** Alert ** Vitale Leaves Brooklyn Brewery

September 16, 2011**Alert**Vitale Leaves Brooklyn Brewery Dear Client:In the latest in a long string of departures of veterans in the beer business lately, longtime vice president of sales Mike Vitale has "resigned" from the Brooklyn Brewery after 23 years, effective today. So says a letter to distributors this afternoon. No word at presstime as to the reason, other than "to pursue other options."In the letter to wholesalers, Brooklyn chief Steve Hindy writes: "Mike was our first employee and he did