Craft Beer
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Craft beer is beer sold to the public that is produced by a brewpub, microbrewery or regional brewer. Craft beers are typically all-malt beers that started in microbreweries or brewpubs. The success of these small brewers eventually led some to expand to regional breweries, and the term craft beer was coined to distinguish the distinctive products of these new micro- and regional breweries from the products of traditionally large breweries.
Prior to prohibition, thousands of small breweries existed throughout the United States. Post prohibition, beer brewing was dominated by just a handful of major brewers making a small selection of beer styles - usually Pilsners with large amounts of rice and corn added. After President Carter lifted the prohibition on homebrewing in 1978, the resurgence of homebrewing brought with it a new demand for beer styles from throughout the world. To meet this need, microbreweries and brewpubs started to pop up in the 1980's and 1990's throughout the country providing a huge selection of beer styles. Some of the more successful small breweries eventually expanded to become regional breweries.
Craft Breweries
Please include city, state and country if appropriate.
- Bold City Brewery - Jacksonville, FL
- Intuition Ale Works - Jacksonville, FL
- Seven Bridges - Jacksonville, FL
- River City Brewing Company - Jacksonville, FL
- Niagara's Best Beer - St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
- Airdale Brewing Company - San Diego, CA
- Anchor Brewing Company - San Francisco, CA
- Sierra Nevada Brewing - Chico, CA
- Stone Brewing Company - San Diego, CA
- Russian River Brewing Company - Santa Rosa, CA
- Caldera Brewing - Ashland, OR
- Rogue Ales - Newport, OR
- Cambridge Brewing Company - Cambridge, MA
- Great Lakes Brewing Co - Cleveland, OH
- Shipyard Brewing Company - Maine
- Smuttynose Brewing Company - Portsmouth, NH
- Arbor Brewing Company - Ann Arbor, MI
- Arcadia Brewing Company - Battle Creek, MI
- Bells Brewing Inc - Kalamazoo, MI
- Dark Horse Brewing Company - Marshall, MI
- Dragonmead Microbrewery - Warren, MI
- Founders Brewing - Grand Rapids, MI
- Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales - Dexter, MI
- Michigan Brewing Company - Webberville, MI
- New Holland Brewing Company - Holland, MI
- New Glarus Brewing Company - New Glarus, WI
- Wigram Brewing Company - Christchurch, New Zealand
- Emerson's Brewery Limited - Dunedin, New Zealand
- Three Boys Brewery - Christchurch, New Zealand
- The Yeastie Boys - Wellington, New Zealand
See Also
External Links
- Brewers Association - US Craft Brewers Association
- Craft Beer Radio - Podcast
- Beertown Craft Beer Industry Statistics
- Real Beer New Zealand- Premier NZ Home-brewing and craft beer website
