It used to be terms like 鈥渆conomic impact鈥� and 鈥渂eer鈥� were rarely uttered in the same breath. But there's a growing interest in the topic from the media, economists, and now a Denver-based documentary film crew.
the film, 鈥溾��, will feature . in Fort Collins. The film is expected to look at how the economic recovery and the microbrew industry are intertwined.
鈥淚t鈥檚 not going to happen nationally, but locally,鈥� says 鈥淐rafting a Nation鈥� Writer, Director and co-Producer Thomas Kolicko, who spoke via telephone from Ashville, North Carolina, where he鈥檚 now filming.
A huge part of the story, according to Kolicko, is the trickle-down effect that breweries have on other local businesses鈥攖he so-called 鈥渟pinoff impacts鈥�.
鈥淢any of the breweries we speak to want to get as local as possible,鈥� he says. 鈥淭hat dollar you spent on a pint, a lot of it will go to community and better quality of life.鈥�
KUNC reported by Colorado State University Economist Martin Shields, who studied not just microbreweries, but the beer industry鈥檚 impact in Larimer County.
The results? in 2010. Meantime, county payrolls added an estimated $142 million due to spinoff impacts from local breweries, which included things like advertising, trucking and accounting services used by the companies.
More recently, the a $446 million economic impact statewide from craft brewers.
You can view other webisodes from "Crafting a Nation" , their webisode featuring Odell Brewing Co. is below.
http://youtu.be/_6eRbMkThUc
