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List of microbreweries

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This is a list of notable microbreweries. A microbrewery is a brewery which produces a limited amount of beer. The qualifications to be classified as a microbrewery vary by country. The term "microbrewery" originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s to describe the new generation of small breweries which focused on producing traditional cask ale. The first example of this approach was Selby Brewery founded by Martin Sykes in 1972 in the Yorkshire town of the same name. Although originally "microbrewery" was used in relation to the size of breweries, it gradually came to reflect an alternative attitude and approach to brewing flexibility, adaptability, experimentation, and customer service. The term and trend spread to the United States in the 1980s, where it eventually was used as a designation of breweries that produce fewer than 15,000 U.S. beer barrels (1,800,000 liters) (475,000 U.S. gallons) annually.

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A bottle of AleSmith Brewing Company's India Pale Ale
A bottle of AleSmith Brewing Company's India Pale Ale
Brew kettles at the Boston Beer Company
Brew kettles at the Boston Beer Company
Brooklyn Brewery
Brooklyn Brewery
A bottle of beer made by Dixie Brewing Company
A bottle of beer made by Dixie Brewing Company
Signage for the Flying Bison Brewing Company above the rear entrance to their brewery
Signage for the Flying Bison Brewing Company above the rear entrance to their brewery
The entrance to Georgetown Brewing Company
The entrance to Georgetown Brewing Company
Gnarly Barley Brewing Company
Gnarly Barley Brewing Company
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