Sentences with phrase «smaller brewers say»

Beer giants Carlton United Breweries and Lion have not locked craft brewers out of beer taps, the competition watchdog has found, but smaller brewers say it is still «incredibly difficult» to compete for limited taps.

Not exact matches

«In the last two years, we've seen one by one, several strategic moves by the large global brewers to do mergers and acquisitions of smaller craft breweries in a more fast - paced manner than in the past,» says Julia Herz, craft beer program director for The Brewers Assocbrewers to do mergers and acquisitions of smaller craft breweries in a more fast - paced manner than in the past,» says Julia Herz, craft beer program director for The Brewers AssocBrewers Association.

«There is confusion and unfortunately a lack of transparency on the labels of the acquired brand,» says Julia Herz, craft beer program director for the Brewers Association, which advocates on behalf of small and independent brewers not owned or controlled by BiBrewers Association, which advocates on behalf of small and independent brewers not owned or controlled by Bibrewers not owned or controlled by Big Beer.

«If the lines continue to get blurred and «craft» becomes commoditized, small and independent brewers will have a harder and harder time selling their products, getting shelf space, tap handles and placement on restaurant menus,» said Herz.

In its annual report on industry - wide growth, the BA said more than 4,250 small and independent U.S. brewers collectively produced about 24.5 million barrels of beer in 2015.

Mrs Fielding, who has just completed a stint as chairwoman of the Independent Brewers Association, said excise relief would enable small craft brewers to invest more funds in expanding their capacity and employing more Brewers Association, said excise relief would enable small craft brewers to invest more funds in expanding their capacity and employing more brewers to invest more funds in expanding their capacity and employing more people.

Richard Adamson, the head brewer at Young Henrys, said some of the reasons why consumers chose to drink craft beers over the larger brands included because they liked the flavour of the beer, the ethos of the company, and because they «want to support the small guy».

The beer industry's first round of consolidation is largely over as macro US brewers have slowed their pace of craft brewery acquisitions, making way for other types of deals that offer small brewers new paths forward, says Rabobank.

The artisan food boom continues to fuel profitability of SME (small and medium size enterprise) food and drink manufacturers, evidenced by the success of craft brewers and gin distillers, says commercial law firm EMW.

Thanks to the change, Jager says he's looking at hooking up with a craft brewer who would go in on a small center in Saratoga Springs.

«We got loads of questions from small beer brewers in Mexico, Brazil, and even Afghanistan,» he says.