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Bart Watson

@BrewersStats

President & CEO, Brewers Association

 Boulder, CO
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Joined April 2014
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Congrats to Wolf's Tailor on their 2nd Michelin star! Super pumped to have them back as one of the chefs at this year's Paired at GABF! michelinmedia.com/c0/micheli…
MICHELIN Guide Colorado Reaches New Heights with First Two Star Restaurant :: Michelin North...

MICHELIN Guide Colorado Reaches New Heights with First Two Star Restaurant :: Michelin North...

The Wolf’s Tailor became the first Two MICHELIN Starred restaurant in Colorado as the 2025 MICHELIN Guide Colorado selection was revealed today. In

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We need a new word for when higher priced segments are growing share simply because they are shrinking slower than lower priced segments. To me premiumization suggests people actively moving up market. This is de-economization (or whatever better word exists).
Beverage Industry (@BeverageInd) profile pictureBeverage Industry@BeverageInd29 Aug 2025
After multiple months of volume growth outpacing revenue, premiumization trends are re-emerging in key categories. #BeverageNews #RTDs #Sales #Premiumization brnw.ch/21wVj2w
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GABF ticket sales kick off today! One thing I'm most excited about for this year's fest are new investments in the music experience at the Mile High Stage. Aiko on Th night & Fr night announcement coming soon! Come for the beer, stay for the concerts! greatamericanbeerfestival.co…
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For years restaurant prices largely tracked overall food prices. That changed ~10 years ago & since then restaurant prices have grown significantly faster. What changed? I'm sure the simple answer is wages - but can't believe that's the whole story. fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g…

FRED Economic Data

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food Away from Home in U.S. City Average/Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food at Home in U.S. City Average*100

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Sit-down restaurants are increasingly losing the "casual" or everyday occasion, and with higher prices are seen more as special occasions. Big shift over when casual dining heyday when they were gaining everyday family dining occasions. fsrmagazine.com/feature/why-…
Why are Diners Treating Full-Service Restaurants as ‘Special Occasion Only?’

Why are Diners Treating Full-Service Restaurants as ‘Special Occasion Only?’

Consumer preferences and behaviors for eating out are rapidly changing the full-service restaurant industry. In recent years, establishments have noted increased fast-casual spending, as guests...

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And this is squinted eyeball analysis, but looks like wages are maybe half of the explanation?
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RIP to the TTB's keg and can/bottle data. It's been fun.
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Congrats to Ken - well deserved. I've had the pleasure of interacting with him on multiple occasions as he's turned his sharp mind to the topic of beer.
Jim Ryan (@ProfJimRyan) profile pictureJim Ryan@ProfJimRyan22 Feb 2025
Several years ago, we began an effort to tell more of UVA’s story with portraits of people who have shaped this place. Today, we had the chance to honor the legendary Professor of Economics Ken Elzinga, who has taught more than 50,000 UVA students (and counting)…
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There are going to be far too many of these, but I wanted to share the GoFundMe for Maria Pearman, who has been a friend and advisor to so many in the bev alc community. Please share and contribute as able. gofund.me/92247c7a
Donate to Maria's Home Lost to LA Fires: Lend a Hand, organized by Chris Herron

Donate to Maria's Home Lost to LA Fires: Lend a Hand, organized by Chris Herron

My name is Chris, and I am helping raise money for a member of our broad craft… Chris Herron needs your support for Maria's Home Lost to LA Fires: Lend a Hand

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Craft Brewers Conference Registration is now open! Come join us in Indianapolis. craftbrewersconference.com/r…
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Brewers - 24 additional ingredients now exempt from TTB formula approval as a result of a BA petition. brewersassociation.org/gover…
Brewers Association Petitions Prompt New TTB Formula Exemptions

Brewers Association Petitions Prompt New TTB Formula Exemptions

The TTB has exempted 24 brewing ingredients from its formula submission and approval requirements in response to two petitions filed by the Brewers Association.

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The graph you didn't know you needed today but you're getting anyway. States ranked by barley production from 2005-2024.
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Related to the port strike, I've seen the often used number (originally from CNN business) that those ports cover "80% of imported beer, wine, whiskey and scotch and 60% of rum." Didn't ring true to me so I pulled some numbers.
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I pulled spirits generally as opposed to "whiskey, scotch and rum" but the number I get is 47% - most of which is wine (75% of wine imports through affected ports). Spirits is ~50% and beer it's only 15%. Most imported beer coming through Laredo and Nogales districts (79% total).
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September hop stocks report shows stocks rising 7% (9M lbs), now back above 2022 levels. More evidence of why growers/dealers have been cutting back on acreage so aggressively. Will have to look at whether that much growth is a result of export decline. release.nass.usda.gov/report…
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As background - the September report is the pre-harvest snapshot (before the crop is in). So we'll see if the acreage reduction "worked" with the March (post-harvest) report.
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Interesting paper on the financial consequences of widespread legalized sports gambling. Might be interesting to tease out the effects (if any) on bev alc sales. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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My hypothesis would be you might find a small effect given that young men with limited disposable income might have shifted some percentage to gambling, crowding out a bit of bev alc spending.
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Jesse is a gem, Landjaeger is great (and the main reason my daughter will go to one of our local breweries) and if you're able to go to this you should.
Dovetail Brewery (@dovetailbrewery) profile pictureDovetail Brewery@dovetailbrewery17 Jul 2024
What the heck is Landjaeger? Why do they come in pairs? What's with the tiny chalets? Find out as we host Landjaeger expert Jesse Brookstein on July 26, and get a taste of this German-Swiss bar snack that made its way into Midwestern taverns. Get yr tix: eventbrite.com/e/wurst-party…
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Now updated through 6/15/2024
Bart Watson (@BrewersStats) profile pictureBart Watson@BrewersStats12 Mar 2024
New 3 Tier Beverages dashboard just dropped for BA members. Data updated through 2/24/24. brewersassociation.org/stati…
Industry Data Sets

Industry Data Sets

The data sets on this page include federal economic and demographic data, production and excise tax data, and other data sets from various industry sources.

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Very little relationship between total retail sales trend and beer shipments at the state level in the past year.
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I think I'd relabel this headline "People say they are drinking less, some of them are cannabis users." brewbound.com/news/bernstein…

Bernstein: Cannabis Users Drinking Less, But ‘Correlation’ is not ‘Causation’

Research from three different studies in the U.S. and Canada shows there may be more interaction between cannabis and alcohol consumption than previously believed, according to analysis of the...

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In the post it cites data that in Canada "22.8% of people who use both cannabis and alcohol reported drinking less" but also "29.2% of respondents ages 20-24 reported drinking less alcohol, followed by respondents 25 and older (22.1%)" I did the math - that's 22.7% overall.
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Putting together slides for this presentation. If you like correlation matrices and factor analysis it's a can't miss! More seriously, excited for some new data and new cuts from previous years.
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The Georgian Euro 2024 squad has nine players with a variant of the name "George." espn.com/soccer/team/squad/_…
Georgia 2026 Squad - ESPN

Georgia 2026 Squad - ESPN

Explore the 2026 Georgia roster on ESPN. Includes full details on appearances, minutes played, goals and assists.

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Check out @craft_econ's first post diving into @arryved_pos data to see what's going on in taproom and brewpub sales: brewersassociation.org/insig…
Onsite Sales Trends 2024

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...

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