Source: TRIAD BUSINESS JOUNRAL, 8/4/17


Craft-beer production increased 5 percent nationwide in the first half of 2017 — a figure that represents another slowdown in the rate of growth even as the number of breweries popping up nationally boomed by nearly 20 percent over the past year.
The Brewers Association, the Boulder-based industry group for smaller and local brewers, reported the figures Tuesday just as pre-sales began for tickets to its biggest annual event, the Great American Beer Festival …

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