Earlier this week, the Brewers Association, a trade group representing small and independent breweries, unveiled its "certified independent craft" seal. The association encourages breweries that meet its definition of "independent" to use the free seal on packaging and marketing materials. It's intended to help those breweries distinguish themselves from so-called Big Beer, or breweries that have sold to larger brewing conglomerates (most notably Anheuser-Busch's The High End division).
