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title: How to build a successful brewery in 2019 | Trends by The Hustle
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# How to build a successful brewery in 2019

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**For the average person** thinking about starting a brewery, the short answer is don’t do it.

Consider the numbers:

- There are 7.5k breweries in the United States, according to the Brewers Association, up from ~2k in 2011.
- Overall beer sales were [down 1% last year](https://www.brewersassociation.org/statistics-and-data/national-beer-stats/) (craft was up 4%, but that increase was lower than in recent years).
- Some 27% of brewers experienced [sales declines](https://www.brewersassociation.org/insights/analyzing-2017-craft-brewery-growth/) in 2017.

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