It's only been ten years.  What a difference a decade can make!  

Ten years ago local breweries had hit a snag along with the bust of the housing industry.  Hard lessons learned include the resources that are drained by having a restaurant with the brewery.  After all beer and food go hand in hand.  The number of breweries in the area where not much more than a dozen and would go down even more.

The past five years saw cornerstone breweries fail as a result of trying to move to fast.  Rubicon was not spared.  The industry is a tricky one but Sacramento residents love their beer.  Smaller breweries continue to pop up in the same spirit of local pubs in Europe.  Why not?  As long as the community has the population to support it the neighbor hood brewery is a good thing. 

Breweries bring more than just beer.  They bring the community together in so many ways.  In the past decade we have seen a collective effort to show case the breweries with our very own Sacramento Beer Week (inspired by the SF Beer Week).  We have also seen a strengthening of the California Craft Brewers Association and the Sacramento Area Brewers Guild.  Social media has created a plethora of apps: Facebook pages,Instagram posts,Twitter  tweets and Meet Ups.  All of this makes it so easy to reach out to the community for causes.  No one comes together better for causes than beer drinkers!

Visit Sacramento and Trip Advisor have come together and designed a lovely source that brings the best of Sacramento and beermap together in one area.  With all the beer groups on Social media the one question that is the most common is, "where is a good place to get a beer?"  Personal suggestions  are a good source of local advise and a great way to reach out to other beer lovers.  However, if you are taking time to plan a trip this is a good place to start.  If you have a goal for 2020 why not include the Sacramento Brewery Passport .  The brewery passport was founded by Aaron O' Callaghan and The Sacramento Beer Frontier site features other cool items that are supported by local breweries.

Is it possible to visit a new brewery in Sacramento for every week of the year?  Yes it is.  

Here's to another decade.

For industry detailing the decade in review check out Forbes.