CBC Keynote 2015: On Definitions, Partners and Numbers

Dear Client: Brewers Association president Charlie Papazian opened this year's Craft Brewers Conference with a couple stats, and a point to make about definitions. "All week, people have been saying, '11,000!'" he said of CBC's attendance number. "That's 22% more than last year. 13% of that 11,000 are from out of the United States." Attendees are from more than 1,700 operating breweries. "I've been opening this national gathering for 38 years," he noted, then offered perspectives on "a few points,"