How are Microbrewed beers different?
During the last fifteen years, the art of brewing beer has changed dramatically, especially in the United States. Full-flavored, handcrafted microbrews are the most exciting thing that’s happened to the beer industry in decades, but they’re actually not new. Prior to Prohibition in early twentieth-century America, there were thousands of local breweries in the U.S. Now, nearly one hundred years after a mass consolidation of regional breweries resulted in the disappearance of many beer styles, we’re experiencing a beer renaissance! American and imported microbrewed beers have distinctive flavors, colors, and aromas, and, by definition, are produced in small quantities. Many of the recipes have evolved over time and from a variety of cultures, and some are the result of new and creative interpretations by a new generation of Brewmasters. How are the microbrews selected? With the assistance of our evaluation panel of certified beer judges, we select premium beers from literally thousands
