1 out of every 10 beers sold in America is produced by craft brewers
Craft beer is more popular than ever in America.
Roughly one in 10 beers sold in the U.S. are from American craft brewers, according to a new report from the Brewers Association. Last year, craft brewers produced 22.2 million barrels of beer, an 18 percent increase in craft beer volume.
Fortune reports that small and independent brewers now account for 11 percent of America's total beer market, making 2014 the first time the craft beer industry saw a double-digit market share. And craft breweries are on the rise: Last year, America had 3,464 breweries, a 19 percent increase from 2013. Of those 3,464 breweries, 3,418 are craft. America's leading craft beer makers are The Boston Beer Company, which produces Sam Adams; Sierra Nevada; and New Belgium, Fortune notes.
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"With the total beer market up only 0.5 percent in 2014, craft brewers are key to keeping the overall industry innovative and growing," Bart Watson, chief economist at the Brewers Association, told Fortune.
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