Neruda had occupied many diplomatic positions in various countries during his lifetime and served a term as a Senator for the Communist Party. The President outlawed communism in 1948, and Neruda was arrested.

Friends hid him in the basement of a house in the city of Valparaíso; escaping through a mountain pass near Maihue lake into Argentina. Years later he became a close advisor to Chile’s democratic socialist president.

American microbreweries typically distribute through a wholesaler in a traditional three-tier system, others act as their own distributor and sell to retailers or directly to the consumer through a tap room, attached restaurant, or off-premises sales. Because alcohol control is left up to the states, there are many state-to-state differences in the laws. Following the federal US government shutdown on October 1, 2013, craft beer producers were forced into an activity lull due to the closure of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, an arm of the Treasury Department. The TTB is responsible for granting approval for new breweries, recipes, and labels.

The idea that brewers who had been in business for generations didn’t qualify as “traditional” simply did not cohere for many members. Brewers have long brewed with what has been available to them. Since the Brewers Association doesn’t define craft beer the definition doesn’t differentiate on what type of beer craft brewers brew, as long as the majority of what they make is beer. The revised definition also provides room for the innovative capabilities of craft brewers to develop new beer styles and be creative within existing beer styles. The revised definition removes the subjective assessment by brewers staff of whether adjuncts “enhance” flavor in a particular beer.