WA brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of beer has taken place since at least 2500 BC; in ancient Mesopotamia, brewers derived social sanction and divine protection from the goddess Ninkasi. Brewing was initially a cottage industry, with production taking place at home; by the ninth century monasteries and farms would produce beer on a larger scale, selling the excess; and by the eleventh and twelfth centuries larger, dedicated breweries with eight to ten workers were being built.
WThis is a list of notable microbreweries. A microbrewery is a brewery which produces a limited amount of beer. The qualifications to be classified as a microbrewery vary by country. The term "microbrewery" originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s to describe the new generation of small breweries which focused on producing traditional cask ale. The first example of this approach was Selby Brewery founded by Martin Sykes in 1972 in the Yorkshire town of the same name. Although originally "microbrewery" was used in relation to the size of breweries, it gradually came to reflect an alternative attitude and approach to brewing flexibility, adaptability, experimentation, and customer service. The term and trend spread to the United States in the 1980s, where it eventually was used as a designation of breweries that produce fewer than 15,000 U.S. beer barrels annually.
WGweilo Beer is a craft brewery founded in July 2014 by two British friends living in Hong Kong. It released its first beer in June 2015.
WHeart of Darkness is a craft brewery founded in 2016 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
WThe Jim and Dad's Brewing Company is a brewery in Yuanshan Township, Yilan County, Taiwan.
WThe Mathäser is a location in Munich. It had a variety of buildings and uses over the centuries but was especially known for its beer. It now houses a large cinema.
WThe Mohren Biererlebniswelt is a museum about the history of the Mohren brewery, the art of brewing and regional brewing customs and is located at the headquarters of the Mohren brewery in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg (Austria). It was opened on 22 October 2016.
WWinzavod is a centre for contemporary arts in Moscow, Russia. Opened in 2007, it is located in a complex of seven industrial buildings from the late 19th century including the former brewery called "Moscow Bavaria". Alexander Brodsky is the coordinator of the project.
WThe Santorini Brewing Company is a brewery on the Greek island of Santorini. Opening in 2011, the company is the first and only brewery on the island.