Beer Industry Shaping Up for 2005

BBD predicts that 2005 will be an excellent year for the beer industry, against most analysts' consensus. Why? Let us count the ways. For one thing, this year isn't as bad as thought (see below).MOTHER NATURE. We have had the unfortunate and rare circumstance of having terrible weather two years in a row. While it is entirely possible that Mother Nature will again punish us in 2005 for transgressions unknown, it is more likely that on a comparative basis, we