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2022 Beer Industry Outlook with NBWA Economist Lester Jones

In today's podcast we hear from Lester Jones, chief economist for the National Beer Wholesalers Association.

Lester provides a recap of 2021 and his outlook for the beer industry in the year ahead.

In our conversation we dig deep into the data and review the key topics for beer wholesaler owners and managers:

Total beer consumption in the US

Packaging trends, and the outlook for cans, bottles and draft

Forecast for on-premise business

Past, present and future of seltzers

Lester also shares his favorite beer industry reads, and provides tips to use US Census data, labor statistics, and TTB…

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