date:Jul 22, 2013
About 30 years ago, U.S. beer lovers wanting to create their own drinks started taking over abandoned old buildings in rundown city districts, refitted them with tanks, kettles and casks, and started churning out beer. The byproduct was a boom in craft beer drinkers: Barrels shipped have more than doubled in the past decade, according to trade publication Beer Marketers Insights. Craft beer now makes up nearly 7 percent of the slow-growing U.S. beer market.
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