by Rob | Jan 4, 2021 | Blog Posts, Mass. Brewery Stats
With a new (and hopefully better) year upon us, we figured it was time to do our quarterly update of the Massachusetts Breweries By The Numbers infographic. Despite the pandemic, the commonwealth added 27 new breweries in 2020, four of which were existing brands that...
by Rob | Dec 30, 2020 | Blog Posts, Mass. Brewery Stats
Don’t let the headline fool you, 2020 could have been a lot worse. Our takeaway: maybe we can finally put the bubble talk to bed. Despite several years of “saturation” and “peak beer” speculation, not to mention an unprecedented pandemic...
by Rob | Dec 28, 2020 | Blog Posts, Mass. Brewery Stats
There’s no doubt that 2020 will go down in infamy for just about all of us, the craft beer community being no exception. Surprisingly, however, the news wasn’t all bad – at least not for everyone. Despite the pandemic and its roller coaster of...
by Rob | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog Posts, Mass. Brewery Stats
The Brewers Association (BA) recently published its annual industry review issue, an examination of the previous year’s production numbers for the nation’s more than 8,000 independent craft brewers. Of note was that most of the largest and so-called regional breweries...
by Rob | Feb 3, 2020 | Blog Posts, Mass. Brewery Stats
Record Number of Massachusetts Brewery Openings On Tap For 2020 It’s now been eight consecutive years of double-digit brewery openings in Massachusetts, and 2020 shows no signs of slowing down. We now know of at least 49 new breweries setting their sights on...
by Rob | Jan 6, 2020 | Blog Posts, Mass. Brewery Stats
Like elsewhere, it’s been a topsy-turvy year for the craft beer industry here in Massachusetts. Another year of double digit openings was tempered by some high-profile closings, and accompanied by a fair amount of speculation as to whether there’s a...