Iowa just hit 100 breweries. California recently surpassed one thousand.
The openings continue, maybe not at the pace of the last five years, but brewery openings continue to sprout all across the country. There were 7000 breweries at the end of 2018 in the US, with another 1000 expected to open this year.
And many of those will be descending on Denver this week for, of course, the 38th annual Great American Beer Festival. In 1982 at the first GABF there were about 25 breweries pouring. This year there will be over 800 breweries pouring over 4000 different beers to an expected attendance of 62,000.
Headed to GABF? Check out the list of events here.