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 | | The largest, the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, expects to produce 6,000 barrels this year (a barrel is 31 gallons--roughly 300 bottles). |
 | | The beer brewed by micros has a lot in common with imported beer&emdash;assertive flavors, a range of hues, traditional ingredients--but all the pleasant qualities of imported beer are enhanced because microbrewery beer is fresh. |
 | | Sierra Nevada costs about $12 a case to make--about $4.60 labor, $2.40 bottles and six packs, $2.00 barley and hops, and the rest split into cardboard cases, labels, bottle caps, water, taxes (.50/case), gas, electricity, sewage treatment, and debt servicing. |
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