Beer Industry Statistics from 2011
$95.5 billion total dollar value for US retail beer market
$8.7 billion total retail dollar value growth
5% increase in volume share for small and independent brewers
1.32% decline in total US beer market volume
15% dollar value growth
9.1% craft dollar share
13.2% craft brew volume growth
11.5 million barrels of craft beer produced
1,989 total operating breweries
11% increase in operating breweries
103,585 total craft brewing employed jobs
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