Craft Beer Magazine Issue 3 | Page 17

Growth in the U.S. is concentrated in California, Washington, Colorado, Oregon, and Michigan. While craft brewing still increases in other states, these hotbeds are pushing numbers past expectations. The peak of craft beer’s growing trend was still sharpest in 2008. And it is unlikely we will see a return to those kinds of numbers. But even if its growth is slightly slowing since 2008, the craft beer market still has plenty of years’ worth of expected growth to wash down. - Craft Beer Staff