Alabamians For Specialty Beer

Legislative session starts January 12

By Dan Roberts | Published: January 5, 2010


I know it’s been a little quiet around here. The best excuse I can give is that all of the Free the Hops leadership are volunteers. When there’s no major event to be planned or a legislative session going on, we try our best to convince our family, friends, bosses and/or subordinates that we can put as much energy into the other parts of our lives as we put into beer.

In a week, however, the mad dash known as the 30 legislative days begins again. We have proposed a comprehensive reform of the brewery and brewpub laws in Alabama, and we will be pushing that with the same energy that you’ve come to expect.

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4 Comments

  1. Henry
    Posted January 13, 2010 at 3:10 pm | Permalink

    What five counties had breweries prior to 1919?

    • Dan Roberts
      Posted January 13, 2010 at 4:16 pm | Permalink

      I THINK it’s: Russell, Lee (because it was formed from Russell), Mobile, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, and Madison. Since Lee County was approved by the ABC Board, maybe that makes 6 counties that can now have a brewpub.

    • Dan Roberts
      Posted January 13, 2010 at 4:33 pm | Permalink

      Let’s see –
      1. Mobile
      Currently has a brewpub
      2. Lee
      Currently has a brewpub
      3. Russell
      Had breweries in Phenix City in the 1800s
      4. Jefferson
      Had a brewpub after the Brewpub Act was passed
      5. Tuscaloosa
      Had a brewpub after the Brewpub Act was passed
      6. Madison
      Seems like I read somewhere that this was on the “approved” list but I’m not sure.

      • Dan Roberts
        Posted January 15, 2010 at 4:06 pm | Permalink

        Well Henry, I’m all messed up because Montgomery County currently has a brewpub so it must be included.

        Basically I have no idea. :)