ANNUAL REPORT

2021 Annual Report

The American Craft Spirits Association is pleased to presents our 2021 Annual Report. According to the latest Craft Spirits Data Project, there are now 2,290 American craft distilleries and ACSA remains steadfast in its mission to elevate and advocate for the community of craft spirits producers. As the industry continues to grow, we are thrilled that ACSA has strength- ened with a 104% increase in membership and sponsorship between 2020 and 2021.

2019 Annual Report

We are thrilled to present the American Craft Spirits Association’s 2019 Annual Report. Our growing industry reached a milestone in 2019, as there are now more than 2,000 operating craft producers in the U.S., as reported in our annual Craft Spirits Data Project (CSDP). This report includes more highlights from the CSDP, which gives you a comprehensive picture of the state of the craft spirits industry.

With members in all 50 states, ACSA maintained its efforts to fight for craft distillers in the halls of Congress, as we continued to fight to make the federal excise tax (FET) relief permanent. In addition to offering a wealth of educational opportunities through our convention, webinars and regional programs, we also launched Craft Spirits magazine and its companion website—craftspiritsmag.com—to provide in-depth insight and intelligence for the entire craft spirits universe.

We invite you to read the 2019 Annual Report and let us know what you think. Your insight is critical as we move forward as an organization and as an industry.

2018 Annual Report

We are very excited to present the American Craft Spirits Association’s 2018 Annual Report. It’s been a remarkable year for the craft spirits community, with the number of operating craft producers in the U.S. topping 1,800, as reported in our annual Craft Spirits Data Project (CSDP). We’ve included many of the highlights from the CSDP in this report, which gives you a comprehensive picture of the state of the craft spirits industry.

ACSA also stepped up its government affairs activities in 2018, particularly in the halls of Congress as we continued to fight to make FET relief permanent. To that end, we launched the ACSA-PAC early last year.

We invite you to read the 2018 Annual Report and let us know what you think. Your insight is critical as we move forward as an organization and as an industry.

2017 Annual Report

We’re very pleased to present the first American Craft Spirits Association’s Annual Report. Our fifth full year as an organization has been quite a momentous one. The number of craft distilleries in the U.S. cracked the 1,500 mark, as reported in our Craft Spirits Data Project. You can find all of the key findings of the Data Project in this report. We also completed a comprehensive study of all of the major beverage-alcohol related laws and regulations in each of the 50 states, as well as the District Columbia. We’re pleased to include the highlights of that research endeavor in the pages of this document, as well.

We have hosted several our Legislative Fly-ins, which were instrumental in helping us achieve the year’s, and the industry’s biggest milestone: the passage of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act at the very end of 2017. We encourage you to read about all of these developments in greater detail in this Annual Report and we invite your invaluable feedback.

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