Craft Beer

Fox NY: American Craft Beer Week runs from May 17-23... The industry's light-hearted "declaration of independence" extols craft brewing as "living liquid history" and a "libation of substance and soul."... More than 1,500 breweries are responsible for the beer brands made in the United States with more than 90 percent of these fitting the small and independent craft brewer definition. While independent brewers represent about 6 percent of beer sales, they provide about 100,000 jobs within the industry.

http://www.americancraftbeerweek.org/apps/events/events.html