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In this yearly update, we plot the moves in the Brewers Association’s top 50 craft brewers by production volume, from 2007 to the present. To simplify the data and make it easier to follow, we fast-forward from 2007 to 2017 and pick up from there.

What do changes in the beer market and drinking habits portend for one of the most creative and influential beer-producing countries? These data points from the Belgian Brewers industry group provide an eye-opening glimpse.

Draft, can, growler, or bomber? From our Best in Beer 2024 Readers’ Choice Survey—and compared to recent years—here’s how you answered the question, “How do you prefer to buy your favorite craft beers?”

Here's a new look at the growth in the number of breweries in the United States—growth that’s been leveling off, recently—with some other data points for context.

Beer-drinking habits continue to evolve in unexpected ways. Here, we plot a few interesting points.

Breweries submitted more than 1,200 beers to Craft Beer & Brewing for blind panel reviews in 2023, culminating in our annual Best in Beer issue. But which states sent the most beer? Here we map it out.

In this yearly update, we plot the moves in the Brewers Association’s top 50 craft brewers by production volume, from 2007 to the present. To simplify the data and make it easier to follow, we fast-forward from 2007 to 2017 and pick up from there.

It’s often stated anecdotally that IPA is the biggest style in craft beer—but just how big is it, in dollar share of craft beer sold today?

The data suggest that while brewery closings have stayed fairly steady as a percentage of overall operating breweries, the rate of new openings in recent years has been declining at a relatively consistent pace.

Here, we plot state populations against the number of breweries in each state, to get insight into which have the most and fewest breweries per capita.

Where are your hops grown? To put the hop-growing regions in their global context, here’s a comparative look at the production in various countries.

Citra reigns, with Mosaic in ascendance. Here’s a visual look at the most-grown hops in the Pacific Northwest, and how they’ve changed in popularity over the past seven years.

In this yearly update, we plot the moves in the Brewers Association top 50 craft brewers by production volume, from 2007 to the present.

While the pandemic has led to a general loosening of restrictive Prohibition-era laws regarding beer for takeaway and delivery, there’s still plenty to do to liberalize the United States’ antiquated approach to alcohol regulation.

Just how much farmland does it take to grow the hops in that case of hazy IPA? Here’s some quick math to see just how many acres it takes to produce our beloved beers.

Which states have won the most medals in the Great American Beer Festival relative to the total breweries in the state?

Recent numbers from the Brewers Association paint an interesting picture about the impact of a year of COVID-19 on brewery openings and closings.

As growers look to meet demand from brewers, here‘s a look at how the most-grown hops in the Pacific Northwest have changed in recent years.

Despite historic levels of hop inventory, growers planted 5 percent more hops in 2020 than in the previous year, as locations and varieties continued to shift.

Back in May, we polled readers via email to get a sense of how their beer buying and drinking was changing amid the pandemic. More than 4,200 people answered, and the results are charted below.