I like the article and agree with the word "brand". RHook, its a great beer, but its got to be regional for sure. I can't say that RHook or Widmer is the craft beer of choice in micro/craft beer of choice in Talahassee, FL. Down there, they may have their own thing.

However, if you look at Germany or European countries. , they got how many, many brewers of which some or larger or smaller than others. Some are owned by big guys and some small.

CBA just needs to hold its own, work on its distribution chain, and pay down its debt load. Look at Mendocino, those guys got to be tiny, but the debt over past 2-3 years is really getting small. They still exist, they aren't sold out to Inbev. CBA needs to do what it does best, keep making great beer.