With the home brew revival of the 1980s came a resurgence in craft brewing.  Home brewers who were inspired started microbreweries around the country.  With the coming of these new brew pubs, a newfound knowledge of how an honest ale is made spread like wildfire in the United States.  This momentum has culminated in what we now enjoy as the golden age of microbrew.  Although many microbreweries today have been or are in the process of being bought up by large corporate brewing interests, the ethics of real craft brewing has made its way into the hearts and minds of beer fans across the country, ensuring that real craft brewing will never again die in the U.S.

Beer is food.  Real beer, that is, beer that has nutritional value.  We’re not talking _______ (fill in the blank) light.  We’re talking something with real barley and fresh hops, without any rice involved.  BEER.  It is (thankfully), something that is becoming more and more common is our Golden Age of Micro Brew.  The gospel of good beer has spread far and wide, and now, it is time for beer drinkers to start thinking about what they are putting into their bodies.  And how the brewing industry is effecting the earth we live on.