Abita Leaning in On Core Beer Next Year

Dear Client:    Legacy southeastern craft brewer Abita Beer, nearing its 40th birthday, has seen it all.  As VP of sales Leo Basile put it on a recent call with CBD, they aren’t worried about the “mature” craft beer market that is still seeing down sales, as “we’ve seen this before and we’ve weathered the storm.”  “We've never had an easy path to market,” Leo said, noting that when he started with Abita “back in the day” he “was literally selling