Brews You Can Use

America's craft brewers sold 9% [more]Â beer in 2005 than in 2004, making craft beer the fastest growing segment of the United States beverage alcohol industry for the second consecutive year, according to the Brewers Association in Colorado. . . .

The craft beer segment includes more than 1,300 small, traditional and independent breweries. It includes both brewpubs which sell beer primarily at their own pub or restaurant and packaging breweries that distribute beer in kegs, cans and bottles to a wide range of retail outlets. The Brewers Association has tabulated industry growth data for these breweries annually since 1985.

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Thing about craft beers is, it's a heckuva crap shoot, like a box of chocolates but a lot more expensive. If you experiment and the beer stinks, you have a long eight minutes ahead of you . . . or you can throw it out and let your friends see you weep like a girlie-man. I tend to opt for a standard beer, poured long in a pilsner.

I'm gettin' thirsty here.