Brewers Association Broadens “Traditional” Prong of Craft Brewer Definition

Dear Client: The Brewers Association Board of Directors recently introduced changes to the Association's foundational framework "to better serve the not-for-profit trade group's membership of small and independent American craft brewers," per company statement today. Changes include a couple tweaks to purpose and mission statements. But one of the biggest revisions comes via the craft brewer definition, which holds that craft brewers are "small, independent and traditional." The revised definition recognizes that adjunct brewing is now considered quite literally "traditional