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Craft Brewing’s ‘Painful Period of Rationalization’ Is Here. Finally.

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In 2024, the number of craft breweries that closed was bigger than the number of those that opened. The bubble hasnt burst, craft beer isnt dead. The American craft brewing industrys closure rate was an ahistorical monkey on its back, and now its gone. Bernstein titled Has the Craft Beer Industrys Keg Finally Kicked?