IT'S GETTING HARDER FOR CRAFT BREWERS TO GO IT ALONE Against a backdrop of stagnating craft beer sales--down $143 million in the first half of 2017--some of the largest independent breweries are struggling to compete with the growing number of small beer brands that have been scooped up by heavyweights like Anheuser-Busch InBev and Molson Coors, according to the Wall Street Journal.