Tapping into California’s Craft Beer Boom

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Craft beer has a long history in California with breweries such as Anchor Steam that started in San Francisco in the mid-1800s and still brews there today. But lately, the industry has exploded. In the past decade the number of craft breweries in California has tripled to 1,100 – and growing. It’s a competitive landscape out there for small, independent beer makers. We’ll talk about what is driving the growth of craft beer in California, why IPAs still dominate beer lists and hear your picks for your favorite local brews. Guests: Barry Braden, co-founder and owner, Fieldwork Brewing Eric Ortega, craft beer specialist and taproom coordinator, Almanac Beer Company Herlinda Heras, artisan beverage expert and co-host of Brew HaHa, a craft beer show, KSRO in Sonoma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.6	From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal. Today we bring you a show on the state of Bay Area beer, the drinks, and the industry.
1:18.6	In a lot of ways, it's a perfect example of how the American economy works now.
1:22.6	Locally, there are dozens of excellent breweries, and if you're willing to pay for them,
1:26.6	you can try a greater variety of beers than probably ever before in history.
1:31.5	Hazy IPAs, crazy lambics, crispy pilsners, co-fermint, stouts, big sweet Belgians, even non-alcoholic beers that actually taste good.
1:39.7	And yet, a Treasury Department report on the industry noted that 65% of the beer market is dominated by just two brewers.
1:47.3	So, this hour, we celebrate our local brewers.
1:50.1	We talk about small business and big hops.
1:52.3	That's all coming up next after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. Like many people, I drank a lot of bad beer before I discovered good beer, watery Mexican lagers, Budweiser, even Natty Light. The dark ages for me, really. But then I went to one of those old school beer bars with a million beers from all over the world.
2:21.3	And I discovered the English stouts, dark porters, bright Belgian golden ales.
2:27.3	It was a revelation.
2:29.5	Now I divide my time between what my friend Reese calls Krispy Boys, clean, lean, cold, lighter beers,
2:35.7	and the trusty, hazy IPA, especially with the dose of citro and mosaic hops.
2:41.1	Today, we're going to talk with some of my favorite breweries about the art and the business of beer.
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