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What Defines a Craft Brewer?
The Brewers Association defines an American craft brewer as a small and independent brewer.
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Small: Annual production of 6 million barrels of beer or less (approximately 3 percent of U.S. annual sales). Beer production is attributed to a brewer according to the rules of alternating proprietorships.
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Independent: Less than 25 percent of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by a beverage alcohol industry member which is not itself a craft brewer
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Brewer: Has a TTB Brewer’s Notice and makes beer.
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