Small NZ craft breweries sold beer faster than they could make it in 2016, report finds

Small NZ craft breweries sold beer faster than they could make it in 2016, report finds
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Aug. 9 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's growing number of boutique craft breweries sold beer faster than they produced it in 2016 and now account for more than a tenth of the country's beer market, an ANZ Bank New Zealand industry specific report shows.  Of the 194 craft breweries in New Zealand, about 130 were deemed to be small operations in the annual ANZ industry insight report, up from 111 minnows a year earlier. Those smaller operations accounted for 10 percent of the value of New Zealand's beer consumption in 2016, up...