It's been a hot minute since we've caught up with National Beer Wholesaler's Association chief Craig Purser. And as we slide into springtime, our thoughts naturally turn to the upcoming NBWA Legislative Conference, which after a hiatus of two years returns to Washington DC in early April, and we have much to talk about.

In the meantime, Craig and I spoke about equivalency, Treasury's report on competition in the beer industry, franchise law, consolidation, blurring of lines, and more. 

Harry is joined by Craig and editor Jordan Driggers.  

Show starts in earnest:  04:00

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00:00 Intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties, circling back pod, beernet power 20, etc. 

04:00 SHOW STARTS: Craig Purser of NBWA joins the call. 

05:00 consolidation, successor suppliers, what it means. 

08:20 on stz/mnst combo.

09:00 non-alc and alc merger implications.

10:50 grokking treasury report on competition: incomplete, inaccurate, work-in-progress.

13:00 positive parts of report.

13:40 remembering faa act.

18:15 grokking pepsico's entrance as a beer distributor. 

23:00 grokking discus' intentions.  tax breaks go both ways. 

26:15 not dogging canned cocktails themselves.

27:00 balancing needs of distribs' of different sizes/strategies. sticking together. 

31:00 everybody wants to be on beer distribs' trucks. 

32:50 walking through nbwa legislative conference schedule, april 3-6. 

34:25 importance of "tending to the fires of regular beer."

35:60 attracting and retaining workforce.

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