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NH Business: Checking in on New Hampshire’s breweries
The founder of Henniker Brewing Company gives an update on the current state of New Hampshire’s breweries, and how they are dealing with an aluminum can shortage and rising costs.
Updated: 8:17 AM EDT Jul 10, 2022
>> WELCOME TO NEW HAMPSHIRE’S BUSINESS, I’M FRED KOCHER. AT THE LAST COUNTY BY THE NEW HAMPSHIRE’S BREWERS ASSOCIATION, NEW HAMPSHIRE HAD OVER 100 LICENSED BREWERIES, 93 OF THEM, CRAFT BREWERIES. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAP WHICH SHOWS YOU THE GROWTH ACROSS THE STATE OVER THE LAST DECADE. YOU CAN SEE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND RIGHT NOW THEY’RE FACING A SHORTAGE OF ALUMINUM CONDITIONS AND FIRST, HERE IS THE NUMBERS. 100 PLUS BREWERS, A 19 BACK KNOW 2012. AND BARRELS OF CRAFT BEER IN 2021, 2020, RATHER, CREATED 4,516 JOBS, THAT’S A LOT. AND 506 MILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT. HERE IS THE BREWERY, THE SIGN ON THE TREE, HENNIKER BREWERING. ONE OF THE LARGEST BREWING, HENNIKER BREWING COMPANY FOUNDED BY MY GUEST WITH THREE FRIENDS IN THE WOODS OF HENNIKER IN 2011-2012 TIME FRAME. WHEN THEY STARTED THEY COULD ONLY SELL SAMPLES AND NOW, THANKS TO THE CHANGE IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BEER LAWS, THEY SELL A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF BEERS AND ALES. AND WITH ME TO DESCRIBE THAT IN HIS OWN BUSINESS IS DAVID COURIER, FOUNDER OF THE HENNIKER BREWING COMPANY. AND FORMER GENERAL MANAGER OF PAT’S PEAK CENTER AND WELCOME DAVE. >> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. >> WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THE CRAFT BEER INDUSTRY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE RIGHT NOW GIVEN THE SHORTAGE OF ALUMINUM CANS, YOU’RE INCREASED COSTS, THE PANDEMIC AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE? >> WELL, THE ONE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THE PEOPLE IN NUMBER ARE GETTING TRULY GREAT CRAFT BEER IN THIS PROCESS. EVEN THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE IS GOING UP AND DOWN LIKE A YO-YO. WHEN I SAY THAT, WHAT I MEAN IS, YOU KNOW, THERE’S A CAN SHORTAGE AND I’M NOT SURE WHETHER THAT’S BECAUSE OF THE LICENSURE OR BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF CRAFT– THERE’S OVER 9,000 CRAFT BREWERS IN THE COUNTRY NOW, AND BEFOREHAND THERE WAS ONLY A COUPLE THOUSAND. >> THERE’S A SHORTAGE OF ALUMINUM THAT YOU KNOW. >> I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON WITH ARE THEY BUY THEIR ALUMINUM WHETHER THERE’S A SHORTAGE, BUT ANYWAY, YEAH, ONE OF THE LAST BATCHES OF CANS I GOT WAS BASICALLY BECAUSE CROWN CAN COMPANY WAS MAXIMUM CAPACITY. AND MY CANS CAME IN FROM THE COUNTRY JORDAN. >> OH, BROTHER, AND WHAT’S THE AMAZING GROWTHS OF THE CRAFT BEER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE DUE TO? WHAT’S CHANGED THAT LED TO THE GROWTH? >> THE LEGISLATURE IN THEIR WISDOM DECIDED TO TRY TO GIVE THE CRAFT BEER INDUSTRY A LEG UP IN TERMS OF REDUCING THE COSTS OF STARTING A BREWERY, WITH THE BREWERY LICENSE THAT THEY HAVE. AND THEN PEOPLE HAVE GONE FROM A NANO BREWERY TO A BEVERAGE MANUFACTURER AND SO ON AND GOTTEN OTHER LICENSES AND IT WAS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WAS PUT IN BACK IN, I THINK, 2012 OR 13, AND IT REALLY MUSHROOMED INTO THIS MASSIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTO THE CRAFT BEER BUSINESS. >> HAVE CUSTOMERS’ TASTES IN BEER CHANGED? >> I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING EDUCATED ABOUT CRAFT BEER AND THE INGREDIENTS AND EVERYTHING INTO IT, TO THE POINT WHERE A GREAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR BEER IS PRODUCED WITH LOCALLY GROWN HOPS AND LOCALLY GROWN GRAIN. >> AND THAT’S SOMETHING I KNOW YOU WANT TO SEE AGRICULTURE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE DO, THAT’S GROW HOPS? >> WELCOME, I ALSO WANT TO SEE THEM GROW GRAIN. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE’RE ACTUALLY BUYING GRAIN FROM– IN FACT, WE NAMED A BEER, IT’S A BRANDYWINE ALE THAT WE MADE FROM THE FARM IN BOSCAWEN, AND SENT THE GRAIN TO A MALTY HOUSE AND THE MALTING HOUSE SENT IT OUT AND WE MADE SOME BEER FROM IT, IT’S GREAT. >> I SEE ALL THE EQUIPMENT BEHIND YOU THAT BRUCE ALL OF THAT CRAFT BEER AND WE PUT PICTURES UP ON THE SCREEN OF SOME OF THE BEERS. SO, DAVE COURIER FOUNDER OF HENNIKER BREWING COMPANY. THANK YOU. >> YOU’RE WELCOME. ENJOY SOME BEER. GREAT WEATHER FOR IT. >> YEAH, IT IS GREAT WEATHER FOR IT. AND IF YOU MISSED PART OF THIS BRIEFING ON THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BEER INDUSTRY, G
NH Business: Checking in on New Hampshire’s breweries
The founder of Henniker Brewing Company gives an update on the current state of New Hampshire’s breweries, and how they are dealing with an aluminum can shortage and rising costs.
Updated: 8:17 AM EDT Jul 10, 2022
New Hampshire has over 100 beer brewers in the state. What’s happened to them in the last few years, and has the taste for beer in New Hampshire changed?To find out, Fred Kocher sat down with Dave Currier, founder of the Henniker Brewing Company, to learn the current state of New Hampshire’s brewing industry.
New Hampshire has over 100 beer brewers in the state. What’s happened to them in the last few years, and has the taste for beer in New Hampshire changed?
To find out, Fred Kocher sat down with Dave Currier, founder of the Henniker Brewing Company, to learn the current state of New Hampshire’s brewing industry.
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