“We Have to Revisit Everything,” says Top Craft Brewer

Dear Client:Two years ago, Dogfish Head CEO Nick Benz greeted distributors at their somewhat semi-annual distributor meeting like so:"F*ck you, you can do better; there's always room for improvement," he had joked to his distributor audience back then, who had that far into the meeting been praised for helping the brewer achieve 17% CAGR over the prior 10 years.Two years later things are quite different. Craft trends have slowed, particularly for the largest brewers. This one in particular is tracking