About this Episode
This week’s interview wasn’t initially supposed for the podcast and wasn’t recorded that approach (Brewing Trade Information subscribers learn it final month), however the subjects are salient and the audio listenable, so we thought it might be an attention-grabbing change of tempo. Lester Jones is the VP of Analytics and Chief Economist for the Nationwide Beer Wholesalers Affiliation, and has some fairly deep data-driven perception into what’s actuality and what’s simply vibes in right now’s world of beer gross sales which he shares on this dialog. All through, we attempt to unpack what’s really occurring, evaluating anecdotal expertise to actual gross sales knowledge, for a extra correct image of the alternatives and challenges in right now’s beer world.
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