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The US craft beer industry once enjoyed meteoric growth rates: but the picture has been less rosy over the last few years. The latest figures from the Brewers Association reveal how the category is faring today.

But we have some good news: According to the report, the number of breweries grew to an "all-time high."

But we have some good news: According to the report, the number of breweries grew to an "all-time high."

Welcome to This Week in Rauchbier for April 1, 2024.

Six-pack beer sales declined last year for both craft beer and beer as a whole, according to a recent recap and analysis released by the Brewers Association.

In tumultuous times for Austin beer, these undersung gems are worth seeking out

Bucking the trend in craft beer, Monkless Brewing Co. in Bend is growing, adding production and staff

Chris Fine, executive director of the Colorado Licensed Beverage Association, said his group estimates that one in every four — or maybe even one in every three — of Colorado’s approximately 1,600 independent liquor stores could close as a result of the legislation and ballot issue. That would mean 400 to 600 shuttered retailers.

Few shots are ever heard at the busy northwest Longmont intersection of Hover Street and 17th Avenue. And yet it's a battlefield in a larger statewide war.

Rising real estate and ingredient costs killed it, and the millennials’ temperance didn’t help.