BA Impact Survey: Almost 60% of Respondents Anticipate Layoffs

Dear Client: The results of the Brewers Association survey on how COVID 19 has affected craft brewers are sobering. The crisis, which has choked on-premise sales in more than half of the country, has affected nearly all craft brewers who took the survey (more than 600, as of late last night). As BA economist Bart Watson points out, because draft sales comprise roughly a third of craft output, and many producers rely heavily on their taproom sales, on premise restrictions