A ray of sunshine in a storm of depressing economic data: According to a press release, Shmaltz Brewing Company, makers of, among other things, HE'BREW Beer and Coney Island Lager, reported that its sale rose 80% in 2008 and predicts it will clear the $2 million sales mark in '09. Although it's a member of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Shmaltz actually makes its brews in Upstate New York.
