Top

Dear Client: The BA just came out with 2011 tallies for craft. Amid milestones confirmed by the esteemed trade organization: The segment passed 5% market volume share for the first time in 2011, and total breweries in the States have topped 2,000 since. Craft brewers represented 5.68 percent of volume of the U.S. beer market last year, up from 4.97 the previous year, and reached a total of 11,468,152 barrels. Retail sales jumped 15 percent to reach almost $9 billion