Beer is an integral part of the American lifestyle. American lager, the crisp, light and refreshing beer is as American as baseball and apple pie. In this article, you will take a walk back the memory lane. If you turned 21 with the turn of the century, take a look at the cost of beer for each year starting from 2000.
So, let’s begin.
Cost Of Beer From 2000 Till The Present
For this section, we will take the 16 oz. beer into consideration.
2000
Price of beer: $0.92
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.38
This is the time when new breweries started opening and America gradually reached a record-high for the number of active breweries.
2001
Price of beer: $0.96
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.40
This was the first time when the sale of craft beer exceeded $3 billion.
2002
Cost of beer: $0.99
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.42
Miller Brewing company was bought by South African Breweries and together they went on to become the 2nd largest breweries in the world.
2003
Price of beer: $1.01
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.41
The number of American breweries changed from 1513 in 2002 to 1485 the next year.
2004
Price of beer: $1.07
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.46
Coors and Molson merged and became the 5th largest brewery in the globe.
2005
Price of beer: $1.09
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.44
Hurricane Katrina destroyed the oldest brewery of the Big East in New Orleans.
2006
Cost of beer: $1.11
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.42
The US produced a huge quantity of beer that amounted to 197.7 million barrels where one barrel contains approximately 117 liters of beer.
2007
Price of beer: $1.12
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.39
This year, the Brewers Association tweaked the definition of craft beer from traditional to innovative to allow room for restyling.
2008
Price of beer: $1.16
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.39
This is the birth-year of the world’s largest brewery. InBev bought with Anheuser-Busch to become the biggest. But this year also marks the first time when production of American beershifted to Belgium.
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2009
Price of beer: $1.21
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.45
America imposed strict laws on the consumption of alcohol but Utah was the first state to show signs of relaxation.
2010
Cost of beer: $1.23
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.45
Craft beer generated approximately $7 billion in sales in the US this year, a figure that had almost doubled in 10 years.
2011
Price of beer: $1.24
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.42
This year marked the era of imported beers. Imported lagers started leading the way with Mexican beers like Corona attracting beer lovers.
2012
Price of beer: $1.25
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.40
2012 marks the beginning of macro brewers buying small, independent craft breweries.
2013
Price of beer: $1.28
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.41
This is the year when all homebrew holdouts were lifted, including in Mississippi and Alabama, two states that continued prohibition for a long time.
2014
Price of beer: $1.28
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.39
The total number of breweries in America reached 3,785. More than one brewery opened per day this year.
2015
Price of beer: $1.32
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.43
The biggest brewery, InBev-Anheuser-Busch, bought their rival company SABMiller to become even bigger.
2016
Cost of beer: $1.35
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.45
Sparkling Seltzers came into the market and many breweries raced to make their brand of seltzers.
2017
Price of beer: $1.39
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.46
The number of breweries in the US reached 6372. This year announced the closure of many breweries as the insane number of breweries started worrying Americans.
2018
Price of beer: $1.41
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.45
Beer production lowered about 1.2% than the previous year in America. Craft beers accounted for a large portion of beer sales.
2019
Price of beer: $1.43
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.44
Craft beer reaches its peak, suggests many beer industry analysts. This year saw a huge number of brewpub or microbrewery closures.
2020
Cost of beer: $1.47
Inflation-adjusted Price: $1.47
The Covid-19 pandemic upset the craft brewery business a great deal. The sale of beer is almost down 30% this year.
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