Craft Beer growth up for 2007

For 2007, craft beer volume has grown by 13% over 2006, while dollar sales have grown by 17%.

The volume of domestic premium beer brands sold has fallen 0.4%; dollar sales have increased by 1.2%.

Domestic premium beers comprise 44% of the beer sold in the US, by volume. Craft beers comprise 4%.

[From Information Resources, Inc. To be precise, these results are for the 52 week period which concluded 4 November. December results, of course, are not yet in.]