By The Huffington Post News Editors
The Brewers Association defines craft brewers as small, independent and traditional. More specifically, the brewers must produce six million barrels of beer or less, and “less than 25% of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by an alcoholic beverage industry member who is not themselves a craft brewer.”
When writer Amanda Rykoff went to opening day at Yankee Stadium on April 1, she discovered that the Yankees had a new “Craft Beer Destination,” featuring Blue Moon, Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy, Crispin Cider and Batch 19. Slight problem though: none of those are craft beers. They are all produced by MillerCoors, which certainly doesn’t fall under the Brewers Association definition. Moreover, Crispin isn’t actually a beer, and the Summer Shandy isn’t 100 percent beer.
“Once again, the Yankees have figured out yet another way to charge a superior price for an inferior product,” Rykoff lamented on her Tumblr.
From: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/yankees-craft-beer_n_3091566.html