NBWA Responds to Steve Hindy Op-Ed on Stifling Second Tier

Dear Client: Some of you may have seen Steve Hindy's weekend Op-Ed from the New York Times, "Free Craft Beer!" where the Brooklyn Brewery founder argues that franchise laws are essentially outdated at best and hurtful to small brewers at worst. "Franchise laws ... were written decades ago and today are being used to limit consumer choice by keeping small and start-up breweries from moving easily into new markets," the story starts. He later argued that "some small brewers refuse