Given the recent evidence of Russia’s President Putin seizing Carlsberg’s Baltika breweries and Anheuser-Busch’s Bud Light marketing blunder, many observers wonder if brewers’ early-warning systems and contingency plans don’t need an overhaul in times of rising political and geopolitical risks. The board is supposed to be a company’s periscope to spot any danger on the horizon. But, what if brewers’ boards still seem to rely on their ability to dive under it?