CBC: Optimism for Craft, But…

May 4, 2012CBC: Optimism for Craft, But...Dear Client:As I enter the great hall at the Craft Brewers Conference, it's hard to believe that it's been 18 or so years since I attended my first CBC in Austin, I think in 1994 or 1995. It was much smaller back then, obviously. There are 4,500 people attending this year. But one thing was similar: Lots of new brewers and breweries-in-planning folks there. I remember Jim Koch back in 1995, the keynote speaker,