The Brewers Association reports that: "the volume of craft beer sold in the first half of 2007 rose 11% compared to this same period in 2006 and dollar growth increased 14%. For the first time ever craft beer has exceeded more than a 5% dollar share of total beer sales."
So one out of every twenty beers drunk in the U.S. are made by craft brewers. In a 'macro' view, that doesn't sound too impressive, but for micro folks like us trying to make a name for ourselves in the massive beer market, this is good news. It's slow revolution in tastes, but clearly good beer has the movement on its side (overall growth in beer sales was only 1%).