Kenya is East Africa’s most promising craft beer market — Nairobi has a growing middle class with disposable income and genuine interest in premium food and beverage experiences, and the city’s vibrant restaurant and hospitality scene provides natura
South Africa has the most developed craft beer market on the African continent — Cape Town in particular has built a genuine craft beer culture rivaling mid-sized craft cities in the US or UK, with over 200 microbreweries across the …
Chile has quietly developed one of the most sophisticated craft beer markets in Latin America. Santiago’s Barrio Italia and Bellavista neighborhoods have strong craft beer bar concentrations, and the lakeside regions of the Lake District (Puerto Mont
Argentina has one of the most dynamic craft beer cultures in Latin America — a country where wine is the national drink has developed genuine enthusiasm for artisanal beer, particularly in Patagonia, Buenos Aires, Mendoza, and the Bariloche region.
Brazil has one of the largest and fastest-growing craft beer markets in South America — a beer-loving country with over 200 million people and a middle class that has embraced artisanal products across food and beverage categories.
Canada has a well-developed craft brewing industry — over 1,400 craft breweries operating across the country, with particularly strong scenes in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta.
The United States has the most mature and well-documented craft brewing industry in the world — over 9,500 craft breweries operating across all 50 states as of 2024, with a trade association (the Brewers Association) that publishes detailed startup g
The Netherlands has a remarkable craft beer culture disproportionate to its size — a small country best known internationally for Heineken and Amstel has developed one of the most sophisticated independent brewing scenes in Europe, with over 600 acti
Spain’s craft beer scene (cerveza artesana) has grown explosively since around 2010, driven by a young, urban consumer base in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and the Basque Country that was ready for an alternative to the country’s dominant macro-lager
Italy has one of the most creative craft beer scenes in Europe — a country where food and drink culture is taken with enormous seriousness has applied that same passion to independent brewing, producing craft beers of genuine international distinctio