How Australia’s craft breweries are finding ways to avoid insolvency

Jessica Mason of The Drinks Business reports that more than a dozen independent breweries in Australia have closed in the past year amid difficult trading conditions that include allegations and rumours of brewing giants using exclusivity contracts and cash incentives to tie up beer line and tap space in pubs, bars and restaurants and hears from several successful craft brewers who share that having their own venues has been the key to attaining profitability.

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