Craft Drops to the Teens in February BPI

Dear Client: The NBWA’s Beer Purchasers’ Index for the month of February hit this afternoon, revealing a gloomy outlook for overall beer purchasing from wholesalers, and a particularly low sentiment on craft. Yep, while the February index for overall beer wasn’t pretty, at 35, the craft index was not even half that, at 17. Recall, an index of “50” or higher signifies segment expansion… The 17 index from craft was the lowest of any beer segment for the month, and