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The term “craft beer” refers to any beer made by independently owned breweries that produce less than 6 million barrels per year, and have less than 25% ownership by members of the alcohol industry.
「精釀啤酒」一詞指的是獨立釀酒廠釀製的啤酒，每年產量少於600萬桶，且大型酒業集團持股低於25％。
brewery (n.)啤酒廠
Sometimes called “microbrews” or “artisanal beers,” craft beers began being made in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s.
精釀啤酒有時又被稱為「微釀啤酒」或「職人啤酒」，於1960年代和1970年代分別在美國和英國開始製造。
artisan (n.)職人
To many, 1965 is considered the start of the craft beer movement.
對很多人來說，1965年被認為是精釀啤酒運動的開端。
be considered+(to be)+N(adj.) 被認為～
It was the year that Fritz Maytag purchased a 51% stake in his favorite brewery—the Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco, California—and proceeded to improve the quality of the beer, while creating new flavors and styles for beer lovers.
正是在那一年，梅塔格買下他最喜愛的釀酒廠51％的股份，也就是加州舊金山的「海錨釀酒公司」，並著手改善啤酒的品質，同時為啤酒愛好者創造新的風味和風格。
stake (n.)股份
In 1979, changes in US law legalized homebrewing, giving a huge boost to the development of craft beer as “up to 90 percent of craft brewers began as homebrewers.”
在1979年時，美國法律的修改使家庭釀酒合法化，大大促進了精釀啤酒的發展，因為「高達90％的精釀啤酒公司都是從家庭釀酒開始的」。
legalize (v.)使合法化legal (adj.)合法的、法律的boost (v.)推動、增強、提高give a boost to sth. 推動～、改善～
Meanwhile, the beginning of “microbreweries” in the UK can be traced to the early 1970s when beer makers like the Selby Brewery, which was opened in 1972, started producing cask ale independently.
而英國「微釀啤酒廠」的開始可追溯至1970年代初期，那時候像是1972年開業的塞爾比釀酒廠等啤酒廠開始獨立釀製桶裝艾爾啤酒。
be traced (back) to 追溯至～cask (n.)圓木桶a cask of beer 一桶啤酒
In the 1980s, the craft beer movement began expanding worldwide, with the Netherlands seeing its first craft brewery since World War II opening in 1981, while similar small-scale beer producers began operations in Australia and Italy during the same decade.
在1980年代時，精釀啤酒運動開始於全世界擴張，1981年自二戰開打以來第一間精釀啤酒廠於荷蘭開張，在同期，類似的小型釀酒廠也開始於澳洲和義大利營運。
expand (v.)擴張scale (n.)大小、規模operation (n.)營運、運作
Since the 1990s, craft beer’s popularity has grown all over the world, fueled by both the creativity of brewers, who have experimented with new ingredients, as well as the rise of “beer geeks,” who have sought out and collected unique beers.
自1990年代開始，由於有創意的釀酒廠實驗了新配方，以及會去尋找及蒐集獨特啤酒的「啤酒狂」崛起，精釀啤酒在世界各地變得更加流行。
fuel (n.)燃料geek (n.)怪胎、～宅、～狂anime geek 動漫宅seek out sth.(sb.) 找出、查出
In recent years, craft brewing has become a global phenomenon, with brewers creating specialty flavors to meet the growing local and international demand for craft beers.
在近幾年，精釀啤酒的釀製成了全球性的現象，釀酒廠會釀製特殊的風味，以滿足當地和國際精釀啤酒日益增加的需求。
phenomenon (n.)現象；phenomena（複數）meet (v.)滿足=satisfy