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In spite of the fact, that much of the nation is still drinking its way through a long Memorial Day weekend, the craft beer biz never sleeps. And here’s just some of what’s been happening in the world of craft beer, while you’ve been happily away enjoying yourselves.
Beer Jobs, Beer Jobs, Beer Jobs And Big Beer Bucks (Washington, DC) – Two leading beer trade organizations, the Beer Institute and the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA), recently released a study they commissioned on beer’s economic impact in America and it was encouraging to say the least!
Beer Serves America was the name of that study and it found that the beer biz has created more than 2.23 million jobs that generated a combined $103.3 billion in wages and benefits, and that it contributes more than $350 billion to the American economy, which absolutely doesn’t suck.
Key Beer Findings include the fact that brewers and beer importers directly employ 64,745 Americans…that 58 percent of its brewing jobs are linked to large and mid-sized brewers and beer importers…and that beer distributors directly employ some 134,240 Americans.
The Beer Biz was also found to contribute more than $350 billion in economic output, which amazingly equates to nearly 1.9 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product!
Words To Drink By (Los Angeles, CA) – “Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” Frank Zappa, American musician
Ommegang And Roscoe Win NY Craft Beer Challenge (Albany, NY) – New York’s craft beer loving Governor Cuomo has announced the winning finalists of the inaugural Taste NY Craft Beer Challenge competition. Cooperstown, New York’s Brewery Ommegang and the Roscoe Beer Company to top honors at the blind tasting finals that was held in NYC’s historic Pier A Harbor House on Mat
The Taste NY Craft Beer Challenge featured nearly 50 producers from the “Empire State’s” Capital, Finger Lakes, Long Island, Mid-Hudson Valley, Southern Tier and Western New York regions (and NYC, of course) and it was funded through the State’s Craft Beverage Grant Program.
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