Craft brewing market share reaches double digits for first time

For the first time since the Brewers Association started collecting data, craft brewers now control a double-digit market share. The latest data from the Brewers Association shows craft brewers had an 11 percent share of the overall beer market in 2014, up from 7.8 percent in 2013. Craft beer is now a $19.6 billion industry, up 22 percent from 2013. Craft brewers produced 22.2 million barrels of beer in 2014, up 42.3 percent from 15.6 million a year earlier. "With the total beer market up only…