Jim Koch: “We are Pleased”

A Brave New World For BeerBoston Beer distributor sales-to-retailers increased about 4% in the second quarter of 2005 over the second quarter of 2004, a huge gain considering the industry was down. Boston Beer shipments were down 2.2%, indicating a distributor inventory reduction, which was the reversal of an inventory build during Q1. Boston Beer had a particularly strong June.Chairman Jim Koch said in a statement that BBC is "pleased by the depletion growth" but that it was "too early