craft beer

noun

: a specialty beer produced in limited quantities : microbrew

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For the craft beer industry, which depends heavily on aluminum cans from Canada, the 25% increase will hit hard, according to Klein. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025 Beer Study, one of the Triangle's favorite craft beer bars, has reopened in Carrboro after having to find a new home for its original bar. Lucille Sherman, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025 From a pool of nearly 70 possibilities, 23 names were put forward and ballots sent to craft beer professionals across the country. Jay R. Brooks, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025 Fowler checks all the stereotypical craft beer boxes, being White, male, bearded and tattooed. Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for craft beer

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First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of craft beer was in 1986

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“Craft beer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/craft%20beer. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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