A valuable historical snapshot of the craft movement's operating constraints; counts, companies, and market conditions are time-bounded.
2014 overview introducing the American craft-distillery profiles.
Broom defines American craft distilling as a shifting philosophical and business field rather than a simple size category, emphasizing aging time, payroll, capital intensity, distribution barriers, and confusion between distilling and bottling roles.
p. 258 (PDF sheet 262)
The USA — Craft Distillers
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Verified paraphrase from The World Atlas of Whisky, p. 258 (PDF sheet 262).
Evidence
Broom defines American craft distilling as a shifting philosophical and business field rather than a simple size category, emphasizing aging time, payroll, capital intensity, distribution barriers, and confusion between distilling and bottling roles.
Context
2014 overview introducing the American craft-distillery profiles.
Annotation
A valuable historical snapshot of the craft movement's operating constraints; counts, companies, and market conditions are time-bounded.