In summarizing a proposed Congressional bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code as it related to the taxation of alcoholic beverages, Market Watch's June 26, 2015 article provides an interesting insight into the craft beer market and its key players, noting that the "number of breweries in the US has grown steadily from 1,447 in 2005 to more than 3,400 today" and that craft beer has "grabbed an 11% share of the beer market by volume and a more than 19% share of that same market in dollars." That's a "nearly $20 billion industry that's grown by double-digit percentage points for the past decade."