The world of craft beer is massive and always in motion. Seems like just a generation ago we had a handful of macro options, plus the occasional micro selection. Today, we are gifted with thousands of players in the craft beer scene, all working to elevate the industry and push it even further ahead. Here are some other things that are changing the craft beer landscape and will continue to do so going into 2022.
America’s beer industry supports more than two million jobs, provides more than $102 billion in wages and benefits, and contributes more than $331 billion to the U.S. economy. Today our nation’s brewers, beer importers and independent beer distributors not only provide Americans with their favorite alcoholic beverage, but they continue to be a cornerstone to America’s economy. The Beer Serves America report is a comprehensive study of the number of American jobs the beer industry supports, from farmers and brewers and beer importers to beer distributors and servers at your favorite bars and restaurants.
Over the years, TAP® New York has developed into New York State’s largest craft beer festival in the number of brewers attending.
Starting in 2006 with 3,000 people and less than 30 breweries, the original Atlantic City Beer Festival or “Celebration of The Suds” was born. Over the past 16 years, their event has undergone countless changes, added innumerable breweries to the roster, and to date has seen nearly half a million people!
Revolution Brewing is introducing Freedom Lemonade, a new evolution of the brewery’s Freedom Session Sours made with real fruit. Freedom Lemonade sparkles with homemade flavor, joining bright lemon sweetness with a naturally tart, effervescent finish. It’s refreshing and sessionable at 4.5% ABV.
Alcohol e-commerce and on-demand delivery platform Drizly released its third annual BevAlc Insights by Drizly Retail Report, culled from a nationwide survey of over 500 alcohol retailers during November 2021, and it looks like craft beer is poised to reclaim shelf space from hard seltzer in 2022.
German start-up Saccha claims its alternative protein has the functionality of egg, but without the chicken.
Total beverage alcohol eCommerce sales across key global markets are expected to grow by 66% over five years, reaching more than $42bn, according to new data from IWSR Drinks Market Analysis.
As we wrap up another delicious year in craft beer, let’s look back at beer geeks’ favorites from independent craft breweries. Here are the Top 20 highest member-rated brews featured by app-based bottle shop Tavour in 2021.