Andy Thomas New Brewers Collective Chief as Mika Michaelis Heads up Labatt

Dear Client:  Some big craft (and commercial) moves coming down the pike at Anheuser-Busch, and they're getting announced pretty much as we speak.  Today A-B is telling its company and wholesaler partners that Andy Thomas -- current general manager of Kona Brewing Co., Omission Balanced Brewing, and the Brewers Collective Business Unit -- will succeed Marcelo “Mika” Michaelis as president of A-B’s Brewers Collective Business Unit, which has outpaced craft category trends under Mika's tenure.  After three years heading A-B's