Craft in A-B’s Backyard

June 3, 2011 Craft in A-B's Backyard Dear Client: In St. Louis, "the number of consumers that think about 'craft' beer, you can count on one hand," says Dan Kopman, who runs Schlafly, the oldest craft game in town. So what about them? "That's different. That's local beer ... the small or local brewery." Indeed, the whole nation is undergoing some sort of locavore moment - but in St. Louis, it's different. St. Louis denizens are fiercely loyal to local.