Part Ten: Beer Stats

Home brewing and the brewing of craft beers seems to be a growing trend in the past few years. Here are some statistics from the Brewers Association and the Beer Institute:

The World of Beer Inforgraphic. Via Submit Infographics.

• Craft beer brewing provides for 100,000 jobs in the U.S. This stat seems more important with all the talk of jobs and job creators in the media and on the Republican primary trail
• Craft Brewing may be recession proof. In 2010 growth in the Craft Brewing industry went up to 11% by volume and 12% by dollars, a respective 1% uptick in both spots
• In 2011, 1,927 breweries operated in the U.S. The U.S. also added almost 200 breweries from the year before.
• 1979 was the worst year for breweries. The bumber of breweries dropped down to it's lowest point: 44 breweries.
• In 2010, American brewers made 19.5 gallons of beer for each American.
• In IL, there is a 75% tax credit for small breweries who put out less than 4.9 million gallons