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Selling beer on-premise is just as important as selling it at retail. After all, brands are built on-premise. Learn best practices for selling beer in your brewery, brewpub or taproom with the resources in this section.

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Hosting Television and Movies in the Taproom: Essential Dos and Don’ts viewing party with pitcher of beer and popcorn

Hosting Television and Movies in the Taproom: Essential Dos and Don’ts

Airing television programming or movies in your establishment almost always requires a license. Avoid costly fines with these dos and don'ts.Read More

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Director of Member Resources

A former professor of Communication Studies, Dr. J Jackson-Beckham dedicated her academic career to the study of American beer. She is an author, speaker, vocal advocate for the craft beverage community, homebrewer, and Certified Cicerone. In 2018, Dr. J was named the Brewers Association's first-ever Diversity Ambassador. In 2020, she was named Imbibe Magazine's Beer Person of the Year. Today, she helps craft beverage organizations develop practices that drive success, build communities, and empower individuals as the Brewers Association Director of Member Resources.

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Check Please: Strategies to Increase Guest Check Average brewery taproom with tables of guests

Check Please: Strategies to Increase Guest Check Average

Whether you are a seasoned data jockey or just dipping your toe into the world of key performance indicators (KPIs), boosting your guest check average (GCA) is an excellent way to start increasing on-premise sales. Read More

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Director of Member Resources

A former professor of Communication Studies, Dr. J Jackson-Beckham dedicated her academic career to the study of American beer. She is an author, speaker, vocal advocate for the craft beverage community, homebrewer, and Certified Cicerone. In 2018, Dr. J was named the Brewers Association's first-ever Diversity Ambassador. In 2020, she was named Imbibe Magazine's Beer Person of the Year. Today, she helps craft beverage organizations develop practices that drive success, build communities, and empower individuals as the Brewers Association Director of Member Resources.

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Regional Trends in Styles and Production range of beer styles in various glassware

Regional Trends in Styles and Production

Step away from national averages and join us as we journey into your local context. This post explores the statistics behind variations in craft style sales and production by region, division, and state.Read More

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Staff Economist

Matt Gacioch (he/him), staff economist for the Brewers Association, helps members make sense of the data that enable their businesses to thrive. He brings experience from market analytics, brewery operations, and consulting, along with an MBA, MS, and BS from the University of Michigan. Follow him on Instagram @craft_econ

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Onsite Pricing Trends 2024 customers paying for beers on handheld point-of-sale device

Onsite Pricing Trends 2024

How has pint pricing been affected in an inflationary economy? Explore magnitude, regional variation, and rate of craft brewery pricing changes in part two of this Onsite Trends series.Read More

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Staff Economist

Matt Gacioch (he/him), staff economist for the Brewers Association, helps members make sense of the data that enable their businesses to thrive. He brings experience from market analytics, brewery operations, and consulting, along with an MBA, MS, and BS from the University of Michigan. Follow him on Instagram @craft_econ

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Onsite Sales Trends 2024 beer sold here sign next to stemmed glass of beer on bar

Onsite Sales Trends 2024

Sales dynamics are evolving rapidly in modern taprooms and brewpubs. Keep up with part one of this series exploring draught-retail mix, item category sales breakdown, and average tab size. Your customers are speaking to you through data. Are you listening?Read More

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Staff Economist

Matt Gacioch (he/him), staff economist for the Brewers Association, helps members make sense of the data that enable their businesses to thrive. He brings experience from market analytics, brewery operations, and consulting, along with an MBA, MS, and BS from the University of Michigan. Follow him on Instagram @craft_econ

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Two Looks at Craft Prices and Elasticities man pouring draught beer in brewery

Two Looks at Craft Prices and Elasticities

Craft pricing is a hot topic in recent years. What can two data sets tell us about craft pricing and what your optimal strategy should be?Read More

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President & CEO

Bart Watson, president and chief executive officer for the Brewers Association, is a stats geek, beer lover, and Certified Cicerone. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where in addition to his dissertation, he completed a comprehensive survey of Bay Area brewpubs one pint at a time. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @BrewersStats.

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Diving Into POS Data and Trends With Arryved group of young people enjoying beer outdoors

Diving Into POS Data and Trends With Arryved

Chief Economist Bart Watson dives into 300 million transactions from Arryved POS data to pull out the latest trends and insights.Read More

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President & CEO

Bart Watson, president and chief executive officer for the Brewers Association, is a stats geek, beer lover, and Certified Cicerone. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where in addition to his dissertation, he completed a comprehensive survey of Bay Area brewpubs one pint at a time. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @BrewersStats.

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Engagement with Front-of-House Staff

Guidance on building a taproom staff and brewery experience to engage customers and keep them coming back for more.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Taprooms Committee's main objective is to foster the sharing of resources and ideas between taproom class breweries. As taproom brewery revenue is generated mainly from onsite sales, the committee’s job is to create resources that help breweries find ways to get customers to come to the taproom, stay a while, and keep coming back.

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Waste Not, Want Not: A Guide to Zero Waste Beer Events fresh fest 2019

Waste Not, Want Not: A Guide to Zero Waste Beer Events

Learn how to plan, execute, and celebrate with less waste at your next event from this sustainability resource on zero waste beer events. Read More

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Brewers Association

The Sustainability Subcommittee serves the Brewers Association purpose by helping current members and future generations to brew the highest quality beers in a manner that strengthens the value of our businesses, increases the resiliency of the natural environment and agricultural systems that provide brewing ingredients, and enhances the lives of our workforce and the communities we call home.

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