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Craft Beer Boom: 1,000 New Breweries in 2018

3/4/2026

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  • In 2018, Averie Swanson began planning her brewery, Keeping Together, amid a changing craft beer landscape.
  • Despite a slight decline in overall beer consumption, small breweries produced more beer than in previous years.
  • The Brewers Association described this period as "mature and stable" growth, with approximately a thousand new breweries opening that year.