DURANGO, CO—Ska Brewing Co. produced 25,770 barrels in 2012—a 21.2 percent increase over 2011 (21,257 barrels). Dollar sales increased 20.4 percent over the same period.
The Durango-based company released its numbers on the same day the Brewers Association (BA) released 2012 data on U.S. craft brewing growth. According to the BA, in a year when the total U.S. beer market grew by one percent, craft brewers saw a 15 percent rise in volume and a 17 percent increase in dollar growth.
Craft brewers reached 6.5 percent volume of the total U.S. beer market, up from 5.7 percent the previous year. Additionally, craft dollar share of the total U.S. beer market reached 10.2 percent in 2012.
“We’re proud of the industry for reaching 10 percent dollar share of the overall beer market, and we’re even more proud that we contributed .0719696 percent of that ourselves,” said Ska President and co-founder Dave Thibodeau.