What makes a craft brewery?
According to the American Brewers Association definition, a craft brewery is a small and independent brewer. Small means an annual production of 6 million barrels of beer or less. Beer production is attributed to a brewer. Independent means that less than 25 percent of the craft brewery is owned or controlled by people who are not a craft brewer. The brewer is registered with the Tax and Trade Bureau and makes beer. In British Columbia, Canada, the Craft Brewers Guild restricts membership to those who produce under 200,000 HL annually and the company must be at least 51% BC owned. Vermont Pub and Brewery in Burlington, Vermont during COVID Our instructor, Nick Poslowski, at the University of Vermont Business of Craft Beer School, asked us, his students: What makes a Craft Brewery? My fellow students answered: quality/ experimentation, local-ness, and community: Quality and experimentation “The most resounding themes in craft brewing are continued learning, quality over quan