Price Storm on the Horizon?

January domestic shipments (brewery to distributor) were up 3.3% while imports were up 27% with an extra sell day. February domestic shipments were down 1.1% with even sell days, said Lester Jones of the Beer Institute yesterday. That puts domestic year-to-date shipments through February up around 300,000 barrels or 1.1%. Still a pretty good showing, particularly when you add the imports to the game.But IRI and Neilsen scanner data show a pretty soft beer industry YTD, suggesting a rather significant