date:Mar 04, 2013
At a time when 16 pubs are closing every week, local beer is enjoying a renaissance amid growing consumer demand for quality, niche products away from the mainstream.
Small brewers are bucking the trend in the wider industry of falling beer sales and positioning themselves as one of the countrys positive manufacturing stories, according to the Society of Independent Brewers (Siba).
Local brewing is unusual, if not unique, as a British manufacturing industry that is increasing production and ma