The average location has 20 taps, BeerBoard said. That’s up one from its prior report, and the percentage of taps pouring grew to 74% for the Sept. 23-26 weekend, up 4.2%.
More good news for brewers: For the third straight period, Volume saw a marked increase — this time up +13.7% (after climbing +10.8% and +3.8% climb in the two prior periods). Every state tracked saw double-digit growth, led by Tennessee (+30.1%), Illinois (+29.4%) and New York (+26.7%).