Simon Thorpe on Firestone/Duvel Deal

Dear Client: So now we know the next deal among the many more that are rumored to occur in 2015's last half: The Firestone/Duvel combination. To review some numbers: Firestone did just over 200,000 barrels last year, up a whopping 40%. They've projected roughly 275,000 this year. So it's easy to conceptualize, especially with 508 Blonde's run in chain (it's recently cracked top 30 craft in IRI multi-outlet and convenience, the third biggest craft dollar share gainer in that group),