March 28th, 2006
Categorized under: Brewery, press release
Craft Beer article on CNN
A good article appeared on CNN today from an AP reporter. It discusses the resurgence of the craft beer industry.
Craft Beer Industry Enjoys Resurgence
PORTLAND, Maine – Like most small breweries, Gritty McDuff’s went through a lull as sales of craft beer leveled off in the late 1990s. Now Gritty’s and the craft beer industry as a whole are enjoying a resurgence, with sales growing at their fastest pace in a decade.
Production of craft beer — those specialty brews typically made in small regional or local breweries — grew by 9 percent last year, the biggest jump since 1996, when the microbrewery fad of the ’90s was still going full tilt. Mainstream beer sales, meanwhile, fell slightly.
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