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As more and more customers turn to craft brews, is regionally and nationally distributed beer enough to please all palates?
Customers want craft beer. About 40 percent of the of-age population are now craft beer drinkers, according to the Brewers Association. About 5 million new craft drinkers are added to that population each year. But locking down local brews can take extra legwork compared to national brands designed to please all palates.
Coty Bell, brewmaster at Twin Peaks Restaurants in...