America's Beer Distributors

NBWA’s 73rd Annual Convention will take place October 3 – 6, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago located in the heartbeat of Chicago, Illinois. Register now to experience all that Chicago has to offer at NBWA’s Annual Convention!

NBWA and the Brewers Association (BA) are seeking nominations for the Fourth Annual Craft Beer Distributor of the Year award, which recognizes an American beer distributor who actively markets, sells and promotes craft beer.  The award will be presented September 18, 2010, at the Great American Beer Festival, hosted by the BA, in Denver, CO. Nominations will be accepted until July 20, 2010.

America's beer distribution industry provides 95,000 quality jobs from coast to coast.  Click here to view a special photo tribute to these hard-working men and women!

The 2010 Legislative Conference edition of the Beer Route is now available online!  Click here to read what beer distributors are up to around the country, from celebrating special business anniversaries to launching new responsibility programs. 

The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) Web site has been named the winning Web site in PR News’ Nonprofit PR Awards competition.  The honor was presented at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and announced in PR News’ Nonprofit PR Issue, which can be viewed at:  http://www.prnewsonline.com/awards/nonprofit2009-winners.html.

Beer distributors often talk about the important role distributors play in the collection of state and local excise taxes and how distributors are the most efficient way for states to collect these taxes.To legitimize and quantify distributors’ important role in tax collection, NBWA contracted KMPG’s Washington National Tax Office to conduct a study on the structure and administration of state and local taxes on the distribution and sale of beer.