The craft beer business could be on the brink of another brewery boom.
Through the first half of the year, there were 725 craft “breweries in planning” — including 38 in Colorado and eight in Boulder County — tracked by the Brewers Association, the Boulder-based trade association for the craft beer sector.
At the midpoint of last year, 389 breweries were in planning.
The broader economic environment seems to have played a role in people wanting to get a taste of a sector that has continued to post sales gains, said Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association.
During the first half of 2011, dollar sales were up 15 percent and volume sales were up 14 percent from the first half of 2010, according to a report released Monday by the Brewers Association.
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