THE FLORIDA BREWERIES REPORT – JULY 2023

MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS

The Data: The Florida Breweries Report reflects data published by the Florida ABT, which is available online here, as of the date of publication. The ABT monthly publishes the taxpaid sales for each brewery and distributor. Unfortunately, the ABT does not publish breweries’ sales to distributors. This means that the Florida Breweries Report reflects only breweries’ taxpaid sales, which are generally made in its taproom. Each October, breweries with lapsed licenses and no taxpaid sales within the past 12 months are purged from the Florida Breweries Report. 

The New Breweries: Emerald Republic Brewing Co. (Palm Harbor) and Fools Fire Brewing (Tallahassee).

From Brewpub to Production Brewery: None this month. Breweries with a CMB license can sell to licensed distributors. Where a brewery upgrades its license, the tables below denote the CMBP license with * and the CMB license with ^.

Total Number of Breweries: In July 2023, the total number of brewery licenses active in the last 12 months stood at 466. Of those, 408 reported taxpaid sales for the month.

Monthly Performance: Month-to-month taxpaid sales fell 10.14% in July 2023. Compared to July 2022, year-over-year change in monthly sales was down by 7.44%. Total taxpaid sales during the rolling last-twelve-months (LTM) was down by 0.60%. Compared to July 2022, LTM taxpaid sales were down by 4.06% in July 2023.

Average Monthly Production: For reporting breweries, the average taxpaid sales per brewery in July 2023 was 22.61 barrels, a monthly decrease of 2.43 barrels per brewery. Year-over-year change in monthly sales per brewery was down 7.90% in July 2023.

Distribution: In July 2023, Florida breweries’ taxpaid sales accounted for 0.87% of all beer sales in Florida (8.7 out of 1,000 beers sold).

Would you like The Florida Breweries Report as an Excel spreadsheet? Reports for this month and all months back to January 2015 are available at this link: https://brwlng.co/FLBreweries.