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Article: Craft beer sales jump 7% in '04.(Brewers Association of Boulder)
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- Modern Brewery Age
- Article date:
- February 28, 2005
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The Brewers Association of Boulder, CO reports that U.S. craft brewers sold 7.0 percent more beer in 2004 versus 2003, with growth exceeding that of the imports and mainstream brewers. "Craft beer volume growth outpaced that of imports, large brewers, wine and spirits in 2004," said Paul Gatza, Director of the Brewers Association.
The Brewers Association estimates 2004 sales by craft brewers at 7,023,651 31-gallon barrels, up from 6,563,461 barrels in 2003, an increase of 460,190 barrels or 6.34 million case-equivalents. Spirits volume increased at 3.1 percent for the year, according to the Distilled Spirits Council, and wine volume was up 2.7 percent, according ...