Trade Orgs Working Together Like Fabric in a Sweater

Dear Client:Yesterday's Craft Brewer Conference general session featured a very "kumbaya" panel with NBWA chief, Craig Purser; Brewers Association CEO, Bob Pease; Beer Institute chief, Jim McGreevy; and Sarah Longwell, director of the American Beverage Institute. New BA chairman Rob Tod moderated.Now rallied around the same tax bill and against the spectre of MegaBrew, the Brewers Association, Beer Institute and National Beer Wholesalers Association are tight buds. It's different; it's good. Although they may have another common enemy soon...WASHINGTON TEETOTALERS