Tennessee craft brewers expand production amid soaring demand
October 21, 2016 at 9:16 p.m.
| Updated October 21, 2016 at 9:16 p.m.
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The Tennessean
In this Dec. 11, 2013, file photo, brewer Stefano Daneri holding up a beer at Good People Brewing in Birmingham, Ala. Alabama's alcohol regulators want the name, address, age and phone number of everyone who buys beer in one of the state's craft breweries and takes it home to drink, a move that is raising concerns about privacy. he Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is considering a new rule that would require brewers to collect the personal information of anyone who purchases beer at a brewery for off-premise consumption.
The craft beer industry faces a growing problem: Small breweries across the U.S. don't have the capacity to meet soaring demand.
Tennessee Brew Works encountered this issue not long after the brewery opened just south of downtown Nashville. The brewery - which is on track to produce more than 4,500 barrels of beer this year, up from less than 300 barrels in 2013 - actually had to temporarily withdraw distribution from the Knoxville market to focus on meeting demand in Nashville.
But a lot has changed at Tennessee Brew Works in recent months.
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