Of Crafts and PABs

February 18, 2011Of Crafts and PABsDear Client:Dan Wandel of Symphony IRI barely drew a breath as he went over the pertinent beer numbers for 2010 for over an hour yesterday for the Brewers Association's bi-annual Power Hour conference call. Major themes included the fact that, of course, craft is still growing gangbusters, wine is really cutting into beer growth, the big brewers are having somewhat of a innovation drought, volumes are down but dollar sales are positive, drug stores are