American Craft Beer and Impact on Hops

As of mid-December 2012, there were 2,751 breweries with active operating permits in the United States – more than any other time in American history, according to the Beer Institute, an industry research group.

Most of the nearly 2,300 breweries that have opened in the past 20 years are small craft breweries, which collectively still produce a minor percentage of beer relative to the major breweries in the U.S...

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