We were in Portland a couple weeks ago, and listened to an awesome presentation by Bart Watson about the current state of capacity in the craft brewing industry. Lately, there have been lots of talks about capacity constraints, however Bart makes some good points about why he believes breweries are actually managing capacity quite well... Click here to read Bart's full article where he explains it all, including graphs & charts! Craft Brewer Capacity April 23, 2015 During the

According to Chief Economist for the Brewers Association, Bart Watson, there's still room for the craft beer industry to grow. In a recent MiBiz article by John Wiegand, Bart says, "Craft breweries are looking more like restaurants and bars these days and when you look at the overall number of those in the country, I think there is almost endless run room — as long as craft breweries differentiate. Also, when we look at other high-end artisanal food or alcohol markets, you o