Craft beer flourishing in Greece despite economic crisis

Tens of thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises were obliterated by the economic crisis in 2010 that brought Greece to its knees and sent unemployment soaring. But the microbrewery sector managed to grow amid the ruins, as local products benefited from a fall in imported goods. Greece had fewer than a dozen breweries 10 years ago. Today, there are 45 microbreweries