Thousands of Craft Brewers Could Close Under Current Conditions

Dear Client: Could this be craft's quasi-extinction event?  Ok, quasi-extinction isn't really a thing. But over the next few months, we're in real danger of potentially losing thousands of craft brewers, largely due to shutterings from the pandemic.  Brewers Association chief economist Bart Watson said as much, upon releasing the findings of their most recent COVID-19 craft brewer survey, covering furloughs/firings, closings, and more. (*Methodology below.)   Bart's sobering headline: "A majority of breweries do not think their business can last