Craft at NBWA: How Far We’ve Come

Dear Client:As with every year, the Brewers Association has been the voice of craft at this year's National Beer Wholesalers Association convention. Here on the grounds of the Convention's 75th anniversary, new BA chair and Dogfish Head chief Sam Calagione told CBD he appreciates how far craft-distributor relations have come. He recalls how distributors didn't want to talk about franchise law reform or small brewery self-distribution just 3 or 4 years ago. "Now, we heard Bob [Archer, NBWA chairman] this