Craft breweries grapple with coronavirus crisis

Описание: Grand Rapids has one of the highest densities of breweries, and it doesn't take long to learn people love their beer -- from small-scale, like Gravel Bottom, to some of the country’s biggest names, like Founders.

But in a pandemic that's shuttered restaurants and cancelled summer festivals, expired beer is getting dumped, and small businesses are struggling to stay afloat. In a town bathed in brews, this new crisis is testing the meaning of crafty.

Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery’s 2,500-square foot facility is right outside Grand Rapids in Ada. Before the coronavirus crisis the brewery depended solely on draft beer, sold primarily at its location, as well as festivals and a handful of bars and restaurants around town.

Now, owner Matthew Michiels said it’s having to cut two thirds of production, and adjust operations for takeout. In addition to the changes in its food operation, Gravel Bottom now individually seals the draft beer in cans for takeout.

At Founders there's a different problem, too much beer in the wrong place. CEO and co-founder Mike Stevens said it has about 20-thousand kegs sitting in bars and restaurants that have to be dumped.

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