Missouri Craft Brewers Feel They Got the Short End of the Stick on SB 919

Dear Client:Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed SB 919 into law this past Friday, giving suppliers the green light to lease coolers to retailers, per St. Louis Post Dispatch.Anheuser-Busch pushed for the bill saying it would give consumers more options to purchase cold beer. Opponents of the bill like Jeff Schrag, president of the Missouri Small Brewers Association, said the passage is really just another example of the company "slowly strangling independent brewers."Jeff believes SB 919 gives big brewers an "unfair