Jeff Schrag, left, founder of Mother's Brewing Co. in Springfield and president of the Missouri Small Brewers Association, said a law recently signed by Gov. Jay Nixon will give big companies an unfair advantage in dictating what beers could be stocked in coolers, limiting access to smaller, independent brewers.

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