Craft beer is used to distinguish it from most common industrial beers (Qingdao, Snowflake, Yanjing, Budweiser, Heineken and Carlsberg). This is not directly related to whether the taste is bitter or sweet, whether it is fragrant or sour, and whether the alcohol content is high or not.

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Since the concept of craft beer was initiated by Americans, we quote the requirements of BA, the American Brewers Association, for craft beer merchants:

1, small

The annual output is less than 6 million barrels (953,880 tons), and the beer produced is used for commercial transactions.

2. Autonomy

Non-handmade brewers or companies, whose shares cannot exceed 25%.

3. Tradition

Most of the flavor of beer brewed by brewers should be obtained from traditional raw materials and fermentation technology.