The Beer Institute
The Beer Institute, based in Washington, D.C., represents the $331 billion beer industry – an industry that includes 6,400 brewers and more than 2 million American jobs. The Beer Institute is a national trade association for the American brewing industry, representing both large and small brewers, as well as importers and industry suppliers. The organization, founded in 1862 as the U.S. Brewers Association and reorganized as the Beer Institute in 1986, represents the beer industry before Congress, state legislatures and public forums across the country. They are committed to developing sound public policy, focusing on community involvement and personal responsibility.