Craft Slowing Through Home Stretch of Summer

Dear Client:  Like overall beer, craft is looking rather sluggish in the heat of summer. The total beer category is posting dollar declines of 2.8% and volume declines of 4.9% in the latest four weeks of NIQ scans to August 10; and craft is running even slower in the frame with dollars down 4.5% and volume down 5.9%. The latest four-week trends for both are a step or so behind their respective YTD trends, with beer down just 1.4% in