Craft Beer And The Beer Industry

The purpose of this research paper is to analyze Sam Adams and the global craft beer market. I will apply microeconomic models to analyze the supply and demand conditions for Sam Adams, its price elasticity of demand for products, cost of production and the overall market. There will be recommendations to maximize future profits and sustain success for Sam Adams. In this paper I will also analyze the craft beer industry and recommend actions for better management of supply and demand, improving the cost of production and the different barriers of entry that Sam Adams can utilize to impact its future in the craft beer industry. Applying the concepts of variable and fixed costs, I will make recommendations for its output decisions and profitability that will help them succeed in a monopolistically competitive market structure. In the conclusion of this paper I will make recommendations to manage future production and sustain its success, as well as evaluate the business structure and effective decision-making strategies. The craft beer industry is a monopolistic competition because it has the ability to allow many firms to produce similar good or services, but it at the same time allows each firm to make independent production decisions and differentiate their product from the competition by creating its own pricing.

Most of the different styles of beer have been around for many years, however, craft brewing was something that few people had heard of thirty years ago. Since then it has steadily gained momentum. These days most grocery stores carry a staggering variety of imported and domestic craft beers. One company has turned a love of traditional German beer into a local landmark .

When it comes to the craft beer ethos — and it is an ethos — Kitchener-Waterloo has it all. No small wonder. After all, this is the home of Oktoberfest. The Golden Triangle knows beer and brews up pure experiences. You've never done beer if you haven't done Ontario Craft Brewers Craft Beer, and we've got the very best on tap right

The Boston Beer Company, Inc., founded in 1984, is a leading brewer in United States, offering wide variety of high quality full-flavored, handcraftedbeers. It is distinctive due to the time-honored recipe of brewing and authentic, consistent quality of alcoholic beverages. Samuel Adams Boston Lager is the pride of BBC, regular handcrafted beer “stands for quality, inner self-worth, authenticity, and unique New England or Yankee toughness” ( Martin Roper, Chief Operating Officer). Unfortunately, the company experienced the failure of conquering light beer segment

To start, we must understand that the approach to the brand is different for non-users and ex-users. Non-users have possibly never tried our product, whereas ex-users have but have rejected it. Building awareness of our product to non-users may be necessary. Conversely, ex-users are all aware of our product but do not have an affinity for Roaring Fork Beer. Furthermore, we must identify whether the reason our product is rejected is sensory or perceptual. The case, there is a great deal of supportive evidence that leads us to believe the insight is sensory. Describing the taste as “chemically, gassy, bad and flat” are descriptive and tangible. Since our targets dislike the taste, we have the option of investing in either changing the

The Boston Beer Company is currently the largest craft beer company in the United States, however, the craft beer industry is growing in an otherwise shrinking market increasing the amount of serious competition that The Boston Beer Company is facing.

Another weakness of Anheuser Busch is their lack of exploration into the craft beer market. Today’s consumers are looking for more variety and something different in their beers. In this new market Anheuser-Busch’s focus on tradition could possibly handicap them and limit their potential for growth. Annheuser-Busch explored the possibilities of this market. They could attract more beer drinkers outside of their loyal customers.

A documentary film made in 2009, Beer wars features and describes the American beer industry distinguishing between the large and small breweries. The large breweries feature some main corporate companies like Coors Brewing Company, Anheuser-Busch, and Miller Brewing Company whereas the small breweries include craft beer producers like Moonshot 69, Stone Brewing Company, Dogfish Head Brewery, Yuengling, and others. The documentary shows how the beer market is controlled through advertising and lobbying, which is harmful for the competition in the market. There is a reason why the small companies are falling behind and the large corporates are controlling the market, which in turn makes it essentially oligopoly economy.

“The beer industry in the United States generates $75 Billion in annual sales.” (Abelli, 4)

This is direct competition, but with Anheuser Busch InBev being the largest brewery in America, they should expect competition and could embrace the idea of smaller craftsmen and women to create different products. The market for craft beer is nowhere near as large as the market that Budweiser has niched itself into.

In order to grow, Boston Beer must continue to increase its market share in the overall beer market. The market continues to be dominated by the large scale breweries like Anheuser Busch, Adolph Coors Co, and Miller Brewing Co. Craft Breweries are beginning to increase their share in the overall market. It is expected that craft breweries will account for 5% of the overall beer market in 2000, up from 1.4%. However, there is increased competition in the craft beer market. There were 165 new craft brewers in 1994. This increased the total of craft breweries in the US to 750. Boston Beer will be competing with these 750 breweries for 5% of the 5 billion in US beer revenues.

     In this paper I will be talking about the U.S. beer industry and in short an overview of the brewing industry worldwide. I will talk about the barriers to entry, economies of scale, government intervention, pricing, current market trends, product differentiation, and imports. The focus being mainly on the U.S. brewing industry oligopoly. The U.S. brewing industry has three major players: Anheuser-Busch, SAB Miller, and Coors/Molson. Anheuser-Busch is currently the largest brewer in the world, producing over 100 million barrels a year. Anheuser-Busch currently owns over 50% of the market in the United States, with Miller trailing behind at 20% and Coors at about 11% with the rest of the market occupied by imports and craft breweries. When analyzing any industry, how easy it is for newcomers to enter the market is a great importance. If there are high barriers to entry

The small, intimate bars that sell craft beer also have a personal feel to it. The subculture experiences a human, personal interaction when buying and drinking this craft beer. This gives them a feeling of actually experiencing something, instead of the standard paying money for a product that applies to buying a normal beer.

If you love good beer, as I do, I am sure that many of you have sampled Belgian and Belgian style beers. This style of beer is one of my favorites. There is a lot of unique history on Belgian beers, so for this article I would like to concentrate on Trappist ales only. While there are other beers from Belgium, Geuze, lambics and saisons, I will save those for another article.

The gastro bar/pub, “3 Legs”, is originally planned as a passion project of the owners of “AV metal group” in the city center of Dnipropetrovsk in Ukraine. The main objective is “to rejuvenate the culture in beer drinking.” It was opened on the 14th of July 2014 and since then has become very successful and popular. The idea was to create the atmosphere of the classic English pub. Denis Belenko, a popular interior designer, designed the pub to resemble Harry Potter’s beer house. His company creates a unique customized design for each place. “We make the place feel like home to the customer and that’s when he will stay for another beer” – explains Belenko as to why all his projects are so successful.