Mintel celebrates American Craft Beer Week with some boozy stats

CHICAGO, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Raise your glasses and celebrate American Craft Beer week with this beer insight from several of Mintel's latest beer reports. Enjoy, and bottoms up!

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• Consumers who were of legal drinking age in 2012 are most likely to report increased consumption of beer (14%), which includes 7% of respondents who are drinking more craft beer in 2013 compared to 2012
• Discovery of new beers is popular with 93% of imported beer drinkers, 88% of domestic fans, and 84% of craft beer consumers
• Craft beers have found a way to appeal to 49% of Millennials and 40% of Gen Xers, but just 29% of Baby Boomers and 22% of Swing Generation/World War II
• Hispanic consumers also turn to craft beer with 38% indicating that they consume craft beer at any time. But there's room to grow since 58% of Hispanics aged 21+ report drinking domestic beer and 55% of Hispanics drink imported beer
• Eighty-four percent of craft beer consumers like to choose their beer depending on the season.
• Liquor or package stores are the preferred outlet for craft beer purchases
• Seventy-three percent of craft beer drinkers say that they usually know what brand of beer they are going to buy before they go to the store  
• One-third of craft and imported beer consumers ask sales associates for advice and information when buying beer
• Forty-five percent of craft beer drinkers indicate that they would try more craft beers if they knew more about them
• Beer drinkers aged 36-47 are slightly less likely than consumers aged 21-35 to show a preference for the taste of craft beer. Members of Generation X are more likely than their younger counterparts to indicate that imported beer and craft beer are similar value

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