Mar 17, 2016

Got Growlers?

Yesterday SB211 passed, so growlers to go could happen as soon as June 1st. Recap: 2012 Gourmet Beer Bill gives us 13+% beer (homebrewers pissed that "homebrewing" of which FTH was founded through wasn't more of a concern for FTH), 2013 Homebrew legal (many homebrewers re-embrace FTH), 2014 breaks to be given to 25K breweries only (squashed, I think), 2015 Brewery Jobs Bill the initial growler bill passed in parts, I think, but no growlers, 2016 Growler Bill sent to governor as of yesterday to allow 288oz per person per brewery in the state each day (which is a lot of driving and sipping) passed. We also get some kegs for charity from breweries and some archaic restrictions on where breweries can be built (part of Brewery Modernization Bill from previous years, I think). So to recap, all of a sudden a micro can sustain much better now as of June 1st by selling straight to consumer for off site. Ah yes, one day I'll pour a pint of Possum Tail Pale Ale into some newby's growler and tell them to put it up against Sierra Nevada!