Why Aren’t There More Contract Brewers?
According to the Brewer’s Association, 117 breweries contract brewed some or all of their production1 in 2009. That’s out of 1,558 total craft breweries in the United States. Contract brewery sales accounted for 365,132 barrels out of a total of 9,115,635 barrels for the entire craft beer segment. That’s only 4% of craft beer production.
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