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Article: Association of Brewers Reports U.S. Craft Beer Production Grows 3.4 percent
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 5, 2004
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BOULDER, Colo., April 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. craft beer
industry saw a 3.4 percent growth in production in 2003, according to
figures gathered and released by the Association of Brewers this
week. Craft beer, often referred to as "microbrews," celebrates its
34th year of consecutive growth.
"2003 was a difficult year for the beer industry, but it was
another solid year for craft breweries," comments Paul Gatza,
director of the Association of Brewers. "Overall consumption was
down, and import's growth rate of 1.9 percent was the lowest figure
for import growth in 12 years. What this means is that craft beers