“It’s going to cost the industry a substantial amount of money,” said Matt Cole, brewmaster at Ohio-based Fat Head’s Brewery.

Consolidation in the hard seltzer category could drag on over the next few years, which, coupled with Boston Beer’s investments in branding and in-house capacity in anticipation of demand ...

Some brewers have also lost access to store shelves from one big customer: Canada, which is the top foreign market for U.S.