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Craft brewers and brewpubs created $299.5 million in economic impact in the county in 2011, according to a study by the National University System Institute for Policy Research. That's 1.5 times the impact of Comic-Con. That year, there were an estimated 497 brewery workers and 1,133 brewpub employees. An additional 1,630 jobs were created indirectly as a result of the ripple or multiplier effect. In total, that's 2,796 jobs. As of June of last year, the county had 52 small beer manufacturing licenses, more than double the amount in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
Craft brewers and brewpubs created $299.5 million in economic impact in the county in 2011, according to a study by the National University System Institute for Policy Research. That's 1.5 times the impact of Comic-Con. That year, there were an estimated 497 brewery workers and 1,133 brewpub employees. An additional 1,630 jobs were created indirectly as a result of the ripple or multiplier effect. In total, that's 2,796 jobs. As of June of last year, the county had 52 small beer manufacturing licenses, more than double the amount in Los Angeles and Orange counties.