▁operation ▁when ▁Pro hib ition ▁was ▁repe aled ▁to ▁produce ▁small ▁batch ▁br ands . ▁Most ▁micro dist iller ies ▁in ▁South ▁Africa ▁ceased ▁to ▁exist ▁when ▁legisl ation ▁was ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁that ▁made ▁it ▁almost ▁impossible ▁for ▁small , ▁private ▁dist iller ies ▁to ▁operate ▁vi ably . ▁The ▁legisl ation ▁was ▁relax ed ▁again ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁and ▁although ▁most ▁dist illing ▁expert ise ▁was ▁lost , ▁it ▁was ▁recovered ▁by ▁a ▁new ▁generation ▁of ▁micro dist ill ers ▁and ▁has ▁grown ▁since . ▁ ▁A ▁recent ▁tr end ▁in ▁this ▁segment ▁of ▁the ▁dist illing ▁industry ▁is ▁for ▁meg ad ist ill ers ▁to ▁create ▁their ▁own ▁micro - dist illery ▁within ▁their ▁current ▁operation . ▁The ▁Mak ers ▁Mark ▁dist illery ▁owned ▁by ▁S unt ory ▁and ▁the ▁Buff alo ▁Trace ▁dist illery ▁owned ▁by ▁The ▁S az er ac ▁Company ▁( which ▁also ▁own s ▁the ▁A . ▁Smith ▁Bow man ▁micro dist illery ) ▁are ▁now ▁producing ▁special ty ▁b our bon ▁br ands ▁with ▁small ▁still s . ▁It ▁is ▁anticip ated ▁that ▁other ▁meg ad ist ill ers ▁such ▁as ▁Bac ardi , ▁Brown - Form an , ▁P ern od ▁Ric ard ▁and ▁Di age o , ▁will ▁soon ▁join ▁the ▁para de . ▁ ▁Mov ement ▁The ▁modern ▁micro dist illing ▁movement ▁grew ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁be er ▁micro bre wing ▁tr end , ▁which ▁origin ated ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁in ▁the ▁ 1