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Tapping into Florida's Craft Beer Market: A Brewer's Guide to Consumer Purchasing and Consumption Habits in the Sunshine State

Meri Hambaryan, Glory Orivri, Nathan Palardy, John Lai, and Bachir Kassas


Release Date: 1/9/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fe1160-2024

Community Resource Development

Abstract

Florida’s craft beer industry has undergone explosive growth in the past decade, expanding sixfold from just 66 to 396 breweries, with an estimated economic impact of over $4 billion dollars in 2022. The craft beer sector is primarily small businesses that may lack large domestic breweries' resources and expertise to conduct in-house market research. Trade groups for craft breweries publish market research at the national level but do not often delve into state-specific nuances. This publication provides Florida breweries with data-driven marketing information on Florida beer consumers' purchase frequency, monthly beer expenditure, and preferred places to buy and drink beer. It includes a bulleted list of key consumer insights for craft breweries.

About this Publication

This document is FE1160,  a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date December 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. © 2024 UF/IFAS. This publication is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

About the Authors

Meri Hambaryan, PhD student; Glory Orivri, postdoctoral associate; Nathan Palardy, assistant professor and state Extension specialist; John Lai, assistant professor; and Bachir Kassas, assistant professor; Department of Food and Resource Economics; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, Florida 32611.

How to Cite

Hambaryan, M., Orivri, G., Palardy, N., Lai, J., & Kassas, B. (2025). Tapping into Florida’s Craft Beer Market: A Brewer’s Guide to Consumer Purchasing and Consumption Habits in the Sunshine State. EDIS, 2025(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1160-2024

Authors

Meri Hambaryan
Meri Hambaryan

PhD Student, UF/IFAS Department of Food and Resource Economics, Gainesville, FL

Glory Orivri
Glory Orivri
postdoc
University of Florida

postdoctoral associate, behavioral and experimental economics, UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department, Gainesville, FL

Nathan Palardy
Nathan Palardy
Specialist
University of Florida

assistant professor and Extension economist, policy and community economic development, UF/IFAS Department of Food and Resource Economics, Gainesville, FL

John Lai
John Lai
Specialist
University of Florida

assistant professor, agribusiness, UF/IFAS Department of Food and Resource Economics, Gainesville, FL

Bachir Kassas
Bachir Kassas
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, consumer economics, UF/IFAS Department of Food and Resource Economics, Gainesville, FL

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