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Microbrews are usually beers or ales made with special malts and hops, unfiltered and unpasteurized, and thus distinctive in their aroma and flavor. Many microbreweries double as bar/restaurants, called brewpubs, where the gleaming vats may be visible behind a glass partition. "Craft brewing" and the opening of local brewpubs began in earnest in the U.S. in the 1980s. But not everyone is willing to pay extra for a beer, and lots of people are simply used to the blander taste of the best-selling beers, so by 2008 microbrews still only accounted for about 4% of all beer sold in the U.S.
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Jessica Peralta, Orange County Register, 20 Sep. 2024
Hear musical talent like Heatwave and The Commodores and enjoy a wide array of food options paired with regional wines, microbrews and specialty cocktails, complete with gorgeous Napa River views.
—Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
Two years after that, Redlight became a brewpub, adding its own microbrews — to date, it’s crafted myriad award winners — to a mix of rare offerings in cans, bottles and off the tap.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2024
The bar comes alive in the evening with locals and guests, who gather for the Colorado microbrews on tap, live music, and pop-up cocktail tastings with local distilleries.
—Kelley Manley, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2024
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“Microbrew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microbrew. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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