About BC Beer Sales Stats
This website is dedicated to compiling, organizing, and sharing beer-related data from British Columbia Liquor Market Review Reports published quarterly by the BC Liquor Distribution Branch.
The data is presented in a variety of formats, primarily interactive visualizations. The goal is to provide a comprehensive overview of beer sales in BC, including trends, patterns, and some level of detail that can provide insights into market conditions.
How to Use This Site
- Data goes back to 2015, with year and quarter filters on the left side of the dashboard pages.
- Hovering over charts provides additional details on data points.
- Data is available for Net $ Sales and Litre Sales - accessible via dashboard tabs.
- Click on the links in the Contents section to jump to specific sections of the data.
Who did this? And Why?
Hi! I'm John Yuill, I have a background in data analysis and visualization, and an interest in the beer industry. I have been casually following the BC Liquor Market Review Reports for years, and I realized there could be a better alternative to scrolling through those PDFs published by the Liquor Distribution Branch, covering only the previous 5 quarters worth of data. So here you have it.
If you're interested in the entire Liquor Market Review, including wine, spirits, ciders, I have you covered with this BC Liquor Market Statistics dashboard.
For more information, questions, requests, you can find me on LinkedIn.
Where is the BC Beer Guide???
Thanks for asking! This domain was previously the 'BC Beer Guide' website, a long-standing resource for craft beer enthusiasts in British Columbia. It provided information on breweries, their beers, beer events, and other beer-related content. This was a passion project that aimed to promote the craft beer industry in BC and connect beer lovers with local breweries.
In October, 2024, the B.C. Beer Guide website was shut down due to challenges of keeping up with the dynamic craft beer industry combined with technical obsolescence making on-going maintenance infeasible.
The site was originally started in 1997, when the BC craft beer industry was a slim shadow of what it is today and there was limited info about it on the web. It was a fun and rewarding project and, I hope, a useful resource over the years.
It has been great to see the BC craft beer industry really come into its own and I hope this latest version of the site, focusing on beer sales data, will be of interest!