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FYI - big players own many craft beer brands. http://craftbeerreviewer.com/corporate-craft-beer/

The changes bring the current total of craft beer breweries in Australia to 740.

Of the 740 breweries:

• 25% are contract, or gypsy brewers
• 49% are small breweries. These are the nano and pub breweries
• 21% are medium size. These are the micro-breweries producing between 50,000 and 300,000 litres per year
• 5% are large breweries. These are the ones that have a regional and national presence.

Around 550 are physical breweries of which around 500 are open to the public

Since our last update in May;

• Another 19 more new breweries have been added to our Brewery List
  • 9 that have started since our last update
  • 2 that just missed our last update
  • 8 from previous years
• 6 have been deleted. These are now listed on a seperate Closed Craft Beer Breweries page.
• There have been 3 name changes.
• 14 have new or updated address details.
• With 3 having new branding and logos.

The Australian Craft Beer Brewery List

Our Brewery List includes breweries, brew pubs, brewing companies, and contract brewers. We use a wide definition for inclusion in the Brewery List on the basis that they produce craft beer for sale to the public, whether on premises or not.

http://craftbeerreviewer.com/brewery-list-update-no-25-august-2020/