New England hyper-local beerfest crushes greater Boston

Hosted by the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts, the event has grown from simply promoting the local economy and supporting local brewers to showcasing what can be accomplished with indigenous materials. For the first time in the event’s history, brewers had to offer at least one product with a local component to make it into the weekend’s lineup. It was not difficult to find contenders.

While localism within beer-making may be emerging, the phenomenon of craft brewing is nothing new to anyone who has ventured into a Massachusetts bar in the last five years.  According to the Brewers Association, the number of small and independent US craft brewers has boomed from 1,459 in 2007 to 2,768 in 2013. From 2012 to 2013 alone, there was a 15 percent increase in the market nationwide, and there are now 57 in Massachusetts.

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