There will be hundreds of small brewers like us at the convention, all trying to get the big distributors to notice them.

In 1862, a $1 tax on each barrel of beer hurt small brewers but not Lions.

There are more than 100 beers (about three dozen on tap) from brewers small and large all over the world, not to mention Wisconsin.

It became a limited company in 1901 and grew by acquiring several other smaller local brewers.

The beer has found its niche, though, through the smaller brewers.

The success of the gluten-free product has attracted competitive interest from other brewers, large and small.

A festival of real ale is being held where you can taste the best of the beer made by the country's small independent brewers.

French wheat beers are made by a number of large and small brewers, and not seen as belonging to any particular tradition.

But he said the city should let in smaller regional brewers, like himself, to offset the foreign-owned producers.

"What's really growing at a rapid rate are smaller brewers."