Florida and Cali Decide the Game

The Beer Institute's Lester Jones reported estimated US shipments for 2007 for each state, and the results may surprise you. You'll recall that the US beer business is estimated to be up a respectable 1.4% last year, or about 2.8 million barrels. So where in the country did those barrels come from, and more importantly, where didn't they come from?Florida is a problem. Of the 250k some odd barrels that down states lost last year, nearly 70% of those barrels