Bad News for Boston Beer, Good News for Craft Beer

Craft beer sales continue to grow, though not at the same double-digit pace we've become accustomed to. That's to be expected, though, because the industry has matured to a point where moving the needle is more difficult. The Brewers Association, the trade group that represents small, independent craft brewers, reports that over the first six months of 2016, production volume rose 8% year over year, a big drop from the 13% growth rate recorded in the first half of 2015, and just half as much as was seen in 1H 2014.