{"id":3757,"date":"2016-12-13T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beerbusinessunplugged.com\/?p=3757"},"modified":"2016-12-05T10:02:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T15:02:24","slug":"the-kentucky-colonel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beerbusinessunplugged.com\/?p=3757","title":{"rendered":"The Kentucky Colonel……"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"schlitz-ice-box\"<\/a>The week after I arrived in Wichita, Kansas to take the lead at Coors of Kansas, I had to replace my operations manager. \u00a0I brought in one of my former Coors NE employees from San Antonio to assume the role of operations manager.\u00a0 He did a great job in that role.\u00a0 At the end of the year, one of the owners, R.D. Hubbard, bought out the other owner, Terry Scanlon. \u00a0Dee had big plans and started buying out other Coors operations across the country, the first being Hutchinson, adjacent to Wichita.<\/p>\n

The plan was to run the Hutch market out of Wichita, but not immediately, thus leading me to find a branch manager. \u00a0Considering all aspects of running that plant, I moved the Wichita operations manager to Hutch, thereby creating another hole to fill.<\/p>\n

The Coors of Kanas operation was a large volume operation for Coors selling around three million cases a year. \u00a0This volume ranked CKI as one of the top five volume houses for Coors. \u00a0We moved a lot of product, so the operations manager needed a strong logistical background. \u00a0As luck would have it, I had moved my family into a neighborhood close to the warehouse. One of my neighbors, Carter S. Huber, turned out to be the ideal candidate for that position.<\/p>\n

At the time, Carter was the Emery Air Freight General Manager for Wichita. \u00a0His professional background made him a perfect fit for CKI, and in addition, Carter was a Vietnam veteran. \u00a0He had been deployed overseas shortly after graduating from high school and served in the Army for a two year tour of duty.<\/p>\n

As we all know, our country\u2019s treatment for returning vets was much different after the Vietnam War than it is for today\u2019s vets returning from a deployment.\u00a0 \u00a0Carter returned home to Kentucky to attend the University of Kentucky, where like at many colleges in those days, the anti-war movement made life difficult for returning vets. \u00a0Carter later joined Emory and was transferred to Wichita.<\/p>\n

Carter liked the idea of working in the beer industry so it did not take much convincing from me for him to join us at CKI. Within the year I had decided to buy Texas Beers and left Kansas, taking Carter with me. \u00a0He ran the operations at Texas Beers.\u00a0Carter\u2019s professional and military background was ideal for Texas Beers. At the time, we were losing our Schlitz business and worked hard to stay ahead of those trends.<\/p>\n

After I sold out and left, Carter took over as head of Texas Beers. \u00a0Texas Beers continued to hemorrhage volume and in five years the operation was sold and Carter left to join the Miller operation, Valley Beverage, where he managed the imports. \u00a0Once again, fate jumped in, and as Miller Lite continued to lose share, as Schlitz had some years earlier, Valley Beverage was sold to Glazer’s.<\/p>\n

Carter was made Branch Manager by Glazer’s and with the addition of Glazer’s spirits, wine and beer, it made their Valley operation a giant. \u00a0After many years of overseeing this operation, and 35 years in the business of selling beer, Carter S. Huber retired this spring.<\/p>\n

Carter is the personification of a beer guy: professional, nose to the stone, and always a team player. \u00a0As a veteran, Carter was ideally suited for the industry, and I was fortunate to have worked with him for so many years. \u00a0Carter and his wife, Libby, still live in the Valley where Carter spends time at church and on the golf course. \u00a0Carter S. Huber, the Kentucky Colonel….<\/p>\n

BBU Honor Roll;<\/p>\n

2016 \u2013 Carter S. Huber \u2013 Schlitz\/Miller<\/p>\n

2015 \u2013 Albert Jaenicke \u2013 Hops<\/p>\n

2014 \u2013 R.D. Hubbard \u2013 Coors Distributor<\/p>\n

2013 \u2013 George Henricksen \u2013 Royal Imports<\/p>\n

2012 \u2013 Diane Fall \u2013 Warsteiner<\/p>\n

THIS IS THE LAST POST OF 2016. \u00a0I WISH EACH OF YOU A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS. \u00a0NEXT POST WILL BE ON JANUARY 3, 2017. \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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