This chapter is an interdisciplinary literature review of academic works that explore the social, economic, and cultural dynamics of craft beer. The goal is to provide the reader with a broad overview of recent scholarship on craft beer, which may serve as a roadmap and inform future work on the...

This chapter is a general overview of the craft distillery market in the United States (US) with targeted attention to its rapid contemporary growth and nascent connections to tourism. Within the broader umbrella of agricultural, heritage, and gastronomic tourism there are notable distinguishing...

This chapter presents a case of Seattle and Portland craft brewers' use of tourism practices to support their pursuit of market penetration. Little research has been conducted in this area, so this study aimed to explore how and why craft brewers encourage visitors to their breweries. Barriers...