Brewer / Distributor Sticking Point

As distributor groups cast about to create strategies to combat deregulation in the wake of the Costco decision, there is one particular point in which distributors and brewers disagree: joining hands with public health advocates and the acknowledgement that alcohol is socially sensitive.At the NBWA/Brewers Joint Legislative Conference, BBD learned that A-B president August Busch IV made it clear to NBWA leadership that this was the wrong path. Brewers are likely fearful that such language as "socially sensitive" coming from