Craft Brewers up 11% in 2010

Dear Client:The Brewers Association just announced that indie craft brewers achieved 11% growth and retail sales dollars increase 12% in 2010. That's over 1 million barrels or 14 million new craft cases. Craft brewers produced 9.6 million barrels, up from 8.9 mil in 2009. Craft brewers were just shy of the 5% market share mark (4.9 ... so close) and achieved 7.6 retail dollar share. In total, U.S. beer sales were down approximately one percent, or 2 million barrels, in