Form - 2024 Membership Survey - Indiana Brewers Guild

Our business model is:

Brewery with tasting room

Production brewery with tasting room

Brewpub

Brewery with more than one location

Regarding distribution: please check all that apply:

We don’t distribute outside of our brewery/brewpub

We distribute in Indiana through a distributor

We distribute in Indiana by self-distribution

We distribute outside of Indiana

We are members of the Brewers Association

Yes

What is your current average wholesale price for a half barrel of your core beer?

What is your current average wholesale price for a sixth barrel of a specialty beer?

If you don’t currently participate in Guild festivals, why not?

If provided the opportunity, would you like to sell your product at Guild festivals during the last hour of the event?

Yes

If you don’t generally attend the Indiana Craft Brewers Conference, why not?

Contract brewing becomes legal in Indiana on July 1st. Please check all that apply:

We may have another brewery contract brew for us

We may offer to contract brew for other breweries

We don’t intend to take advantage of contract brewing in any capacity right now

Happy hour takes affect in Indiana on July 1. Do you plan to offer happy hour discounts on your beverages?

Yes

Assuming that the Guild could begin offering additional benefits, please select which of the following are of importance for your brewery:

In-depth testing and lab analysis

Group health insurance

Additional educational opportunities

Co-op for product purchasing

Facilitating shipping on competition samples

Please select all of the following that are important to your business legislatively:

Changes to franchise law; i.e. changes that allow for switching distributors more easily

Shipping within Indiana

Ability to provide samples at Farmers Markets

Draft line cleaning requirements for health departments

Cold sales in groceries

Other

The Guild just rolled out a new logo for use on labels and packaging, do you anticipate utilizing this?

Yes

Do you use the Brewers Association's Independent Craft label?

Yes

What are the top three most challenging things for your business currently?

Staffing – finding reliable employees

Staffing – cost of labor

Rising costs of equipment, products, and ingredients

Getting people in the door

Issues with distributor

Other

The number of non-drinkers is on the rise. Are you addressing this with any of the following:

We currently offer our own NA beer option

We are looking to develop our own NA option

We offer NA options from other breweries

We don’t offer any NA options

In regard to the use of CBD/THC in beer, please select all that apply:

We already offer something in line with current Indiana law

We would consider making a product when/if there is guidance at a federal level

We don’t plan to offer products in this category

Please select that top five most important topics as they relate to our educational offerings:

If you participate in beer competitions, please list which ones:

Please share any additional feedback:

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2024 Brewer Membership Survey