U.S. beer sales topped $100 billion in 2021, industry group says

As the nation toasts National Beer Day this week, brewers across the country are reflecting on a year of growth despite lingering challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic., an industry group for small and independent brewers, says overall beer sales were up 1% in 2021 – hitting $100.2 billion – while sales of craft beer specifically were up 8%.

Craft beer accounted for 13.1% of those pours, while imports made up 21%. The remaining 65.9% was from larger, non-craft domestic producers like Anheuser-Busch and MolsonCoors.

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