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Craft brewers to press lawmakers for help in softening market

GLASS HALF FULL? A softening market has many local craft beer makers looking for new products and customers. Pictured is brewer Matt Von Holten, foreground, and cellarman Eric Gonzalez, at The Guild Brewery in Pawtucket. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
GLASS HALF FULL? A softening market has many local craft beer makers looking for new products and customers. Pictured is brewer Matt Von Holten, foreground, and cellarman Eric Gonzalez, at The Guild Brewery in Pawtucket. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

There will always be a market for beer but it is not unlimited, as local craft beer makers have learned in recent years. In 2011, Rhode Island was home to just six breweries. By 2024, there were 42, matching similar growth across the nation. But 2024 marked the first time since 2005 that more breweries

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