The Huge Number of Small Breweries Creates a Beer Glut

Some craft beer drinkers and the people who serve them wonder how many more microbreweries people are willing to try

The long-building craft-beer boom is showing signs of slowing down.

Craft beer's popularity has risen nationwide for more than a decade, and breweries have become a calling card for up-and-coming neighborhoods and communities, giving residents and visitors new places to gather and enjoy a taste of their towns. But in 2023 the smallest number of new breweries in over a decade will open, the Colorado-based trade group Brewers Association predicts.

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