Beer Has a Rough March in On-Premise

Dear Client: Here's an interesting note to begin Craft Brewers Conference: After starting the year on a strong note, (up 2.6% for the 4-week period ending January 25), on-premise business decelerated to -0.7% during February, per GuestMetrics. But it gets worse: it's declined to -2.8% the 4 weeks ending March 22. The company blames adverse weather in the East, but will also watch the fragile economy through April. Beer unit share is down 0.6% YTD, wine share is flat and