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You are here: Home / Crisis Response / MN Bill to Provide Relief for Craft Brewers is Opposed

MN Bill to Provide Relief for Craft Brewers is Opposed

News »  Crisis Responseposted May 15th 04:26:02PM by Tom McCormick

Like all states, Minnesota’s stay-home order has forced breweries to close their tap rooms. For now, breweries can only sell beer in growlers and crowlers from the brewery for off-site sales while it is unlawful to sell beer in bottles or cans directly to customers from the brewery.

Under a proposed House bill, Minnesota breweries would be able to sell six-packs of 12-ounce cans and four-packs of 16-ounce cans for the length of the pandemic-driven emergency, and then for 60 days afterward.

Sounds like a reasonable adjustment given that most states allow this on an ongoing basis and Minnesota brewers are asking only for temporary relief. But the lobbying group for the beer wholesalers and others are opposed.

“Conferring special advantages to one tier of the industry simultaneously puts other tiers at a disadvantage,” Mike Madigan, president of the Minnesota Beer Wholesalers Association told the Star Tribune News.

With just one week left in the legislative session, it is unlikely the bill will clear the opposition and pass.

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Tom McCormick

Posted by Tom McCormick

Comments

  1. Gerry Turgeon says

    May 15, 2020 at 5:06 pm

    Alcoholic beverage distributors and wholesalers have ruled the industry too long and have wielded a stranglehold on the marketplace. Give the craft brewers of MN a break. Who cares if it puts those heavy handed Crap beer peddlers at a disadvantage. They’ll figure out a way to wriggle out of it. Screw them anyway!

    • Nicholas Danger says

      May 16, 2020 at 1:35 pm

      I agree Gerry, the 3 tier system needs to go away across the board. Lobbyists who represent the big companies and wine Industry need to go away. People are getting smarter, and willing to reach a little deeper into their pockets for better beer, food, coffee etc. Sophistication level has grown for the most part as well. Well for the most part, those still drinking AB products are questionable. The old Neanderthal, guttural grunt “Give me a Bud” still reflects the rest of the story.

  2. Dan Valas says

    May 16, 2020 at 12:07 pm

    what Gerry said…

  3. Tim Masbrew says

    May 16, 2020 at 3:41 pm

    Really poor behavior for any leg of this industry to deny others an opportunity to offset some of the incredible losses be born onto the craft breweries during this Gov. imposed shutdown.

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