A Talk with Crown’s Bill Hackett

Last week I ducked into a bar called The Gage in Chicago after my presentation to the Illinois distributors, grateful for the shelter from the blizzard outside, and in walks Crown Imports president Bill Hackett. "Oh, no. Not you," he says with his trademark laugh, a combination of Santa and a howitzer. Bill orders a Negra Modelo and proceeds to show the bartender a new signature way of pouring it. The bartender, a tough cookie, raises an eyebrow. He seems