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Article: Draft beer - a microbrewer's headache? (Small-Scale Brewing in America)
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- Modern Brewery Age
- Article date:
- May 13, 1991
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Draft Beer - A Microbrewer's Headache?
Most microbreweries start their packaging operations with only a kegging line. Some refrain from installing a bottling line indefinitely, electing instead to bottle at another brewery. In large part, this is because draft beer is generally more profitable (per unit) for microbrewers.
Draft beer is a carbonated malt beverage that contains alcohol. The main objective is to serve draft beer to the consumer in the same condition in which it leaves the brewery. The surest way to do this is to become familiar with the basics of draft beer.
Draft beer does not improve with age. On the contrary, it tastes the best ...