Embrace Small and Inefficient, BA Says

Dear Client:Here on the ground at CBC there are more than 12,200 attendees from 50 different countries.We thought the show's opening salvo might harp on the recent slowdown in craft growth. But BA leadership mainly asked its audience to push the "small and independent" storyline. Independence matters, they insist, despite increasing arguments that it might not matter who owns a craft brewer (particularly if the beer is good). Small and indy brewers are "pioneers" who are "revolting" against the old