date:Oct 08, 2012
Californias craft brewing industry generated approximately $3 billion in total economic impact to the state in 2011, reported Steve Wagner, president of the California Craft Brewing Association (CCBA), Nevada City, Calif., and president and brewmaster at Stone Brewing Co., Escondido, Calif. Californias craft brewers also created more than 22,000 jobs last year in a state that still is facing double-digit unemployment, he said, citing a 2012 study sponsored by the CCBA in conjunction with the UC