Local microbrewers expand distribution

Brewers seek new markets for beers

The business of brewing has for the first time in its young history entered a cycle of oversupply.

Experiencing an over-capacity of microbrew, as well as challenges from major national breweries, the industry is at a turning point that will determine which micros will remain and which won’t.

Still, because success is dependent on selling the product, many microbrewing companies continue to look for new markets.

Microbrewers are distinguished from brew pubs by the fact that they are not combined with a restaurant.

“A lot of savvy brewers, or those careful about expanding geographically, go by the axiom that…