Oregon Beer By The Numbers: Production Up 4.8% in 2016

Dear Client:The Oregon Brewers Guild is back with their annual numbers report. Despite a nationwide slowdown for the craft category last year, "production numbers and sales continue to hold strong and steady" in Oregon, per release.Indeed, the state's craft brewers produced 1.782 million barrels last year, up 4.8% from the year prior.OREGONIANS DRINKING FAIR SHARE OF HOMEGROWN BEER. Oregonians consumed 707,000 barrels of homegrown beer last year, an 8.7% increase from 2015. That means nearly a quarter (23.3%) of the