Craft beers lead uptake in NZ breweries

Craft beers lead uptake in NZ breweries
By Hannah Lynch Aug. 2 (BusinessDesk) – The number of New Zealand breweries almost doubled over the past four years, led by an increase in the number of small craft brewers, according to a Brewers Guild survey. New Zealand breweries increased by 42 percent to 68 in the four years through 2011, led by a 50 percent rise in the number of small craft breweries, producing less than 40,000 litres per annum, to 30. Production of craft beer increased an average 3 percent per annum over the past 3 years. "The increased number of small brewers and th...