Is the lager turn real? What 4,260 filings say
Everyone says lager is back and the haze craze is over. The federal label record has an opinion, and it only half agrees.
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What the record says
Every beer sold in America files a label with the federal government first. We read all of them. These are the pieces where the filings add up to something worth writing down.
Half of craft beer is growing. The average is falling
The Brewers Association's midyear numbers look like decline. Underneath them, most breweries are up. Both things are true, and the gap is the story.
Nobody agrees how many breweries there are, including us
9,344, 12,238, or 7,204, depending on who is counting and what they think a brewery is. Here is every number we hold and exactly what each one means.
The 2026 Bourbon County lineup, as filed
Goose Island's autumn stouts showed up in the federal register in May, weeks before anyone announced them. Nine filings, with dates.
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The Weekly Docket is the short version: what filed, what it means, one label worth staring at. The whole register lives at the register, and the calendar tracks the releases that only come once a year.