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"Giving customers more than just
a beer is increasingly important to
lots of breweries," notes Bart Watson,
chief economist of the Boulder, Colo.-
based Brewers Association, a non-
profit group representing the industry
nationwide. "It isn't unique to rural
breweries, but it may be more impor-
tant to them because they need a certain
percentage of customers to have a strong
reason to come."
Maine Brewers' Guild executive
director Sean Sullivan has a similar
observation, noting that rural brewers
"are taking the best aspects of the pub
and brewery culture and putting it back
into the community … Going to these
small breweries on a Friday or Saturday
night, it's about a lot more than drink-
ing, a lot more than food, it's a place
where people feel comfortable bringing
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C O N T I N U E D F RO M P R E V I O U S PA G E
DESIGN | BUILD | MAINTAIN
Small-town America
has professions that
fill certain roles, and
brewing is one that's
coming back.
— Sean Sullivan
Maine Brewers' Guild
S O U R C E : Maine Brewers' Guild
RURAL BREWERIES IN MAINE
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Out of 110 beer brands listed in
the Maine Brewers' Guild, 31 are
in rural locations. That does not
include ones on small-town
main streets.
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