** Alert ** Vitale Leaves Brooklyn Brewery

September 16, 2011Vitale Leaves Brooklyn Brewery Dear Client:Longtime vice president of sales Mike Vitale has resigned from the Brooklyn Brewery after 23 years, effective today. So says a letter to distributors this afternoon. No word at presstime as to the reason, other than "to pursue other options."In the letter to wholesalers, Brooklyn chief Steve Hindy writes: "Mike was our first employee and he did yeoman's work building the company. We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors."Mike's