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Sunday, April 15, 2012  Click image to enlarge  EJ Hersom/Staff
photographer A worker walks on a floor in the storage area of
Redhook brewery in Portsmouth.  PORTSMOUTH— For Redhook Ale
Brewery, things are looking better than ever.  According to Ted
Lane, spokesman for Redhook, the overall craft beer scene in the
United States saw an increase in sales of roughly 13 percent
last year. While some of the bigger label breweries are
struggling to break even as a result of a dismal economy, craft
breweries have been seeing double digit increases in sales for
the past few years.  "Business is really good," said Andy
Schwartz, master brewer at Redhook. "Last year was the best year
we've ever had."  Schwartz explained that the craft brewing
segment of the beer making industry has been growing nonstop as
more and more people are gettin