Craft Brewers Conference 2013
“Grow and pay attention in the years to come” was the advice the President of the Brewers Association, Charlie Papazian, gave in his opening speech to the roughly 6400 participants at this year’s Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) in Washington D.C. Whoever believed they may have heard signs of subdued euphoria about the US craft brewing industry in his address were confronted at the very latest in Paul Gatza’s report on the status of the craft brewing industry with current market data and evidence for emerging trends intermingled with cautious optimism.