Quality Wine & Spirits Exits Beer Biz; Clown Shoes Marooned?

Dear Client: At NBWA and GABF, we often heard the questions: Are there enough beer distributors for all these brewers? Do craft brewers have sufficient distribution protections? Here's another related one: What happens when a wine and spirits house decides to exit the beer business, and no other beer distributors are willing to pay the releasing wholesaler for beer brands that will presumably soon be "free"? To hear Clown Shoes tell it, the suppliers get you-know-whatted. The Massachusetts-based brewer detailed