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A brewery can be a building or place that produces beer, or a

business involved in the production of beer. Breweries can take up multiple city blocks, or be a collection of equipment in a home brewer's kitchen. The diversity of size in breweries is matched by the diversity of processes, degrees of automation, and kinds of beer produced in breweries. Typically a brewery is divided into distinct sections, with each section reserved for one part of the brewing process.

A microbrewery, or craft brewery, is a term used to describe a small commercial brewery.

In the early twentieth century, Prohibition drove many breweries in the U.S. into bankruptcy because they could not rely on selling "sacramental wine" as wineries of that era did. After several decades of consolidation of breweries, most American commercial beer was produced by a few very large corporations, resulting in a very uniform, mild-tasting lager of which Budweiser is a well-known example. Consequently, some beer drinkers craving variety turned to home brewing and eventually a few started doing so on a slightly larger scale.

 

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Bars and Taverns
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