**Breaking**
A-B To Buy Branch in Ohio
FILED MAY 17, 2013
Despite a recent law passed banning more branches in Ohio, A-B announced it is buying Lima's C&G Distributing...
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West Selling Beer; East Not So Much
FILED MAY 17, 2013
Thirty-nine of the fifty states are showing declines in beer shipments for the year-to-date period through March, according to Beer Institute figures...
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How Big is Small?
FILED MAY 16, 2013
As big brewers and small brewers descend upon Washington DC for Brewers' Day to promote their respective excise tax break bills, we decided to delve into some data to get some perspective...
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Feds Suggest Lowering BAC to 0.05, MADD Not on Board
FILED MAY 15, 2013
The first fire has been shot in the quest to reduce BAC levels. The National Transportation Safety Board said states should reduce the standard from the current .08 blood alcohol content to .05 as part of a series...
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Dueling Tax Bills De-Mystified
FILED MAY 14, 2013
There's been some wringing of hands the past few days about the introduction or re-introduction of two federal excise tax bills, one by the Beer Institute called the BEER Act...
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Cone to Take on Soft Drinks
FILED MAY 13, 2013
Cone Distributing, blue-silver distributor in Ocala, Florida, is the latest beer distributor to also take on a major soft drink line...
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Will Craft Consolidate?
FILED MAY 10, 2013
People have been predicting the rollup of the craft brewing industry for -- well, as long as I've been in the industry. There have been some thrusts and feints....
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