Beer Buzz 068: Craft Beer Sales – Through the Uprights!
March 11th, 2010Beer Tap TV News:
Eli and Erik talk about the continuing dominance of craft beer, distribution problems, and how UPS and FedEx are winos. All this and much more on this week’s episode of Beer Buzz!
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Show Notes:
UPDATES
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BEER NEWS
Story #1: UPS, FedEx side with wine in beer battle – Boise-based Internet beer retailer Brewforia.com, owned and operated by Rick Boyd, may have to give up the Internet part of the business now that UPS has decided to stop delivering beer to his customers.
Story #2: Beer Distribution Problems Brewing – The US now has over 1,500 breweries, 2,800 beer distributors, and approximately 530,000 retail businesses that sell beer and over 600 SKUs. As the number of SKUs increases, the need for automation becomes more and more of a factor in an industry that hates change.
Story #3: The New Old Way to Tote Your Beer – Growlers are 64-ounce glass vessels that look like a moonshine jug. Most breweries and brewpubs have them so you can fill ‘em up with their beer and take ‘em home to drink. Well, it seems they’ve become the beer accessory of the moment. Not to – as the author put it, us “bearded, flannel-shirt, beer-geeks” – but to the mainstream public. And that is a good thing.
Story #4: Craft brewer sales grow 7% in a year of decreased beer sales for other brewers – The Brewers Association just released 2009 data on the U.S. craft brewing industry. In a year when other brewers saw a slowdown in sales, small and independent craft brewers saw sales dollars increase 10.3% and volume increase 7.2% over 2008, representing a growth of 613,992 barrels equal to roughly 8.5 million cases.
BEER RELEASES OF THE WEEK
Exit 16 Wild Rice Double IPA – Flying Fish Brewing Company
Luna Lager – Coney Island Craft Lagers (Shmaltz Brewing Co.)
BEER BLOG OF THE WEEK
TheBeerCritic by Scott Foley – A guy who enjoy beer and loves trying new brews and sharing his experience with other beer lovers. The goal is to help people learn about and try new beers.
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