Distributors Remember Stormin’ Norman’s Tenure at Miller

Many beer industry folks within the Miller system and without were surprised and shocked at the announcement yesterday of the imminent retirement in November of Miller Americas chief Stormin' Norman Adami. BBD spent the afternoon trading calls and emails with several who in particular recall their first dealings with Norman when stepped into a deteriorating Miller Brewing Co. in 2003, a brewery in a sorry state that many had written off as on the road to Stroh/Heileman/Schlitz-ville. Recall that in