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The last three are intrinsically tied together. Prohibition, mostly considered a movement of morality, saw huge support in the Bible Belt and there is still a large Southern constituency that holds tight to this ideology.

For example, up until 2013,

in Mississippi and Alabama,

if you were brewing beer in the

comfort of your own home, you

were a fugitive from the law.

As for demand, if Budweiser, Miller, and Coors are the only options available to you, then why leave your comfort zone? The more successful craft brewers recognize this, making the South a market that historically has been better left untapped. But things are changing.

Cultivating the Nashville Craft Beer Scene

At a state level, Nashville floats freely above other Tennessee towns at sixteen breweries and climbing; Knoxville and Chattanooga are next with six each. In the last three years more than eight new breweries have taken root in Nashville. According to the Brewers Association, the city now also boasts one of the

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