For the weekend of April 22-25, BeerBoard reports that nationally, the average number of taps held firm at 18 handles per location for the fourth straight period. Four of the states tracked added one handle — Georgia (17), Illinois (16), Michigan (22) and South Carolina (17). Minnesota dropped one handle to fall back to 20 per location.
Percentage taps pouring bounced back after a one-period dip, climbing back to 68%. Six of the states tracked saw an increase on the weekend, led by Georgia, Michigan and South Carolina. Minnesota and Nevada both saw nominal declines for the period.
Coming off a one-period decline, volume grew +2.6% and has now seen growth in four of the last five periods. Seven of the 10 states tracked saw growth as well with Tennessee and South Carolina both recording +9.3% increases. On the flip side, Minnesota saw a -9.3% decline for the weekend.
In volume share, Craft picked up a full point, coming directly from Domestics (51.5%), and moved to 32.6%. Similarly, in tap share, Craft improved by 0.9% to claim 56.6% of active handles. Domestics (27.4%) dropped 0.4% and Imports (16.0%) gave up 0.5% this period. The Top Five Styles were unchanged for the fourth consecutive period