Craft Up 5% at Midyear, Says BA

Dear Client:As they usually do around this time, the Brewers Association has released craft beer growth trends as of the midyear point of 2018. The category is up 5% in production volume, the same as the 2017 midyear trend.NOW 6,655 ACTIVE BREWERS AND 3,000 MORE PLANNED. Moreover: there are now a whopping 6,655 active breweries, up from 5,562 this time last year. And there's another 2,500 - 3,000 brewers in planning, per TTB licenses.BA economist Bart Watson added that this