Craft the Top Dropper In a Bad Q1 for Beer, Fintech Data Shows

Dear Client:  Q1 marked a bad quarter for overall beer, and a particularly rough stretch for craft, per the latest "Q in Review" seminar from Fintech and the NBWA. Indeed, whether on-premise or off-premise, no beer segment lost more share of retail purchase dollars than craft in Q1. Recall, Fintech’s aggregated retail purchase data tracks distributor sales to retailers (both on- and off-premise), and represents about a third of all industry transactions (covering over 257,000 retailers and 5,296 distributors). And