Top US Beer Brand Stats
In a recent issue of Beverage Industry magazine there is a category focus on US beer consumption that gives some really interesting stats by sales. The good info is in tables that aren't on the link above, so I'll summarize below. Prepare for the bullet points:
Top Craft Beer Brands:
- Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
- Samuel Adams Boston Lager
- Samuel Adams Seasonal
- New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale
- Samuel Adams Light
- Shiner Bock
- Widmer Hefeweizen
- Samuel Adams Brewmaster Collection
- Redhook ESB
- Pyramid Hefeweizen Ale
Dr Beer Love Notes on Top Craft Beer Brands:
- Sam Adams gets to lump it's collections together, like seasonals, to show up as one brand, which is quite misleading.
- Two awful hefeweizens make the list. Weihenstephaner to the rescue?
- I'd be really interested to see how Michelob Amber Bock sales compare to Shiner Bock, since the two are so close in taste and one has a solid craft reputation.
Top Imported Beer Brands:
- Corona Extra
- Heineken
- Corona Light
- Tecate
- Heineken Premium Light Lager
- Modelo Especial
- Newcastle Brown Ale
- Guinness Draught
- Labatt Blue
- Beck's
Dr Beer Love Notes on Top Imported Beer Brands:
- A tip of the beer glass and a hearty "Hola!" to our amigos south of the border.
- Heineken. Now there's a tough one. A marketing machine, yes. But is it just the image associated with drinking Heineken that makes people get it? It sure as hell isn't the taste.
- Guinness is the only one on this list above the 50th percentile at RateBeer.com (with a solid 82). Newcastle Brown Ale comes in good second with a respectable 47. Beck's is the next closest with a 14. All the others, seriously, are in single digits.
Top Beers by Brand:
- Bud Light - 15.4% market share
- Miller Lite - 7.9% market share
- Budweiser - 7.8% market share
- Coor Light - 7.0% market share
- Corona Extra - 5.1% market share
- Heineken - 3.4% market share
- Natural Light - 3.1% market share
- Busch Light - 2.3% market share
- Michelob Ultra Light - 2.2% market share
- Miller High Life - 1.9% market share
Dr Beer Love Notes on Top Beers by Brand:
- Good grief this is a depressing list.
- Anheuser-Busch owns 48.5% of the US beer market.
- The highest rated beer on the list at RateBeer.com? Heineken FTW at a 9. Second place? Corona Extra at a 3. Shouldn't at least one of the top beers be in double digits?
- Coors' Blue Moon grew 77% last year and was called the top performing beer brand of 2007. It's not cracked the top 10 list yet but it may soon. If it does we'll have a double-digiter on the list.
By John on June 5, 2008 @ 10 PM with 0 Comments
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