Legal challenges to state regulation of the three-tier alcohol distribution system, the bedrock of the beer industry’s stability, drew more than 900 beer company executives to Washington to speak to their district legislators last week. During a weekend of briefings and beer receptions, industry leaders stressed the change in the nation’s political climate and state and federal litigation that may soon topple beer’s dominance in state legislation. “There’s one word to encapsulate the mood and the climate in Washington right now: change,” said NBWA’s CEO Craig Purser, adding a quote from Alvin Toffler, the 20th century American writer and futurist, “Change is the process… Read More