The Craft and Quality of Beer

People have been producing and drinking beer around the world since ancient times. Many beers today are produced by large, mainstream brewing companies, but an increasing number are being produced by craft brewers. The Brewers Association (BA) defines a craft brewer as any small independent brewer producing six million barrels of beer or less per year and constituting no more than 25% of the ownership of an alcoholic beverage company that is not itself a craft brewer. Mainstream and craft brewer…