Great Brewers Membership

Great Brewers is powered by America’s leading network of beer passionate wholesalers that collectively represent the interests of the world’s best brewers by promoting education and awareness through shared resources.

Mission

The mission of Great Brewers is to bridge the gap between the world’s great brewers and the consumers who enjoy their products, with a paramount focus on education and on enhancing beer distribution practices through the sharing of information.

Brewers and Importers

For brewers and importers, Great Brewers represents the optimal distribution channel to get high quality beer to the market. Member wholesalers strive to go above and beyond the expected responsibilities of a beer distributor by implementing innovative sales and marketing strategies on a local level.

Brewers and importers that work with Great Brewers members can rest assured that their wholesalers are the best educated, most beer passionate distributors in the market, and they work proactively to keep it that way. If you are interested in presenting your brand to a Great Brewers wholesaler, please contact us for more information. If you are an existing supplier and you are interested in managing all of the content pertaining to your brand, please review our Voice of the Brewer program and contact us to get started.

Wholesaler Members

For wholesalers, membership in Great Brewers offers a value innovation strategy comprised of powerful sales and marketing tools, a dynamic platform for recruiting new suppliers, a collaborative partnership with like-minded wholesalers for the sharing of ideas and best practices, and access to a range of training resources.

Join Great Brewers

Great Brewers is actively seeking new wholesaler members. Recommended prerequisites include membership in the Brewers Association and the National Beer Wholesalers Association, and a demonstrated passion for ongoing business improvement through education, supplier and customer service enhancement, and portfolio optimization.

If you represent a beer wholesaler and you are interested in joining Great Brewers, we invite you to contact us. We will be glad to send you additional information.

Statistics

• States of coverage: 9
• Individual distributor members: 23
• Distributor sales team members: 1,315
• Retailers actively serviced: 39,500

Current Members

Kansas

Standard Beverage, Lawrence, KS

Maryland

Legends Limited, Baltimore, MD

Massachusetts

L. Knife & Son, Inc., Kingston, MA

Seaboard Products, Danvers, MA

Craft Brewers Guild of Boston, Danvers, MA

New Jersey

Hunterdon Distributors, Phillipsburg, NJ

New York

T.J. Sheehan Distributing, Liverpool, NY

Tri-Valley Beverage, Westmoreland, NY

Union Beer Distributors, Brooklyn, NY

Texas

Ben E. Keith - Dallas, Dallas, TX

Ben E. Keith - Abilene, Abilene, TX

Ben E. Keith - Commerce, Commerce, TX

Ben E. Keith - Denton, Denton, TX

Ben E. Keith - Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX

Ben E. Keith - Llano, Llano, TX

Ben E. Keith - Palestine, Palestine, TX

Ben E. Keith - Waco, Waco, TX

Ben E. Keith - Austin Specialty Division, Austin, TX

Ben E. Keith - Houston Specialty Division, Houston, TX

Ben E. Keith - San Antonio Specialty Division, San Antonio, TX

Virginia

Specialty Beverage of Virginia, Richmond, VA

Wisconsin

Beechwood Sales & Service, New Berlin, WI

Specialty Beverage of Wisconsin, New Berlin, WI

Member Resources

Member resources can only be accessed by employees of wholesaler members who have joined their respective group. If you work for a distributor and you are not yet a member of your respective group, go to your distributor page and click "Join." If you are still having trouble, please contact us for assistance.

• Great Brewers Marketing Materials Order Form (members only)
• Sales Data Transmission Protocol for Beer Finder