President & CEO, Brewers Association
Boulder, CO
Joined April 2014
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Bart Watson retweeted
The mainstream marketing/advertising trades will probably not report on this, but this is such an amazing call/response.
Heineken has people who get it and can sell it internally (or have proper processes) to turn this around quickly and ship. Incredible speed for a giant org.
h/t @Trace_Cohen for the Heineken photo.
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!
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Bart Watson retweeted
I started Maine Beer Company with the simple motto “Do What’s Right.” Now, I’m running for Senate to bring that same promise to Washington— to fight for living wages, affordable health care, and bring down costs. I hope you’ll join me in this fight.
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).
After multiple months of volume growth outpacing revenue, premiumization trends are re-emerging in key categories. #BeverageNews #RTDs #Sales #Premiumization
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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…
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.
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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.
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Bart Watson retweeted
Expensing is one of the most pro-growth tax reforms available.
Altogether, permanent 100% bonus depreciation, permanent R&D expensing, and permanent structures expensing would boost long-run GDP by 1.8 percent.
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.
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
Craft Brewers Conference Registration is now open! Come join us in Indianapolis.
craftbrewersconference.com/r…
Brewers - 24 additional ingredients now exempt from TTB formula approval as a result of a BA petition. brewersassociation.org/gover…
Cool new resource for BA members from the BA market development committee & our creative team: Sell sheet templates. Canva files that you can easily edit for your brewery and brands. If you've thought about sell sheets but never made one, now is the time!
brewersassociation.org/educa…
The graph you didn't know you needed today but you're getting anyway. States ranked by barley production from 2005-2024.
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.
Of the top 5 ports for bev alc imports, 2 (NY and Miami) are affected and 3 (Laredo, Nogales, and SF) aren't.
