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Craft beer distribution battle brews in Florida legislature
Source: Reuters
Craft beer distribution battle brews in Florida legislature
BY BARBARA LISTON
ORLANDO, Florida Thu Apr 3, 2014 5:11am EDT
(Reuters) - Beer fans line up every winter at Intuition Ale Works in north Florida for the annual tapping of Underdark, a world-class dark brew aged for a year in bourbon barrels that sells out quickly even at $15 a bottle.
Ben Davis, who owns the four-year-old local craft brewery in Jacksonville, counts on Underdark's two-day spike in revenue to grow his small business.
But a bill pending in the Florida Senate that would cut into Underdark's profit has craft beer-makers crying foul.
The law would force craft brewers to sell their bottled and canned beer directly to a distributor. If they want to sell it in their own tap rooms, they would then have to buy it back at what is typically a 30-40 percent mark-up without the bottles or cans ever leaving the brewery, according to Joshua Aubuchon, a lawyer and lobbyist for the Florida Brewers Guild.
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BY BARBARA LISTON
ORLANDO, Florida Thu Apr 3, 2014 5:11am EDT
(Reuters) - Beer fans line up every winter at Intuition Ale Works in north Florida for the annual tapping of Underdark, a world-class dark brew aged for a year in bourbon barrels that sells out quickly even at $15 a bottle.
Ben Davis, who owns the four-year-old local craft brewery in Jacksonville, counts on Underdark's two-day spike in revenue to grow his small business.
But a bill pending in the Florida Senate that would cut into Underdark's profit has craft beer-makers crying foul.
The law would force craft brewers to sell their bottled and canned beer directly to a distributor. If they want to sell it in their own tap rooms, they would then have to buy it back at what is typically a 30-40 percent mark-up without the bottles or cans ever leaving the brewery, according to Joshua Aubuchon, a lawyer and lobbyist for the Florida Brewers Guild.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/03/us-florida-beer-idUSBREA320M320140403
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