Japan Beer Times on barriers to entry in Japan
A major problem in the craft beer industry in Japan, he points out, is that in order to get a beer brewing license, you have to brew at least 60 kiloliters of beer annually. "The bar is set so high that it’s difficult to develop the brewing industry. If the tax department changes the home brewing laws and also allowed small-scale brewing, it will create a lot of jobs and a lot of tax revenue," he says.
60 kiloliters of beer translates to just over 500 barrels. Hundreds of U.S. breweries and brewpubs produce less than that annually.
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