An Alaskan Brewmaster offers a sample from his microbrewery, at the Kodiak Island Brewing Company, Kodiak, Alaska, USA.
A microbrewery is a brewery which produces a limited amount of beer. In the , the "Brewers Association" use a fixed maximum limit of 15,000 US beer barrels (1,800,000 l; 460,000 US gal; 390,000 imp gal) a year to define microbrewery. An American "craft brewery" is a small, independent and traditional brewery. In January of 2011, The Brewers Association redefined their definition a craft brewery, to include breweries who produce up to 6 million US beer barrels (186,000,000 US gallons) a year. Micro or craft breweries have adopted a different marketing strategy than large, mass-market breweries, offering products that compete on the basis of quality and diversity, instead of low price and advertising. Their influence has been much greater than their market share, indicated by the fact that large commercial breweries have introduced new brands intended to compete in the same market as microbrewery. When this strategy failed, they invested in microbreweries; or in many cases bought them outright. Kodiak Island is a large island on the south coast of the state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the United States and the 80th largest island in the world. Kodiak Island is part of the Kodiak Island Borough and Kodiak Archipelago of Alaska. The town of Kodiak is one of seven communities on Kodiak Island and is the island's main city. All commercial transportation between the island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline. Other settlements include the villages of Akhiok, Old Harbor, Karluk, Larsen Bay, Port Lions, and an unorganized community near Cape Chiniak. The village of Ouzinkie on nearby Spruce Island is also part of the island community.
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Location: Kodiak Island Brewing Company, Kodiak, Alaska, USA, United States, America
Photo credit: © Ellen Barone / Alamy / Afripics
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