Only 7 Big Brewer-Backed Craft Breweries Grew Last Year

Dear Client:   Last week we dissected the latest edition of The New Brewer to highlight how regional craft brewers fared over 2020. Today we’ll dive back into the pages of The New Brewer to deliver a look at how the big brewer-owned regionals performed over the year. The New Brewer counts 30 big brewer-backed regionals, and all in, this group saw its volume drop 5% to 8.2 million barrels. Considering that nearly half of these breweries belong to Anheuser-Busch (13),