Larry Bell on the Latest

Dear Client:  Well, the Cubs are outta baseball already, so we were able to snag some time with Bell's founder Larry Bell this week. (Overdue, that's on us.)  It was a timely chat: BBD readers will recall that, at the start of this week, Reyes announced the purchase of top 30 distributor, Monarch, in Indiana, adding another 16 million cases to its already giant operation. Monarch's book includes plenty of craft, like Cigar City, Dogfish Head, Lagunitas, SweetWater, Victory, Three