Happy hours, daily drink specials and promotions are popular incentives used by retail licensees to attract business, remain competitive and satisfy their customers’ expectations. In implementing these practices, however, licensees… Read More

You could make the argument that Missouri’s a Big Beer state. Its Big Beer capital would be St. Louis, but even in its real capital (Jefferson City), the Missouri General… Read More

OSHA is becoming more aggressive in setting and enforcing new safety and health requirements. And not to say that you, craft brewer, are negligent or running an unhealthy operation, but… Read More

Independent beer distributors representing all 50 states arrived in Washington, D.C., last week for the 2016 National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) Legislative Conference to grab the ears of members of… Read More

Craft brewing has exploded nationally with more than 4,000 breweries now operating in the United States. Craft distilling has also seen a similar rapid rise as consumers seek out unique… Read More

Some of the most absurd local regulations breweries deal with involve arbitrary production caps. These are the ones where some people in a room, years ago, made up a category,… Read More

Now this is legislation we can get behind. Most of our local legislative stories lately have been from the South and have been kind of depressing, but legislators up in… Read More

Now that the Georgia brewers revolt has been avoided (for now), brewers in Mississippi are taking their turn to try and influence regulators and update antiquated beer distribution rules. A… Read More

The Georgia craft beer distribution battle is over. Well, at least there has been a conclusion on this specific matter. Click that link for the full details, but the gist… Read More

Before the calendar flipped to 2016, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau issued “TTB Ruling 2015-1, Ingredients and Processes Used in the Production of Beer Not Subject to… Read More