The percentage of taps pouring beer ticked back up to 71% after falling back to 70% in the last period, BeerBoard reports. Three of the 10 states tracked saw an increase — Nevada grew 3% to check in at 82%, while Tennessee (67%) and Texas (72%) grew one point each.
After a period of sizable decline, Volume saw a +3.8% climb for the period. Seven of the 10 states tracked saw growth, led by Nevada (+17.0%), New York (+6.5%) and Georgia (+6.3%).
Locations open and pouring beer held firm at 91% of locations open for the second consecutive period, and the same rate it was exactly a year ago. The rate has consistently registered at 90%, or above, since late January.
Rate of Sale reclaimed a small slice of the significant decline from last period, growing +2.8% over August 12-15. Like Volume, Nevada paced the states seeing growth, climbing +14.4%, while New York (+6.0%), Georgia (+5.9%) and Tennessee (+4.5%) were also up.
After four periods of little-to-no movement, Volume Share saw a sliver of movement. Domestics grew +0.9%, taking most of that from Imports, which was -0.7% on the period. Tap Share was flat for the weekend. Top Five Styles remained unchanged.