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U.S. microbreweries, regional breweries, and brew pubs per capita, by state At the end of 2017, there were total 7,450 breweries in the United States, including 7,346 craft breweries subdivided into 2,594 brewpubs, 4,522 microbreweries, 230 regional craft breweries and 104 large/non-craft breweries.
The Porcupine Islands served as a hiding place for Frenchmen, during the French and Indian War, who were waiting to attack British ships that came through the area. [1] During Prohibition , rum runners ran back and forth from Canada to the United States , and hid the smuggled rum on Rum Key.
Stevens Point Brewery is a regional American brewery located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The brewery is the fifth-oldest continuously operating brewery [1] and the third-oldest privately owned brewery in the nation. [2] The company's sales volume among all breweries in the nation increased from 50th in 2009 to 32nd in 2015. [3]
Porcupine Mountains State Park was established in 1945 to protect the area's large stand of old-growth forest, much of it of the "maple-hemlock" type. In 1972, Michigan passed the Wilderness and Natural Areas Act. This act gave the park the new designation of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.
A microbrewery is a brewery which produces a limited amount of beer. [1] 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 .
This is a list of breweries in Nevada, both current and defunct. Brewing companies usually produce a range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and internationally. Brewing companies vary in the volume and variety of beer produced, usually being small nanobreweries and microbreweries or nationally owned brewpubs .
Breweries in Connecticut produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. In 2012 Connecticut's 22 breweries and brewpubs employed 430 people directly, and 12,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing.
Porcupine is a ghost town and former mining community in Haines Borough, Alaska. It is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Mile 35 of the Haines Highway , across the Klehini River . Gold was discovered along Porcupine Creek in 1898, and a seasonal community sprang up in the area.