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Retail beer sales are up but that's not cutting it for many craft breweries

by Andy Uhler

May 27, 2020

Smaller brewers often don't have enough of a retail presence to offset loss of sales in bars and restaurants.

A brewery in Washington, D.C. seen in 2019. One brewery owner said about 40% of his brewery’s revenue comes from selling kegs to bars and restaurants.

Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

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