FWIW Mr. Monk, I can no longer buy any Red Hook beers locally, can't get Ruthless rye, can only buy Torpedo if I buy a 12 pack with 9 beers I won't drink, can only buy Hop Nosh if the wind is blowing just right, and I could go on and on. What happened to all those beers that used to be available in my tiny little anthill at the furthest outpost of BFE? They've been replaced by stuff like Ballast Point and other Macro vassals, these may be great beers but I'll be damned if I'll by any of them. Those of you residing near the coasts, whether east, west or south, may still have access to most of what you'd like, but many of us living in the 85% of the American landmass know derisively by many a "fly over country" have lost that access. Here in my town we do have a better than we probably deserve liquor store, the owner tries to keep what we want, but in the end he can only stock what the distributors will let him have. I too am a firm believer in letting the market forces make the decisions about what will be available to customers, but only when the playing field is level. I don't think any sane, honest person could seriously argue that is the case.