3. Craft Beer History
1800 B.C. “Hymn to Ninkasi” (Goddess of Beer) inscribed on
a tablet
1516 Reinheistgebot - Purity Law
1573 German Brewing: 150 different brewed beers written in
a book
1919 - 1933 Prohibition in America
4. Craft Beer History
1944 HMS Menesthesus converted into a brewery to supply
beer to troops
1982 Great American Beer Fest originated with 35 Beers
2012 2,347 Craft Breweries
2013 2800 Craft Breweries $14.3 billion in Sales
2014 3400 Craft Breweries $19.6 billion in Sales
5.
6. 2 - 6 SRM (Color) Very Pale
5 - 15 IBU (Bitterness) Very Low
3.2 - 4% ABV
Pairs with Pho
Popular: Session Premium Lager -
Full Sail Brewing Company
7. 2 - 10 SRM (Color)
Very Pale
10 - 35 IBU (Bitterness)
Low to Medium
3.5 - 5.6% ABV
Pairs with Salads and
Seafood
Popular: Oberon - Bell’s
Brewery Inc.
8. 6 - 12 SRM (Color) Pale
50 - 70 IBU (Bitterness)
Medium to High
6.3 - 7.5% ABV Medium
to High
Pairs with Spicy Tuna
Roll
Popular: Pallet Jack IPA
- Barley Brown’s Beer
9. 10 - 17 SRM (Color) Red
55 - 85 IBU (Bitterness)
High
8.0 - 10.6% ABV
Pairs with Corned Beef
Hash
Popular: Rino Chaser
Pizza Port Brewing Co.
10. 15 - 26 SRM (Color)
Medium to Dark
25 - 45 IBU
(Bitterness) Medium
4 - 6.4% ABV
Pairs with Grilled
Meats and Veggies
Popular: Moose
Drool, Big Sky
Brewing Company
11. 39 - 40 SRM (Color)
Maxed Darkness
35 - 60 IBU (Bitterness)
Medium to High
5.7 - 8.9% ABV
Pairs with Grilled Lamb
Popular: Obsidian Stout -
Deschutes Brewery
Editor's Notes
Small: Annual production of 6 million Barrels of beer or less
Traditional: Majority of its total beverage alcohol volume in beers whose flavor derives from traditional ingredients and their fermentation
Independent: Less than 25 percent of the craft brewery is owned by a beverage alcohol industry member
Great American Beer fest is annually now over 2,000 Beers
Sales are continuing to increase