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Although the term "microbrewery" was originally used in relation to the size of breweries, it gradually came to reflect an alternative attitude and approach to brewing flexibility, adaptability, experimentation and customer service. The term and trend spread from the UK to the US in the 1980s,{{Cite web |title=A Brief History Of Microbreweries In South Carolina |url=https://lowcountrystyleandliving.com/a-brief-history-of-microbreweries-in-south-carolina/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Lowcountry Style & Living |language=en-US}} and was eventually used as a designation for breweries that produce fewer than {{convert|15000|USbeerbbl|L USgal|abbr=off|sp=us}} annually.{{Cite web |url=http://www.brewersassociation.org/ |title=Welcome to the Brewers Association |publisher=Brewersassociation.org |access-date=2012-03-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315223748/http://www.brewersassociation.org/ |archive-date=2012-03-15}} In 1995, there were 205 microbreweries nationwide.{{Cite news |last=Stanko |first=Dieter |date=1995-11-26 |title=A Microbrewery in Search of a Macromarket |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/26/nyregion/a-microbrewery-in-search-of-a-macromarket.html |access-date=2023-06-29 |issn=0362-4331}} In 2000, that number more than doubled to 420 microbreweries.{{Cite news |last=Flaherty |first=Julie |date=2000-05-30 |title=Now, the Glass Is Half Empty; Microbreweries in the Slow Lane |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/30/business/now-the-glass-is-half-empty-microbreweries-in-the-slow-lane.html |access-date=2023-06-29 |issn=0362-4331}}

File:Flounder growler.jpg of beer from Flounder Brewing, a nanobrewery in New Jersey, US]]

The website The Food Section defines a "nanobrewery" as, "a scaled-down microbrewery, often run by a solo entrepreneur, that produces beer in small batches."{{Cite web|last1=Friedland|first1=Josh|title=nan·o·brew·e·ry|url=http://www.thefoodsection.com/foodsection/2010/02/nanobrewery.html|website=The Food Section|access-date=2014-07-21|ref=foodsectionnano|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626184543/http://www.thefoodsection.com/foodsection/2010/02/nanobrewery.html|archive-date=2014-06-26}} Nanobrewers often work out of garages or small industrial spaces.{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=2013-07-16 |title=Breweries Not Too Big for Their Barrels |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/dining/breweries-not-too-big-for-their-barrels.html |access-date=2023-06-29 |issn=0362-4331}} Small batches are then sold to local bars or directly to customers. The U.S. Department of the Treasury defines nanobreweries as "very small brewery operations" that produce beer for sale.{{Cite web|title=TTB GovBeer FAQs|url=http://www.ttb.gov/beer/beer-faqs.shtml#b10|website=U.S. Dept. of Treasury|access-date=2014-07-21|ref=nanobreweryttb|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814102207/http://www.ttb.gov/beer/beer-faqs.shtml#b10|archive-date=2014-08-14}} These small operations still must meet state and federal licensing requirements. In 2013, there were more than 200 "nanos" in the United States. With lower startup costs than a craft brewery, nanobreweries have become popular among home brewers looking to expand and practice their beer brewing skills.

"Craft brewing" is a more encompassing term for developments in the industry succeeding the microbrewing movement of the late 20th century. The definition is not entirely consistent but typically applies to relatively small, independently owned commercial breweries that employ traditional brewing methods and emphasize flavor and quality. The term is usually reserved for breweries established since the 1970s but may be used for older breweries with a similar focus. A United States trade group, the Brewers Association, interested in brand transparency, offers a definition of craft breweries as "small, independent and traditional". The craft brewing process takes time and can be considered an art by the brewmasters.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brewersassociation.org/statistics/craft-brewer-defined/|title=Craft Brewer Defined|work=Brewers Association |publisher=Brewersassociation.org|access-date=9 July 2016|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826033039/https://www.brewersassociation.org/statistics/craft-brewer-defined/|archive-date=26 August 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/01/13/what-qualifies-as-craft-beer-depends-on-whom-you-ask/1566338/|title=What qualifies as craft beer?|work=USA Today|access-date=29 June 2016|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115044028/http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/01/13/what-qualifies-as-craft-beer-depends-on-whom-you-ask/1566338/|archive-date=15 November 2016}} In the United Kingdom, the Assured Independent British Craft Brewer initiative is run by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), who ensure that any breweries using the Independent Craft Brewer logo are relatively small, independent and brewing quality beer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.siba.co.uk/about-siba/ |title=Assured Independent British Craft Brewers |publisher=Society of Independent Brewers |access-date=3 February 2019 |archive-date=24 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224122854/https://www.siba.co.uk/about-siba/ |url-status=live }}

The term "farm brewery" or "farmhouse brewery" has been around for centuries. Several beer styles are considered "farmhouse," originally stemming from farmers brewing low ABV beer as an incentive for field workers. Farm breweries were not large scale; they had smaller, more unique, methods of brewing and fermenting in comparison to the larger breweries of the time.{{Cite web|url=http://www.brewingnordic.com/farmhouse-ales/ancient-homebrew-sahti/|title=Sahti and Related Ancient Farmhouse Ales|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005214255/https://www.brewingnordic.com/farmhouse-ales/ancient-homebrew-sahti/|archive-date=2017-10-05}} This had different effects on the overall product, creating unconventional beer flavors.

The term "farm brewery" has more recently found its way into several local and state laws{{Cite web|url=https://marylandbeer.org/startup-assistance/|title=Startup Assistance – Brewers Association of Maryland|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929232740/https://marylandbeer.org/startup-assistance/|archive-date=2017-09-29}}{{Cite web |title=Concerning: Farm distilleries and tasting rooms, and limited farm brewery, distillery and winery tasting rooms |date=February 13, 2017 |publisher=County Council for Frederick County, Maryland |url=https://www.frederickcountymd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/295530 |access-date=2017-09-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929232418/https://www.frederickcountymd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/295530 |archive-date=2017-09-29}} in order to give farm breweries certain, often agriculturally related, privileges not normally found under standard brewery laws. These privileges usually come at a price: some portion of the ingredients (such as grains, hops, or fruit) used in the beer must be grown on the given licensed farm brewery.

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File:20190423 172521 Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier in Bamberg anagoria.jpg from the Schlenkerla brewpub in Bamberg, Germany]]

Brewpub is an abbreviated term combining the ideas of a brewery and a pub or public-house. A brewpub can be a pub or restaurant that brews beer on the premises.{{Cite web|url=https://www.evergreenhq.com/blog/brewery-microbrewery-brewpub-whats-the-difference/|title=Brewery, Microbrewery, Brewpub. What's the Difference?|date=2016-08-18|website=Evergreen|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-25|archive-date=2019-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425012852/https://www.evergreenhq.com/blog/brewery-microbrewery-brewpub-whats-the-difference/|url-status=live}} In the United States a brewpub is defined as selling 25 percent or more of its beer on-site and operating significant food services. A taproom brewery is a professional brewery that sells 25 percent or more of its beer on-site and does not operate significant food services. The beer is brewed primarily for sale in the taproom, and is often dispensed directly from the brewery's storage tanks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brewersassociation.org/statistics-and-data/craft-beer-industry-market-segments/|title=Craft Beer Industry Market Segments|work=Brewers Association |access-date=2019-12-14|archive-date=2021-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605221949/https://www.brewersassociation.org/statistics-and-data/craft-beer-industry-market-segments/|url-status=live}}

The term first gained prominence in California in the early 1980s. The concept was popularized by Buffalo Bill's Brewery in Hayward, which opened on September 9, 1983, as one of the first modern brewpubs in the United States.{{cite book|last1=Walls|first1=Pat|title=The Buffalo, Pumpkin, and Hops|date=2017|publisher=White Mule Press|isbn=978-0-9968277-7-5|edition=1}} This followed the passage of Assembly Bill 3610 in 1982, authored by Assemblyman Tom Bates, which allowed brewers to sell directly to consumers if food was served. Signed into law on January 1, 1983, the legislation paved the way for brewpubs in California. Although Buffalo Bill's founder Bill Owens attempted to trademark the term "brewpub," it had already entered common usage. The legalization and rise of brewpubs helped spark California’s craft beer movement.{{Cite web |title=The Story of Buffalo Bill's Brewery and the Birth of the Brewpub |url=https://beerandbrewing.com/dictionary/b3qhdLkkCw/ |website=Beer & Brewing}}

In the European Union, brewpubs in some countries are favoured by a system of progressive beer duty, which originated in Bavaria. In the United Kingdom brewpubs brewing up to 5,000 hectolitres a year (about 880,000 pints) pay just half of ordinary beer duty rates.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/16/dispute-brewing-as-craft-beer-makers-mull-pending-tax-reform|title=Dispute brewing as craft beer makers mull pending tax reform|date=March 16, 2019|website=the Guardian|access-date=January 4, 2023|archive-date=December 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224123542/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/16/dispute-brewing-as-craft-beer-makers-mull-pending-tax-reform|url-status=live}}

Craft beer has adopted a marketing strategy that differs from those of the large, mass-market breweries, offering products that compete on the basis of quality and diversity instead of low price and advertising. Their influence has been much greater than their market share, which amounts to only 2% in the UK,{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1681002.stm |work=BBC News |author=Jonathan Duffy |title=The plight of the micro-brewers |date=November 28, 2001 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304232454/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1681002.stm |archive-date=March 4, 2016}} indicated by the introduction by large commercial breweries of new brands for the craft beer market. However, when the strategy failed, the corporate breweries invested in microbreweries or, in many cases, acquired them outright.{{Cite web|url=https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2018/07/12/Why-don-t-craft-brewers-like-it-when-big-brewers-buy-them-out|title=What do craft brewers really think about big brewers buying them up?|website=morningadvertiser.co.uk|date=12 July 2018 |access-date=2019-12-16|archive-date=2021-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511034543/https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2018/07/12/Why-don-t-craft-brewers-like-it-when-big-brewers-buy-them-out|url-status=live}}

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The American Can Company developed the first beer can in 1933 after years of researching how to create a can that would hold a pressurized carbonated beverage.{{Cite web |last=Perozzi |first=Christina |date=2015-07-15 |title=From Church Key to Pop Top, a Look Back at Canned Beer |url=https://www.eater.com/drinks/2015/7/15/8942369/dirt-cheap-week-canned-beer |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Eater |language=en}} They also created a special coating on the inside of a can to prevent a metallic taste from affecting the beer.{{Cite web |title=First canned beer goes on sale |url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-canned-beer-goes-on-sale |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=HISTORY |date=24 November 2009 |language=en}} The first can of beer was sold on January 24, 1935, when the American Can Company partnered with New Jersey–based Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company, delivering two thousand cans of Krueger's Finest Beer and Krueger's Cream Ale to people in Richmond, Virginia.{{Cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=Eveleth |first2=Rose |author-link=Rose Eveleth |title=The First Canned Beer Went on Sale 78 Years Ago Today |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-first-canned-beer-went-on-sale-78-years-ago-today-5911003/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}} By the end of the year, 37 breweries were canning their beer.{{Cite magazine |last=Venton |first=Danielle |title=Jan. 24, 1935: First Canned Beer Sold |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/01/0124first-us-canned-beer/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |issn=1059-1028}}

In the United Kingdom, the Felinfoel Brewery sold the first canned beer in Europe in January 1936.{{Cite web |last=Jaime |first=Jurado |date=2018-06-09 |title=A Brief (and Condensed) History of the Beer Can |url=https://beerandbrewing.com/a-brief-and-condensed-history-of-the-beer-can/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Craft Beer & Brewing |language=en}}

In 1962, a brewing company in Pittsburg introduced the first self-opening can, which later became a pull ring tab, eliminating the need for a separate opening device.

The use of cans by craft brewers doubled between 2012 and 2014, with over 500 companies in the United States using cans to package their beverages. Previously associated with the major brewing corporations, cans are now favored by craft brewers for numerous reasons: cans are impervious to oxygen, beer-degrading light does not affect canned beer, canned beer is more portable since less room is required for storage or transportation, canned beer cools more quickly, and cans have a greater surface area for wraparound designs and decorations.{{Cite web|author1=Lewis Wallace|title=Brewers Have Been All Bottled Up, But Now They're Canning It|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/06/10/320645347/brewers-have-been-all-bottled-up-but-now-theyre-canning-it?ft=1&f=1053|website=NPR|access-date=14 June 2014|date=10 June 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621054344/http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/06/10/320645347/brewers-have-been-all-bottled-up-but-now-theyre-canning-it?ft=1&f=1053|archive-date=21 June 2014}}

The perception that bottles lead to a taste that is superior to canned beer has been called "just kind of dated," as most aluminum cans are lined with a polymer coating that protects the beer from the problematic metal. However, since drinking directly from a can may still result in a metallic taste, most craft brewers recommend pouring beer into a glass prior to consumption. In June 2014, the BA estimated 3% of craft beer in the United States is sold in cans, 60% is sold in bottles, and kegs represent the remainder of the market.

Between 2015 and 2020, the proportion of craft beer packaged in cans in the UK increased nearly tenfold to 4.9 percent.[https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119522/craft-beer-production-in-the-united-kingdom-by-packaging-type/ Statista.com. Distribution of craft beer production in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2020, by packaging type.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224125722/https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119522/craft-beer-production-in-the-united-kingdom-by-packaging-type/ |date=2021-12-24 }} Retrieved 8 October 2020

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Goose Island first produced its Bourbon County Stout in 1992, but it was not regularly available until 2005. Other breweries began following Goose Island's lead, typically aging rich imperial stouts such as Founders KBS and The Bruery's Black Tuesday.{{Cite web|url=https://punchdrink.com/articles/the-next-frontier-in-barrel-aged-craft-beer/|title=The Next Frontier in Barrel-Aged Craft Beer|date=17 March 2015 |access-date=2019-12-16|archive-date=2021-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224125721/https://punchdrink.com/articles/the-next-frontier-in-barrel-aged-craft-beer/|url-status=live}} In 2018, Food and Drink wrote: "A process that was once niche has become not just mainstream, but ubiquitous."{{Cite web|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/beer/best-barrel-aged-beers|title=25 Exceptional Barrel-Aged Craft Beers|website=Food & Wine|access-date=2019-12-16|archive-date=2021-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224125720/https://www.foodandwine.com/beer/best-barrel-aged-beers|url-status=live}} Barrel-aged sour beers are a newer trend, inspired by the Belgian tradition of lambics and Flanders red ale.{{Cite web|url=https://punchdrink.com/articles/id-tap-that-intro-best-wine-barrel-aged-beer/|title=An Intro to Craft Beer's Most Wine-Like Brews|date=19 October 2016 |access-date=2019-12-16|archive-date=2021-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224125723/https://punchdrink.com/articles/id-tap-that-intro-best-wine-barrel-aged-beer/|url-status=live}}

The market for non-alcoholic beer and wine in North America is predicted to quadruple from a base of about $20 million in 2018. Brooklyn Brewery are among the early craft breweries prepared to release a non-alcoholic craft beer, with their "Special Effects."{{Cite web|url=https://www.craftbeer.com/craft-beer-muses/breweries-making-non-alcoholic-craft-beers|title=Why Breweries are Making Non-Alcoholic Craft Beers|first=Sarah|last=Curran|date=September 11, 2019|website=CraftBeer.com|access-date=December 16, 2019|archive-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216162721/https://www.craftbeer.com/craft-beer-muses/breweries-making-non-alcoholic-craft-beers|url-status=live}} Examples in Europe include Mikkeller's "Drink'in The Sun" and Nirvana's gluten-free "Kosmic Stout".{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/aug/03/no-alcohol-beer-all-the-flavour-without-the-booze|title=No-alcohol beer – all the flavour without the booze|date=August 3, 2018|website=the Guardian|access-date=January 4, 2023|archive-date=January 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104045750/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/aug/03/no-alcohol-beer-all-the-flavour-without-the-booze|url-status=live}}

Cambodia's first microbrewery, Kingdom Breweries,{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Gemma |date=2011-11-20 |title=Cambodia: Phnom Penh's beer scene is chugging away |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-xpm-2011-nov-20-la-tr-cambodiabeer-20111120-story.html |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} opened in 2009 and brews dark, pilsener, and lager beers.

File:Great Leap Brewing sign.jpg operates a chain of brewpubs in China]]

China, the world's largest beer consumer as of July 2013, is home to a growing craft beer market, with brands such as Slow Boat Brewery, Jing-A Brewery, and Boxing Cat Brewery.{{Cite news|title=Forget Portland: China Might Just Be the New Epicenter of Craft Beer|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/07/forget-portland-china-might-just-be-the-new-epicenter-of-craft-beer/278077/|access-date=25 July 2013|newspaper=The Atlantic|date=24 July 2013|author=Justin McDonnell|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727114148/http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/07/forget-portland-china-might-just-be-the-new-epicenter-of-craft-beer/278077/|archive-date=27 July 2013}} By July 2013, the number of brewpubs in Shanghai, China had doubled since 2010. General beer consumption reached {{convert|50|e6L|e6gal|abbr=unit}} in early 2013 and an increasing interest in craft beers developed accordingly. The Great Leap Brewing Company is one example of numerous microbreweries that have been recently established, with a localization strategy leading to the use of traditional Chinese ingredients and spices in the Beijing brand's beer production process. China's largest brewpub is located in Suzhou and is managed by the Taiwanese brewing company Le Ble D'or (金色三麥), while craft beer consumers are both ex-pats and native Chinese.

India's first microbrewery, Doolally, was opened in Pune in 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://food.ndtv.com/lists/top-of-the-hops-the-most-popular-microbreweries-in-india-783293|title=The Beer Craze: India's Most Popular Microbreweries|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918012200/http://food.ndtv.com/lists/top-of-the-hops-the-most-popular-microbreweries-in-india-783293|archive-date=2016-09-18}} In 2019, Bangalore had over 60 microbreweries.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/with-over-60-breweries-theres-no-doubt-bengaluru-is-the-original-pub-capital/articleshow/67806507.cms|title=With over 60 breweries, there's no doubt Bengaluru is the original pub capital|last=Desai|first=Dhwani|date=February 3, 2019|website=The Times of India|access-date=April 4, 2019|archive-date=February 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210105629/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/with-over-60-breweries-theres-no-doubt-bengaluru-is-the-original-pub-capital/articleshow/67806507.cms|url-status=live}}

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File:Dogo Beer.jpg from Minakuchi-shuzō microbrewery in Matsuyama, Japan]]

An early boom in small regional microbreweries followed Japan's 1994 revision of tax laws allowing the establishment of smaller breweries producing {{convert|60000|L}} per year. Before this change, breweries could not get a license without producing at least {{convert|2000000|L}} per year.{{Cite web|title=Japan Craft Beer Association |url=http://www.craftbeerassociation.jp/jpcraftbeermarket.html |website=www.craftbeerassociation.jp |publisher=JCBA |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330070808/http://www.craftbeerassociation.jp/jpcraftbeermarket.html |archive-date=30 March 2014 }} Beer produced by microbreweries in the early 1990s was commonly referred to as Ji Bīru (地ビール), or "local beer." In the late 2000s, more established microbreweries in Japan chose to emphasize the term Craft Beer (クラフトビア) to mark a break with the short-lived Ji Bīru boom and to emphasize the traditional brewing skills and reverence for ingredients that characterize their products.

In Sri Lanka, over-strict laws made it almost impossible for any craft beer to be brewed. On the remote East Coast, however, "Arugam Bay Surfer's Beer" managed to maintain a small, but popular brewpub. Established in 1977, the Siam View Hotel escaped regulations due to the long civil war and its remoteness. For two years running, the Daily Telegraph{{Cite web |url=http://expatdirectory.telegraph.co.uk/sri-lanka/arugam-bay/siam-view-hotel-svh2/ |title=Telegraph.co.uk Expat Directory |publisher=Expatdirectory.telegraph.co.uk |date=2009-09-16 |access-date=2013-09-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020914/http://expatdirectory.telegraph.co.uk/sri-lanka/arugam-bay/siam-view-hotel-svh2/ |archive-date=2013-12-03 }} "Best of British" awarded the Siam View Hotel the "Best Pub in Sri Lanka" medal.{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/ArugamBayBeer?ref=hl# |title=Arugam Bay Surfer's Beer |publisher=Facebook.com |date=2013-09-14 |access-date=2013-09-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018142708/https://www.facebook.com/ArugamBayBeer?ref=hl |archive-date=2015-10-18 }}

File:Yard of ale at the Jolly Brewery & Restaurant, Taipei City, Taiwan.jpg at Jolly Brewery, Taiwan]]

In Taiwan, where a single beer company dominates the market, the craft beer market has grown with brewers such as Redpoint Brewing Company gaining increasing market exposure through local bars and restaurants. This market trend has been accompanied by craft beer festivals where expat and Taiwanese brewers showcase their beer.[https://amcham.com.tw/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/January-2017-Taiwan-Business-TOPICS.pdf Taiwan Business Topics. Craft Beer: a Passion, Not a Fashion.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182351/https://amcham.com.tw/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/January-2017-Taiwan-Business-TOPICS.pdf |date=2022-01-18 }} (January 2017) Retrieved 16 January 2022

Following the introduction of American microbrews in 2012, the popularity of craft beer bars in Thailand—primarily Bangkok—increased fairly rapidly and in January 2014, the fourth global location of Danish microbrewery Mikkeller was launched in Bangkok. The brand partnered with an already established beer distribution company and seeks to capitalize on the higher earning capacity of Thai people in the second decade of the 21st century, as well as tourists. At the opening, one of the owners explained: "... and we thought it was about time to elevate the level of craft beer available in Thailand and, hopefully, expand throughout Southeast Asia." A total of 30 beers are served at the venue, including two microbrews exclusive to Thailand.{{Cite web|title=Asia Eater presents: Mikkeller Bangkok Opening|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWPKDOCmxAE|work=Asia Eater on YouTube|publisher=Google Inc|access-date=13 March 2014|author=Asia Eater|format=Video upload|date=12 February 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710123306/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWPKDOCmxAE|archive-date=10 July 2014}}{{Cite web|title=Danish Beer Bar Mikkeller grand opening in Bangkok|url=http://scandasia.com/danish-beer-bar-mikkeller-grand-opening-bangkok/|work=Scandasia|access-date=13 March 2014|author=Kristian Lauritzen|date=30 January 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313165539/http://scandasia.com/danish-beer-bar-mikkeller-grand-opening-bangkok/|archive-date=13 March 2014}}{{Cite web|title=Mikkeller floats Bangkok's stature as a beer berg|url=http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2014/03/10/mikkeller-floats-bangkoks-stature-beer-berg|work=Coconuts Bangkok|publisher=Coconuts Media|access-date=13 March 2014|author=Cole Pennington|date=10 March 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313165753/http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2014/03/10/mikkeller-floats-bangkoks-stature-beer-berg|archive-date=13 March 2014}}

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Vietnam is the largest producer of craft beer in Southeast Asia, with microbreweries producing 31,000 hectolitres in 2018.{{Cite web |title=Southeast Asia New Wave Microbrewery Market Survey Infographic |url=http://sea-brew.com/southeast-asia-new-wave-mircobrewery-market-survey-infographic/ |website=sea-brew.com |publisher=SEA Brew |access-date=21 January 2019 |archive-date=21 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121234052/http://sea-brew.com/southeast-asia-new-wave-mircobrewery-market-survey-infographic/ |url-status=live }}

With a beer culture that emerged during French colonisation and further influenced by Vietnamese students returning from overseas studies,{{Cite web|url=http://hottable.asia/bia-hoi-history/|title=Drunk History: The Tale of How Bia Hoi Came to Be|work=HOT TABLE |date=2018-06-08|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-11|archive-date=2019-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224124839/http://hottable.asia/bia-hoi-history/|url-status=live}} {{As of|2018|lc=y}}, there were 31 microbreweries in Vietnam. Established microbreweries include Heart of Darkness Craft Brewery, BiaCraft, Platinum Beers, Fuzzy Logic and Pasteur Street Brewing Company, Rooster Beers.

{{Main|Beer in the Czech Republic}}

There has been a boom of craft beer breweries. Despite strong tradition of drinking Czech beer there is a growing craft beer scene in the Czech Republic focused on non-traditional beer styles. Notable breweries include Matuška, Clock and Zichovec. What makes Czech craft beer unique is the common use of decoction instead of just infusion even for top fermented beers.

{{Main|Beer in Denmark}}

In Denmark microbreweries have occurred throughout the country in increasing numbers. Small microbreweries often relate to restaurants and pubs, but local microbrewed craft beers are also sold in stores.[http://www.ale.dk/alt-om-oel/danske-bryggerier/ Danske bryggerier] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310201055/http://www.ale.dk/alt-om-oel/danske-bryggerier/ |date=2018-03-10 }} Danske ølentusiaster {{in lang|da}}

{{Main|Beer in Estonia}}

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Estonia has a tradition of home-brewed farm beers which are often flavoured with juniper. Craft beer came late to Estonia, but that began to change in 2012 when Mikkeller brewed a custom beer for the Estonian market, called Baltic Frontier. Then one local brewer in particular, Põhjala, led the way for other Estonian microbrewers such as Lehe, Koeru and Õllenaut.{{Cite web|url=https://news.err.ee/113322/locally-produced-craft-beer-trend-out-of-the-bottle|title=Locally produced craft beer trend out of the bottle|date=August 6, 2014|website=ERR|access-date=February 16, 2019|archive-date=February 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217084910/https://news.err.ee/113322/locally-produced-craft-beer-trend-out-of-the-bottle|url-status=live}} By 2017 there were nearly 30 microbreweries on the Estonian market, in a country with a population of only 1.2 million. Since 2015 Põhjala Brewery has organised an annual craft beer festival called "Tallinn Craft Beer Weekend".{{Cite web|url=https://www.beer52.com/ferment/article/118/tallincalling|title=Tallinn Calling|website=www.beer52.com|access-date=2019-02-16|archive-date=2019-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217142211/https://www.beer52.com/ferment/article/118/tallincalling|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Beer in Finland}}

The legislation in Finland allows craft breweries to sell their products directly to consumers.{{Cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/fridays_papers_labour_settlement_alcohol_sales_women_earn_most_doctorates/10067165 |title=Friday's papers: Labour settlement, alcohol sales, women earn most doctorates |publisher=Yle News |date=9 February 2018 |access-date=6 May 2018 |archive-date=7 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507003327/https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/fridays_papers_labour_settlement_alcohol_sales_women_earn_most_doctorates/10067165 |url-status=live }}

{{Main|Beer in France}}

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France may be more commonly associated with wine, but its [https://discoverfrancebeyondparis.com/popular-craft-beers-in-france-a-guide/ craft beer scene] is also popular, ranging from classic farmhouse ales to experimental styles infused with local ingredients like lavender or foie gras.

Today, there are hundreds of [https://discoverfrancebeyondparis.com/uncovering-the-delicious-world-of-french-craft-beer-a-bucket-list-for-craft-beer-lovers/ craft breweries] across France. Many draw inspiration from traditional European styles like Belgian saisons and German pilsners, while others experiment with unique ingredients like chestnuts or wildflowers.

{{Main|Beer in Germany}}

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Some microbreweries, such as those in Germany, have been brewing traditionally for hundreds of years. In Germany, there were 901 small breweries in 2010. The Federal Statistical Office defines a small brewery as a brewery with a production of less than 5,000 hectoliters (132,086 US gallons) beer p.a. Small breweries pay a reduced beer tax.

The total market share of the small breweries is less than 1%.{{Cite web |url=http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/DE/Content/Publikationen/Fachveroeffentlichungen/FinanzenSteuern/Steuern/Verbrauchsteuer/Brauwirtschaft2140922107004,property=file.pdf |title=Destatis Fachserie 14 Reihe 9.2.2 |publisher=Destatis.de |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118023243/http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/DE/Content/Publikationen/Fachveroeffentlichungen/FinanzenSteuern/Steuern/Verbrauchsteuer/Brauwirtschaft2140922107004,property=file.pdf |archive-date=2012-01-18 }} 638 of them have a production even less than 1,000 hl (26,417.2 US gal.) p.a. and can be considered as microbreweries in a narrow sense. The figures apply to commercial breweries only and do not include hobby brewing.

About one third of the small breweries have a tradition going back up to 500 years, most of them in Franconia. About two thirds were founded in the last 25 years. The vast majority of small breweries operate in combination with a brewpub.

Whereas in other countries, microbreweries and brewpubs have risen in reaction to the mass production and marketing of beer, in Germany, the traditional brewpub or Brauhaus remains a major source of beer. This is mainly true for the South of Germany, especially the state of Bavaria. Upper Franconia, a district in the Region Franconia in the north of Bavaria, has the highest density of breweries in the world. Upper Franconia has about one million inhabitants and about 200 breweries. Many of them are microbreweries or brewpubs.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bierland-oberfranken.de/deutsch/brauereien/brauereiportraits_46.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140203151747/http://www.bierland-oberfranken.de/deutsch/brauereien/brauereiportraits_46.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-02-03 |title=Brauereien in Oberfranken |trans-title=Breweries in Upper Franconia |publisher=Bierland Oberfranken |language=de }}

{{Main|Beer in Ireland}}

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Ireland has a long history of brewing and in the past two decades, there has been a resurgence in craft breweries. Although the Irish market remains dominated by three multinational brewing concerns (Diageo, Heineken and C&C),{{Cite web |url=http://www.bordbia.info/Craft-Beer-2017 |title=Bord Bia Launches the 2017 Economic Impact of Craft Beer Report |date=17 November 2017 |language=en |access-date=4 June 2018 |archive-date=2 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102055601/http://www.bordbia.info/Craft-Beer-2017/ |url-status=live }} there have been four so-called waves of growth in the Irish craft beer market. The number of microbreweries in Ireland had risen from 15 in 2012 to over 72 by 2017.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bordbia.ie/corporate/press/Pages/IrishCraftBeerSustainingGrowth.aspx |title=Irish Craft Beer sustaining growth |author= |date=16 November 2017 |website=www.bordbia.ie |language=en |access-date=4 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217230605/https://www.bordbia.ie/corporate/press/Pages/IrishCraftBeerSustainingGrowth.aspx |archive-date=2017-12-17 |url-status=dead }} Macro breweries have pursued a policy of forcing craft taps out of pubs, through the use of incentives such as free or discounted kegs offered to publicans to replace craft brewery taps with their own.

{{Main|Beer in Italy}}

In recent years, many microbreweries have opened in Italy, due to increasing beer popularity among young people. According to Coldiretti, microbreweries have grown in ten years by 1900%. There are more than 900 microbreweries active in Italy.{{Cite web |url=http://giovanimpresa.coldiretti.it/pubblicazioni/attualita/pub/accanto-al-colosso-sabmiller-1900-birre-made-in-italy-artigianali/ |title=Accanto al colosso SabMiller, +1900% birre Made in Italy artigianali |author= |date=13 October 2015 |website=giovanimpresa.coldiretti.it |language=it |access-date=9 July 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819164841/http://giovanimpresa.coldiretti.it/pubblicazioni/attualita/pub/accanto-al-colosso-sabmiller-1900-birre-made-in-italy-artigianali/ |archive-date=19 August 2016 }}

{{Main|Beer in Norway}}

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After Oslo Microbrewery was established in 1989, the number of microbreweries in Norway has expanded rapidly and sharply in the recent decades. Interest and expertise among Norwegians about craft brewed beer has risen sharply in a short time, and the old brewery traditions of this country are revived and the traditional brewing yeast kveik rediscovered. However, most craft beers are brewed by imported recipes. Local microbreweries are scattered across Norway, from Lindesnes in the very south, and to the northernmost microbrewery in the world, Svalbard Bryggeri at Svalbard.{{Cite web |url=http://www.drikkeglede.no/norske_bryggerier/ |title=www.drikkeglede.no Bryggerier i Norge |language=no |access-date=9 July 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723123601/http://www.drikkeglede.no/norske_bryggerier |archive-date=23 July 2016 }}

Craft brewing gained popularity in Russia in the mid-2010s. Local craft brews typically sell for between 200 and 300 roubles ($3–4) a pint. At least two dozen craft bars have opened in Moscow since the summer of 2014, serving Russian and foreign microbrews.{{Cite web|language=en|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/17/russia-craft-beer-geeks-drinking-vodka|title=Russia's craft beer revolution: 'The last time people stood in line for beer was in the Soviet Union'|website=The Guardian|date=2016-01-17|access-date=2021-07-15|archive-date=2021-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718054746/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/17/russia-craft-beer-geeks-drinking-vodka|url-status=live}} As of 2021 there are about 250 independent craft breweries in Russia, but the share of craft beer in sales was only 1.5%.{{Cite web|title=Свет в конце тонн эля: как россияне привезли крафтовое пиво в Париж|url=https://pro.rbc.ru/demo/60585aca9a794754ab5a0c1c|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-11|website=РБК Pro|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325112653/https://pro.rbc.ru/demo/60585aca9a794754ab5a0c1c |archive-date=2021-03-25 }}

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In Spain in 2011, the newspaper El País reported a "revolution is occurring in craft beer" (cervezas artesanales){{Cite news |url=http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2011/08/30/actualidad/1314655201_850215.html#despiece1 |title=Llega la revolución de las cervezas artesanales |newspaper=El País |date=30 August 2011 |publisher=Cultura.elpais.com |language=es |access-date=2013-09-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910105743/http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2011/08/30/actualidad/1314655201_850215.html#despiece1 |archive-date=2013-09-10 }} and more recently that by 2013 the trend had extended to the autonomous communities of Catalonia, Valencia, Basque Country, Navarre and Madrid.{{Cite news |url=http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2013/07/27/andalucia/1374920534_950894.html |title=Cerveza de pequeña marca |newspaper=El País |publisher=Ccaa.elpais.com |date=2013-07-27 |access-date=2013-09-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730222418/http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2013/07/27/andalucia/1374920534_950894.html |archive-date=2013-07-30 |last1=Albert |first1=Manuel J. }}

{{Main|Beer in Sweden}}

In Sweden, microbreweries have existed since around 1995. Today, the market is flourishing with many of the nation's regions and cities having their own breweries, such as Gotlands Bryggeri, Jämtlands Bryggeri, Helsingborgs Bryggeri and Wermlands Brygghus. Stefan Persson, the CEO of Swedish clothing chain H&M, has his own microbrewery on his estate in England.{{Cite news|title=Stefan Persson brygger hemma|newspaper=Dagens Industri|url=http://www.di.se/artiklar/2006/2/1/stefan-persson-brygger-hemma/|date=1 February 2006|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013546/http://www.di.se/artiklar/2006/2/1/stefan-persson-brygger-hemma/|archive-date=5 March 2016}}

{{Main|Beer in England|Beer in Wales|Beer in Scotland|Beer in Northern Ireland}}

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The term "microbrewery" originated in the UK in the late 1970s to describe the new generation of small breweries that focused on producing traditional cask ale independently of major brewers or pub chains. In 1972, Martin Sykes established Selby Brewery as the first new independent brewing company in 50 years. "I foresaw the revival in real ale, and got in early", he said.{{Cite encyclopedia |last= Glover|first= Brian|year= 1988 |title = New Beer Guide |encyclopedia= A Guide to Britain's Small Brewery Revolution |publisher= David & Charles |isbn= 0-7153-9147-X|pages= 5–6}} Another early example was the Litchborough Brewery founded by Bill Urquhart in 1974. Alongside commercial brewing, training courses and apprenticeships were offered by Litchborough, with many of the UK movement's early pioneers passing through its courses prior to setting up their own breweries.Brewed In Northants by Mike Brown with Brian Willmott. Brewery History Society (2010) {{ISBN|1-873966-03-2}}

Before the development of large commercial breweries in the UK, beer would have been brewed on the premises from which it was sold. Alewives would put out a sign—a hop pole or ale-wand—to show when their beer was ready. The medieval authorities were more interested in ensuring adequate quality and strength of the beer than discouraging drinking. Gradually men became involved in brewing and organized themselves into guilds such as the Brewers Guild in London of 1342 and the Edinburgh Society of Brewers in 1598; as brewing became more organized and reliable many inns and taverns ceased brewing for themselves and bought beer from these early commercial breweries.Martyn Cornell. Beer: the Story of the Pint

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However, there were some brewpubs which continued to brew their own beer, such as the Blue Anchor in Helston, Cornwall, which was established in 1400 and is regarded as the oldest brewpub in the UK.{{Cite web |url=http://www.spingoales.com/ |title=Blue Anchor |publisher=Spingoales.com |access-date=2012-03-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220065605/http://www.spingoales.com/ |archive-date=2012-02-20 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.quaffale.org.uk/php/brewery/529 |title=Blue Anchor |publisher=Quaffale.org.uk |date=2012-02-23 |access-date=2012-03-16 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083646/http://www.quaffale.org.uk/php/brewery/529 |url-status=live }} In the UK during the 20th century, most of the traditional pubs which brewed their own beer in the brewhouse round the back of the pub, were bought out by larger breweries and ceased brewing on the premises. By the mid-1970s, only four remained: All Nations (Madeley, Shropshire), The Old Swan (Netherton, West Midlands), the Three Tuns (Bishop's Castle, Shropshire) and the Blue Anchor pub (Helston, Cornwall).Neil Hanson (ed), Good Beer Guide 1985, CAMRA, 1984. {{ISBN|0-9509584-0-9}}.

The trend toward larger brewing companies started to change during the 1970s, when the popularity of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)'s campaign for traditional brewing methods, and the success of Michael Jackson's World Guide to Beer encouraged brewers in the UK, such as Peter Austin, to form their own small breweries or brewpubs. In 1979, a chain of UK brewpubs, known as the "Firkin" pubs, started,{{Cite web|url=http://www.quaffale.org.uk/breweries/firkin.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011225014622/http://www.quaffale.org.uk/breweries/firkin.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 25, 2001|title=Firkin Brewery|date=December 25, 2001}} running to over one hundred at the chain's peak; however, the chain was sold and eventually its pubs ceased brewing their own beer.

Some British brewpubs specialize in ale, while others brew continental lagers and wheat beers. The Ministry of Ales, Burnley;{{Cite web|title=LFW Travel Guides – Burnley, Turf Moor|url=http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queensparkrangers/news/33073/lfw-travel-guides--burnley-turf-moor|work=Loft For Words|publisher=FansNetwork|access-date=13 March 2014|date=October 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313170740/http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queensparkrangers/news/33073/lfw-travel-guides--burnley-turf-moor|archive-date=13 March 2014}} The Masons Arms in Headington, Oxford;{{Cite news|title=Ale campaigners fear Headington pub site will be turned into housing|url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10702044.Ale_campaigners_fear_pub_site_will_be_turned_into_housing/|access-date=13 March 2014|newspaper=Oxford Mail|date=27 September 2013|author=Thomas Burrows|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313165322/http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10702044.Ale_campaigners_fear_pub_site_will_be_turned_into_housing/|archive-date=13 March 2014}} The Brunswick Inn, Derby (in 2010, half of the beers sold by the establishment were brewed on-site);{{Cite news|title=Derbyshire pub guide: The Brunswick Inn, Derby|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/pubs/7307660/Derbyshire-pub-guide-The-Brunswick-Inn-Derby.html|access-date=13 March 2014|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=26 February 2010|author=Adrian Tierney-Jones|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422024428/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/pubs/7307660/Derbyshire-pub-guide-The-Brunswick-Inn-Derby.html|archive-date=22 April 2014}} The Watermill pub, Ings Cumbria;{{Cite news|title=The Watermill Inn, Ings, Cumbria|url=https://witness.theguardian.com/assignment/52144e3be4b055bf6bac8603/503682|access-date=13 March 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313171455/https://witness.theguardian.com/assignment/52144e3be4b055bf6bac8603/503682|archive-date=2014-03-13}} and the Old Cannon Brewery, Bury St Edmunds{{Cite news|title=Beer festival launches tomorrow evening at Old Cannon brewery in Bury St Edmunds|url=http://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/local/latest-news/beer-festival-launches-tomorrow-evening-at-old-cannon-brewery-in-bury-st-edmunds-1-5402898|access-date=13 March 2014|newspaper=Bury Free Press|date=22 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313171339/http://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/local/latest-news/beer-festival-launches-tomorrow-evening-at-old-cannon-brewery-in-bury-st-edmunds-1-5402898|archive-date=13 March 2014|df=dmy-all}} are some examples of small independent brewpubs in the UK.

The city of Bristol was identified by The Guardian in May 2014 as an area where the microbrewery industry had flourished. Ten brewpubs, such as Zerodegrees, The Tobacco Factory, Copper Jacks Crafthouse and The Urban Standard, were identified as thriving Bristol craft beer establishments.{{Cite news|title=Top 10 craft beer pubs in Bristol|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/may/26/top-10-craft-beer-pubs-bristol?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2|access-date=29 May 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=26 May 2014|author=Bristol Monday Night Club|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529161621/http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/may/26/top-10-craft-beer-pubs-bristol?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2|archive-date=29 May 2014}}

The East End of London has also been a place for speciality craft beers and unique independent pubs and breweries. Again The Guardian has a list of Craft Beer pubs in East London{{Cite news|title=Top 10 craft beer pubs in East London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/nov/06/top-10-craft-beer-pubs-east-london|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204171531/https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/nov/06/top-10-craft-beer-pubs-east-london|archive-date=2017-02-04}} with local East End tour companies also showing the distinct food and craft beer pubs to London visitors with Craft Beer Tours.{{Cite web|title=London Craft Beer Tours|url=http://www.alternativeldn.com/london_craft_beer/london_pub_tours.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224120552/http://www.alternativeldn.com/london_craft_beer/london_pub_tours.php|archive-date=2016-12-24}}

In the UK there are no firm criteria for what defines a "craft beer".{{Cite news |work=Morning Advertiser |url=https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2019/01/25/How-is-craft-beer-defined |title=How 'craft beer' is defined |date=25 January 2019 |first=Nikkie |last=Sutton |access-date=2020-11-15 |archive-date=2021-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127112119/https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2019/01/25/How-is-craft-beer-defined |url-status=live }} In 2019 CAMRA allowed craft keg beers to be sold at its Great British Beer Festival for the first time. Festival organiser Catherine Tonry said: "People coming to the festival love beer in all forms and types of dispense."{{Cite web|url=https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2019/06/03/Craft-keg-beer-allowed-at-CAMRA-GBBF-for-the-first-time|title=CAMRA yields to allow live craft keg beer at GBBF|website=morningadvertiser.co.uk|date=3 June 2019 |access-date=2019-12-29|archive-date=2021-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613135041/https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2019/06/03/Craft-keg-beer-allowed-at-CAMRA-GBBF-for-the-first-time|url-status=live}}

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Jordan has several companies producing beer,{{Cite web|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/6/23/jordanian-craft-brewer-brings-beer-back-to-its-birthplace.html|last=Pizzi|first=Michael|date=23 June 2015|title=Jordanian Brewer Brings Beer Back to Birthplace|work=Al Jazeera America|access-date=27 October 2018|archive-date=7 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907061343/http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/6/23/jordanian-craft-brewer-brings-beer-back-to-its-birthplace.html|url-status=live}} the oldest being the Jordan Brewery Company, which built the first Amstel beer factory outside the Netherlands in 1958 in Zarqa, and which also produces Petra, the oldest local brew of Jordan.{{Cite news |last1=Crowcroft |first1=Orlando |title=6 top beers in the Middle East and North Africa |url=https://travel.cnn.com/6-top-beers-middle-east-and-north-africa-875926/ |access-date=27 October 2018 |work=CNN Travel |date=5 June 2013 |language=en |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221175857/http://travel.cnn.com/6-top-beers-middle-east-and-north-africa-875926/ |url-status=live }} Jordan's first microbrewery, Carakale Brewery, was established in 2010 in Fuheis.{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-c1-middle-east-beer-20140505-m-story.html|last=Bulos|first=Nabih|title=A beer pioneer launches Jordan's first microbrewery|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=27 October 2018|date=5 May 2014|archive-date=11 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111195029/https://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-c1-middle-east-beer-20140505-m-story.html|url-status=live}}

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In Turkey, craft beers became popular in present-day; Gara Guzu, Feliz Kulpa, Antiochs, Pablo and Graf are some Turkish craft beer brands.

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By the early 1980s, 97% of Canadian beer was produced by Labatt and Molson. The first microbrewery was the short-lived Horseshoe Bay Brewery, which was opened in 1981 by Frank Appleton and John Mitchell next to the Troller Pub in North Vancouver.{{Cite book | last =Coutts | first =Ian | author-link = Ian Coutts (writer) | title =Brew North: How Canadians Made Beer and Beer Made Canada | publisher =Greystone Books | date =2010 | isbn =978-1-55365-467-4 | url-access =registration | url =https://archive.org/details/brewnorthhowcana0000cout }} It closed after a year, but Mitchell and Appleton, along with Paul Hadfield, opened the Spinnaker Brewpub in Victoria in 1984. A number of other microbreweries subsequently opened between 1984 and 1987, including Granville Island (Vancouver), Big Rock (Calgary), Brick (Waterloo, Ontario), Upper Canada (Toronto), and Wellington County (Guelph, Ontario).

Over the next twenty years there was steady if not spectacular growth, and by 2006 there were 88 small breweries across Canada, most of them in British Columbia, Québec and Ontario. In the second decade of the century, breweries began to appear in every province at an exponential rate, and by 2018, there were over 700 breweries across Canada producing more than 20 million hectolitres.{{Cite web | url =http://theconversation.com/why-canadas-craft-beer-explosion-isnt-leading-to-big-acquisitions-93888 | title =Why Canada's craft beer explosion isn't leading to big acquisitions | last1 =Weersink | first1 =Alfons | last2 =von Massow | first2 =Michael | date =2018-04-01 | website =The Conversation | access-date =2019-12-23 | quote =The current production of approximately 20 million hectolitres of beer in Canada is close to 1985 levels but more than 700 breweries are now brewing it. | archive-date =2019-12-24 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20191224034634/http://theconversation.com/why-canadas-craft-beer-explosion-isnt-leading-to-big-acquisitions-93888 | url-status =live }} Several provinces have associations representing craft brewers, including the Ontario Craft Brewers (OCB), and the BC Craft Brewers Guild.

Since it is a provincial, not a federal, responsibility to regulate the sale of alcohol, the exact definition of small brewery, microbrewery, macrobrewery and nanobrewery, which is defined by the number of hectolitres produced, varies from province to province.

Several of the more successful microbreweries have been bought by MolsonCoors, AB InBev, and Sapporo, including Granville Island (Vancouver),{{Cite news | last =Ebner | first =David | title =Molson Buys Granville Island brewery | newspaper =Globe & Mail | location =Toronto | date =2009-10-19 | url =https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/molson-buys-granville-island-brewery/article4289626/ | access-date =2019-12-23 | archive-date =2020-11-11 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20201111212124/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/molson-buys-granville-island-brewery/article4289626/ | url-status =live }} Mill Street (Toronto),{{Cite news | last =Freeman | first =Sunny | title =Mill Street loses indie appeal with Labatt takeover, gains access to new customers | newspaper =Toronto Star | date =2015-10-09 | url =https://www.thestar.com/business/2015/10/09/labatt-buys-mill-street-brewery.html | access-date =2019-12-23 | archive-date =2019-12-24 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20191224034635/https://www.thestar.com/business/2015/10/09/labatt-buys-mill-street-brewery.html | url-status =live }} and Creemore Springs (Creemore, Ontario);{{Cite news | title =Molson buys Creemore Springs Brewery | newspaper =CBC News | location =Toronto | date =2005-04-22 | url =https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/molson-buys-creemore-springs-brewery-1.560390 | access-date =2019-12-23 | archive-date =2021-01-22 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20210122230854/https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/molson-buys-creemore-springs-brewery-1.560390 | url-status =live }} although the new owners often claim that these operations are still craft breweries, their membership in the relevant provincial craft brewers' association is immediately terminated due to rules requiring independent ownership.{{Cite web |url=https://beerwinnipeg.com/2015/10/15/defining-craft-beer-in-canada/ |title=Defining Craft Beer in Canada |author= |date=15 October 2015 |website=BeerWinnipeg |access-date=22 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112082829/https://beerwinnipeg.com/2015/10/15/defining-craft-beer-in-canada/ |archive-date=12 January 2017 }}

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In the 1990s craft beer began being produced and consumed in central Mexico, with the trend spreading throughout the country. The main producers are in Baja California, Jalisco and Mexico City. Most beer produced is exported to the United States, and the development of the craft beer industry was not aided by the presence of two large beer consortia in the country. In 2009, craft beer accounted for only 0.05% of total production. The National Association of Craft Beer Producers (Asociación Nacional de Creadores de Cerveza Artesanal) was established to support and promote the industry in Mexico.

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In the US, the craft beer movement was revived in 1965, subsequent to an earlier American era, when Fritz Maytag acquired the Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco, thereby saving it from closure. American craft beer drinkers tend to have higher average incomes and demographically skew white, male, and Generation X; however, trends show an increasingly racially and ethnically diverse, female, and millennial demographic profile.{{Cite book|last1=Barajas|first1=J.M.|last2=Boeing|first2=G.|last3=Wartell|first3=J.|date=2017|chapter=Neighborhood Change, One Pint at a Time: The Impact of Local Characteristics on Craft Breweries|chapter-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317570500|editor1-last=Chapman|editor1-first=N.G.|editor2-last=Lellock|editor2-first=J.S.|editor3-last=Lippard|editor3-first=C.D.|title=Untapped: Exploring the Cultural Dimensions of Craft Beer|location=Morgantown, WV|publisher=West Virginia University Press|pages=155–176|doi=10.2139/ssrn.2936427|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826074717/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317570500_Neighborhood_Change_One_Pint_at_a_Time_The_Impact_of_Local_Characteristics_on_Craft_Breweries|archive-date=2017-08-26|arxiv=1802.03140|s2cid=54645209}}{{When|date=March 2025|reason=We need context here on when it tended to be that demo and when it became increasingly diverse}}

In a June 2014 interview, the owner of an Oregon-based microbrewery explained: "You've got to do more than just make great beer. It's really about innovation, creativity—stepping outside the box of traditional beer marketing", while an employee explained that "heart and soul" is the essence of the operation.{{Cite web|title=Silver Moon: A Beer Apart|url=http://www.inc.com/businessmoves/silver-moon-a-beer-apart.html|website=Inc.com|publisher=Monsueto Ventures|access-date=21 June 2014|format=Video upload|date=19 June 2014|archive-date=6 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106030101/http://www.inc.com/businessmoves/silver-moon-a-beer-apart.html|url-status=live}}

The turnaround of the Anchor Brewing Company in 1965, after Maytag acquired it, is considered a turning point for American beer, due to the revival of craft beer in the US, where microbrewing boomed after then-president Jimmy Carter deregulated the beer market in 1979.{{Cite journal|last=Klemp|first=K. Florian|title=Barley Wine|journal=All About Beer|date=1 January 2008|volume=28|series=Stylistically Speaking|issue=6|url=http://allaboutbeer.com/article/barley-wine/|access-date=29 April 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429184224/http://allaboutbeer.com/article/barley-wine/|archive-date=29 April 2014}} During the same period, others turned to homebrewing and eventually a few of these brewers started to produce on a slightly larger scale. For inspiration, they turned to the centuries-old tradition of artisan beer and cask ale production that was continuing in the UK, Germany and Belgium.{{Cite journal|last=Stack |first=Martin H. |title=A Concise History of America's Brewing Industry |journal=Economic History (EH.net) Encyclopedia |date=July 2003 |url=http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/stack.brewing.industry.history.us |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116094501/http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/stack.brewing.industry.history.us |archive-date=2013-01-16 }}

The New Albion Brewing Company was founded in 1976 and served as a blueprint for American brewers to build small-scale commercial breweries.{{Cite web |url=http://observer.com/2011/02/slideshow-new-yorks-beer-debt-to-california/#slide2 |title=New York's Beer Debt to California |author=Acitelli, Tom |year=2011 |publisher=New York Observer |access-date=May 11, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014130754/http://observer.com/2011/02/slideshow-new-yorks-beer-debt-to-california/#slide2 |archive-date=October 14, 2012 }}{{Cite book |last=Ogle |first=Maureen |year=2006 |title=Ambitious Brew: the story of American beer |location=Orlando |publisher=Harcourt |pages=[https://archive.org/details/ambitiousbrewsto00maur/page/291 291–99] |isbn=0-15-101012-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/ambitiousbrewsto00maur/page/291 }} The popularity of these products was such that the trend quickly spread and a large number of small breweries were founded, often attached to a bar (known as a "brewpub") where the product could be sold directly. As microbreweries proliferated, some became more than microbreweries, necessitating the creation of the broader category of craft beer.{{Citation needed|date=May 2014}}

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American microbreweries typically distribute through a wholesaler in a traditional three-tier system, others act as their own distributor (wholesaler) and sell to retailers or directly to the consumer through a tap room, attached restaurant, or off-premises sales. Because alcohol control is left up to the states, the laws have many state-to-state differences."Consumer Information." Alcohol Laws by State. Web. 17 Feb. 2015. <http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0388-alcohol-laws-state>{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }};. Following the federal US government shutdown on October 1, 2013, craft beer producers were forced into an activity lull due to the closure of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), an arm of the Treasury Department. The TTB is responsible for approving new breweries, recipes, and labels.{{Cite news|title=Shutdown means no new beer from craft brewers|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/shutdown-means-no-new-beer-craft-brewers|access-date=12 October 2013|agency=Associated Press|date=9 October 2013|author=Carrie Antlfinger|author2=Todd Richmond|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012125807/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/shutdown-means-no-new-beer-craft-brewers|archive-date=12 October 2013}} Interest spread to the US, and in 1982, Grant's Brewery Pub in Yakima, Washington was opened, reviving the US "brewery taverns" of well-known early Americans as William Penn, Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry. Growth was initially slow—the fifth US brewpub (BridgePort Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon) opened in 1984,{{Cite web|url=https://www.travelportland.com/directory/bridgeport-brewing-co/|title=BridgePort Brewing Co.|website=Travel Portland|access-date=2018-05-10|archive-date=2018-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081051/https://www.travelportland.com/directory/bridgeport-brewing-co/|url-status=live}} and Dock Street Brewing Company was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1985 {{Cite web |url=http://www.dockstreetbeer.com/about-dock-street |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020025355/http://www.dockstreetbeer.com/about-dock-street |archive-date=2021-10-20 |title=About Dock Street |publisher=DockStreetBeer.com}} by Rosemarie Certo and Jeffrey Ware, and continues to operate today with multiple locations in Philadelphia, then Triple Rock in 1986,{{Cite web |url=http://triplerock.com/?page_id=24 |title=1st Five Brewpubs |publisher=Triplerock.com |access-date=2013-09-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026010043/http://triplerock.com/?page_id=24 |archive-date=2013-10-26 }} but the growth since then has been considerable: the Brewers Association reports that in 2012 there were 2,075 regional craft breweries, microbreweries and brewpubs in the US

Craft brewing is most established in the US, where changes to US law laid the foundations for the expansion of craft brewing. The 1978 Carter homebrewing law allowed for small amounts of beer and wine, and, in 1979, Carter signed a bill to deregulate the brewing industry, making it easier to start new breweries,{{Cite web|url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2010/08/how-jimmy-carter-saved-craft-beer/19195/|title=How Jimmy Carter Saved Craft Beer – Max Fisher|publisher=The Atlantic Wire|date=2010-08-05|access-date=2013-09-18|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921032041/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2010/08/how-jimmy-carter-saved-craft-beer/19195/|archive-date=2013-09-21}} although states could still enact local restrictions. As a result of deregulation, homebrewing became a popular hobby in the 1980s and 1990s, and, in the mid-1990s, homebrewers launched business ventures based on home-based hobby brewing.

File:Yuengling Brewery.jpg is the oldest operating brewing company in the US, established in 1829. It is also the largest craft brewer and the 6th largest brewing company.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brewersassociation.org/press-releases/brewers-association-releases-top-50-breweries-of-2016/|title=Brewers Association Releases Top 50 Breweries of 2016|work=Brewers Association |date=15 March 2017|publisher=brewersassociation.org|access-date=15 December 2019|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111233009/https://www.brewersassociation.org/press-releases/brewers-association-releases-top-50-breweries-of-2016/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://nepascene.com/2019/03/yuengling-no-1-craft-brewing-company-us-6th-overall-brewery-nationwide-sales/|title=Yuengling is still No. 1 craft brewing company in U.S. and 6th overall brewery in nationwide sales|date=March 13, 2019|access-date=December 17, 2019|archive-date=December 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217202405/https://nepascene.com/2019/03/yuengling-no-1-craft-brewing-company-us-6th-overall-brewery-nationwide-sales/|url-status=live}}]]

In 1979, 89 breweries existed in the US—the Brewers Association reports that in March 2013 a total of 2,416 US breweries were in operation, with 2,360 considered craft breweries (98 percent—1,124 brewpubs, 1,139 microbreweries, and 97 regional craft breweries).{{Cite web |url=http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/media/press-releases/show?title=brewers-association-reports-2012-mid-year-growth-for-u-s-craft-brewers |title=Brewers Association |date=2 August 2012 |publisher=brewersassociation.org |access-date=2013-05-19 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511000550/http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/media/press-releases/show?title=brewers-association-reports-2012-mid-year-growth-for-u-s-craft-brewers |archive-date=2013-05-11 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/craft-brewing-statistics/number-of-breweries |title=Brewers Association | Number of Breweries |work=brewersassociation.org |year=2011 |access-date=28 January 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121000545/http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/craft-brewing-statistics/number-of-breweries |archive-date=21 January 2013 }} By 2015, the number of US craft breweries had grown to over 4,000. Additionally, craft brewers sold more than {{convert|15,600,000|USbeerbbl|L USgal}} of beer, which represented approximately 7.8% of the US market by volume.{{Cite web|last=Association|first=Brewers|title=Number of Breweries|date=13 March 2014|url=http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/media/press-releases/show?title=brewers-association-announces-2013-craft-brewer-growth|access-date=10 May 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416210802/https://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/media/press-releases/show?title=brewers-association-announces-2013-craft-brewer-growth|archive-date=16 April 2014}} In 2007 the largest American craft brewery was the Boston Beer Company, makers of Samuel Adams.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/source/features/2007/beer-madness/index.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Beer Madness: 32 beers compete for the top seat |year=2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825175830/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/source/features/2007/beer-madness/index.html |archive-date=2016-08-25 }} The West Coast has the most craft breweries and the Deep South has the fewest.

The Brewers Association defines American craft brewers as "small, independent and traditional": "small" is defined as an "annual production of 6 million barrels of beer or less"; "independent" is defined as at least 75% owned or controlled by a craft brewer; and "traditional" is defined as brewing in which at least 50% of the beer's volume consists of "traditional or innovative" ingredients. This definition includes older microbreweries, which traditionally produce small quantities of beer and other breweries of various sizes and specialties.{{Cite encyclopedia|last=Oliver|first=Garrett|editor-first=Garrett|editor-last=Oliver|year=2011|title=Craft brewing|encyclopedia=The Oxford Companion to Beer|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-536713-3|page=271}}

The Brewers Association defines four markets within American craft brewing: microbreweries, with an annual production less than {{convert|15000|USbeerbbl|L USgal}}; brewpubs, which sell 25% or more of their beer on site; regional craft breweries, which make between {{convert|15000|USbeerbbl|L USgal}} and {{convert|6000000|USbeerbbl |L USgal}}, of which at least 50% is all malt or contains adjuncts that are used only to enhance flavor; and contract brewing companies, which hire other breweries to make their beer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/craft-brewing-statistics/market-segments|title=Brewers Association | Market Segments|work=brewersassociation.org |year=2011|access-date=21 July 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718215423/http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/craft-brewing-statistics/market-segments|archive-date=18 July 2011}}

In March 2014, the Brewers Association (B.A.) updated the definition of craft beer to remove any references to the use of adjuncts in the brewing process. The change allows long-established breweries, such as Yuengling, to be defined as craft beer. The B.A. statement read:

The idea that brewers who had been in business for generations didn't qualify as "traditional" simply did not cohere for many members. Brewers have long brewed with what has been available to them. (Since the Brewers Association doesn't define craft beer, that idea remains up to the beer drinker. The definition doesn't differentiate what beer craft brewers brew, as long as most of what they make is beer.) The revised definition also provides room for the innovative capabilities of craft brewers to develop new beer styles and be creative within existing beer styles. The revised definition removes the subjective assessment by Brewers Association staff of whether adjuncts "enhance" or "lighten" flavor in a particular beer.{{Cite web|author1=Chris Crowell|title=Brewers Association updates 'craft beer' definition; focus on ownership, adjunct acceptance |url=http://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/news/brewers-association-updates-craft-beer-definition-focus-ownership-adjunct-acceptance/|website=Craft Brewing Business|publisher=CBB Media LLC|access-date=14 June 2014|date=10 March 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601102403/http://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/news/brewers-association-updates-craft-beer-definition-focus-ownership-adjunct-acceptance/|archive-date=1 June 2014}}

The B.A. decision also included an updated mission statement and market share goals for the industry. Association members committed to striving for a goal of 20 percent market share by 2020, and Gary Fish, owner of Deschutes Brewery and 2014 chair of the BA Board, explained:

The 20-by-20 objective is an aspirational goal for our craft community, with an inspiring symmetry. I'm convinced this goal is within our reach if we, as an industry, continue to focus on our strengths and passions—making and delivering high-quality, innovative, full-flavored beer to craft beer enthusiasts. ... Additionally, by noting a commitment to quality and clarifying the place of homebrewers and brewing enthusiasts, we further acknowledge the critical role each plays in the health and growth of the craft brewing industry.

The Brewers Association reported that craft beer production doubled between 2011 and 2016, with the number of breweries growing from 2,000 in 2011 to 5,200 in 2016. The craft breweries are also seeing an increase in beer tourism, seasonal brews, and a marketing effort to get more women involved in beer production.{{Cite news |author= |url=http://www.crains.com/article/news/small-brewers-become-big-business-craft-beer-industry |title=Small brewers become big business in craft beer industry |work=Crain |publisher=Crain Communications Inc |date=2017-12-18 |access-date=2017-12-21 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051126/http://www.crains.com/article/news/small-brewers-become-big-business-craft-beer-industry |archive-date=2017-12-22 }}

In 2024, the U.S. craft beer industry experienced its largest production decline in history outside the COVID-19 pandemic, with output falling 4% to 23.1 million barrels, according to the Brewers Association.{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=John |title=Craft beer market declines 4% in 2024, hitting all-time low |url=https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2025/04/15/craft-beer-breweries-decline-2024 |website=Axios Denver |date=2025-04-15 |access-date=2025-04-16}} The number of small, independent breweries decreased for the first time in two decades, with 501 closures compared to 434 openings, reflecting market saturation and shifting consumer preferences, particularly among younger drinkers.{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=John |title=Craft beer market declines 4% in 2024, hitting all-time low |url=https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2025/04/15/craft-beer-breweries-decline-2024 |website=Axios Denver |date=2025-04-15 |access-date=2025-04-16}} Despite these challenges, craft beer's market share accounted for 25% of total retail sales, driven partly by nonalcoholic beer offerings.

In recent years, Colombia has seen a significant boom in the production and consumption of craft beer, with cities such as Medellín standing out as epicenters of this trend. The growth of small breweries has been driven by consumers' desire to experience more authentic and higher quality flavors, moving away from traditional industrial options. Medellín, in particular, has seen an increase in [https://www.cerveceriafesta.com/post/cerveza-artesanal-inspirada-en-el-folclor-colombiano-un-viaje-de-sabores-y-tradiciones-%C3%BAnicas craft beer culture], with specialized bars and festivals dedicated to promoting the various local and national brands. This trend has transformed the city into a must-visit destination for craft beer lovers.

One of the breweries that has gained recognition in this movement is [https://www.cerveceriafesta.com/ Cervecería FESTA], founded in Medellín with a focus on the production of premium craft beer. Inspired by Colombian culture and folklore, FESTA distinguishes itself by offering an authentic and unique experience, brewing beers that seek to reflect the essence of the country. Despite being a relatively new brewery, FESTA has managed to capture the attention of fans thanks to its commitment to quality and innovation, positioning itself as a benchmark within the city's growing beer scene.

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Sales of craft beer represent an estimated 5%, and growing, of the total sales in the Australian beer market.{{cite web | url=https://www.deloitte.com/au/en/Industries/consumer-products/perspectives/craft-beer-australia-going-from-strength-to-strength.html | title=Craft beer in Australia | Deloitte Australia | Consumer Business, Agribusiness }}

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• [http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/small-bountiful-small-business-craft-beer Small Is Bountiful] (January 2015), The New Yorker. "American craft breweries collectively now sell more than 16.1 million barrels of beer annually, outpacing, for the first time, Budweiser."
• Untapped: Exploring the Cultural Dimensions of Craft Beer edited by Nathaniel G. Chapman, J. Slade Lellock, and Cameron D. Lippard, 2017, West Virginia University Press
• Comparative analysis of mycotoxin, pesticide, and elemental content of Canarian craft and Spanish mainstream beer by Eva Pablo Alonso González, Eva Parga Dans, Iván de las Heras Tranche, Andrea Carolina Acosta-Dacal, Ángel Rodríguez Hernández, Ana Macías Montes, Manuel Zumbado Peña, Octavio Pérez Luzardo [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214750023000331?via%3Dihub]

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