New brewery opened every 3 days in UK in 2015
A new brewery opened every three days in the UK last year, with 134 new breweries taking the country's total to 1,692, accountancy group UHY Hacker Young said. "[I]ncreasing popularity of craft beers has transformed many microbreweries into highly profitable businesses," it stated. Notably, there has been a 65% rise in the number of breweries in the UK since 2010.