Diversity, Craft Beer, And The Future Of The Brewing Industry

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🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Whether it's an ale, lager, stout, or sour, people all over the U.S. are trying their own craft beer recipes at home. Some turn them into businesses.

The number of craft breweries in the U.S. is at an all-time high according to the Brewers Association, with more than 9,500 across the country.

But the industry is changing. Organizations like Beer Kulture and The Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing and Distilling are funding technical scholarships for people of color interested in the business. Films like "One Pint at a Time" highlight the lack of diversity in the industry.

We discuss what it takes to be in the brewing business these days and how people in the industry are trying to diversify it.

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0:00.0	Sipping on a craft beer isn't the same as cracking open a bottle of Heineken or popping
0:13.3	the tab on a Miller light.
0:19.6	You can still pop plenty of tabs, open plenty of bottles, and let the tap flow, but the
0:24.4	world of craft beer is just different.
0:27.3	Whether it's an ale, logger, stout, or sour, people all over the U.S. are trying their
0:31.9	own recipes at home.
0:34.0	Some turn them into businesses.
0:36.1	The number of craft breweries in the U.S. are at an all-time high.
0:40.0	There's more than 9,500 across the country, that's according to the Brewer's Association.
0:45.2	But the industry is changing, and it's not just what's in the bottle.
0:48.6	It's also the people who are now part of an industry that's worth almost $30 billion.
0:54.2	After the break, we take a closer look at what it takes to be in the brewing business
0:57.5	these days.
0:58.5	How are people in the industry trying to diversify it?
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