At the turn of the century (1900), there were about 2,000 brewers in the US, serving it’s 75M residents. In 1940, following prohibition, there were 750 breweries serving the nation’s 130M residents. By 1960, the population has grown to 180M, but the number of breweries had fallen to just 200. By 1980 the number of … Continue reading Good News: American Beer