This chapter is an interdisciplinary literature review of academic works that explore the social, economic, and cultural dynamics of craft beer. The goal is to provide the reader with a broad overview of recent scholarship on craft beer, which may serve as a roadmap and inform future work on the...

West Virginia’s tourism and craft brewing industries have experienced rapid growth within the last several years as a result of changing state policies and creative business models emphasizing immersion in and appreciation of the state’s rich rural heritage. The state’s craft breweries...

In this chapter, we dissect the complex product and experience entanglement that is craft beer, highlighting that this product is about much more than what goes into the bottle. In doing so, we anchor our investigation within a real-life case study of Highland Brewing Company (HBC), the first...

The final chapter serves as summary to the first volume of Beers, Ciders & Spirits: Craft Beverages and Tourism in the U.S. entitled The Rise of Brewers and Distilleries in the United States. The chapters that are encapsulated in the first volume of this textbook present innovative examples of...