Craft Brewers Speak on MC Agreement

The nation's craft brewers, after examining the new MillerCoors agreement with their distributors, have expressed their opinion. In a nutshell, they are very concerned.The chief of the Brewers Association, Charlie Papazian, who largely represents the small brewers, told BBD last night that the BA "firmly believes in the independence of beer distributors. Our official policy is 'The BA supports the independence of wholesalers and believes independent wholesalers are wholesalers who are contractually and economically free to allocate their efforts among