- A microbrewery, or
craft brewery, is a modern brewery which produces a limited amount of
beer.
- The maximum amount of
beer a brewery can produce and still be classed as a microbrewery varies
by region and by authority, though is usually around 15,000 barrels
(18,000 hectolitres/ 475,000 US gallons) a year.
- Micro or craft
breweries have adopted a different marketing strategy than large,
mass-market breweries, offering products that compete on the basis of
quality and diversity, instead of low price and advertising.
- In common-sense terms,
a microbrewery is a small craft brewery which seeks the support of
informed beer consumers." / "A beer maker with limited capacity whose
products are typically distributed within a restricted geographic
region.
- Craft Beer is an
American term which is also common in Canada and New Zealand and
generally refers to beer that is brewed without adjuncts and with an eye
to beer style rather than mass appeal.
- Microbreweries sell to
the public by one or more of the following methods: the traditional
three-tier system (brewer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer); the
two-tier system (brewer acting as wholesaler to retailer to consumer);
and, directly to the consumer through carry outs and/or on-site tap-room
or restaurant sales.
- Growth of the craft
beer industry was 12% by volume and 16% in dollars.
- The craft beer industry
eclipsed 8 million barrels of craft beer produced in the U.S.
- Companies that started
the year in the microbrewery segment grew over 20% in 2007, showing
great interest in local brewers.
- Craft beer sales share
is 3.8% by volume and 5.9% by dollars.
- A microbrewery in
eastern Germany has found success with a new niche product.
- Microbreweries tend to
have some exposures that apply specifically to them. For example, the
danger of a possible breakdown in machinery, specifically the grinding
mills, water tanks, brew kettles, conditioning tanks, serving tanks,
taps and especially boilers.
- The brewing process
depends on specific ingredients to produce the desired type of beer.
Some of these include malted barley, hops, yeast, sugar, etc. Therefore,
microbreweries depend on many suppliers to make their beer.
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