Costa Rica: Craft beer sector ready to welcome new players

The craft beer industry is growing throughout the world. It makes up about 15% of the volume of beer brewed and around 17% of the volume if based in dollars. In Costa Rica, too, this is a great industry in which to get involved, The Costa Rican Times reported on April, 29.

Right now in Costa Rica there are only 3 current craft breweries. Costa Rica Craft Brewing has been operating since 2012 out of Cartago. Restaurant-breweries Volcano Brewing (Arenal) and Bribri Springs (Caribbean) can only sell at their headquarters.

Treintaycinco, Calle Cimarrona, PerroVida, Pezuña negra y Perra Hermosa are on the verge of getting their paperwork pushed through to start business soon.

Treintaycinco (Escazu), which plans to start with 4000 litres per month and Calle Cimarron (The Yoses) plans to start production with 600-800 litres, it is reported.

01 May, 2013