"The Slow Decline of Drinking Draft Beer at Bars"

From the magazine Bon Apetit. This is a little surprising. If I'm out at a bar or pub and ordering a beer - it's always going to be draft. It's just better!

Why ordering a draft beer might soon become a thing of the past

“You’re creating memorable experiences with draft beer a lot of the time, in a lot of different ways. There’s a camaraderie that comes with it,” Pratt says. “It’s part of being away from home, because it’s something people can’t recreate.”

That draft beer experience, though, is in peril. Last year only 9% of beer sold in the US was packaged in kegs. The rest was sipped from bottles or cans, the de facto mode of beer drinking in the US.

The decline in draft beer is a decades-long story, though COVID-19’s temporary closure of bars and restaurants accelerated the pace of those losses. On a national scale, data company Draftline Technologies estimates between 7 and 13% of all draft lines are empty—installed and ready, but not dispensing any beer. If trends continue, draft beer could become a novelty, or perhaps, a relic.

 

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