Anheuser-Busch Delivers More Than 360,000 Cans of Water to Assist Tornado and Storm Relief Efforts in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. Let’s take a step back from our legislative issues, and sincerely thank Anheuser-Busch for this generous act of support to the devastated areas of south. Anheuser-Busch has a history of providing drinking water to areas [...]
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Boycott ceasefire
A lot happened last week before the storms. For obvious and understandable reasons, however, our legislation has taken a back seat in our lives as well as the lives of other stakeholders. As Alabama begins a return to normalcy, here is an update. With the help of our Senate sponsor, Bill Holtzclaw, and Alabama’s brewing [...]
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More important things than beer
Everyone is searching for words to respond to the devastation that hit Alabama and other states last week. As with everyone else, we are at a loss. Free the Hops is an organization of individuals, and all of us were impacted by the storms to some degree. Many of us are simply shocked by the [...]
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Homebrew legalization fails
After some lively debate, HB266 failed a floor vote today 28-45. I’m really quite confused. Some of the No votes don’t even make sense. We’ll put the vote results in the Find Your Legislator tool shortly. HB266 is not a Free the Hops bill.
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The Alabama brewing industry vs. other southern states
SB192 is about economic development in Alabama. The legal situation here is not conducive to a thriving brewing industry. To show this, I’ve looked at the numbers in Alabama versus the numbers in the southern states surrounding us. It’s also helpful to look at South Carolina – which has a very similar population to Alabama [...]
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Alabama Brewers’ Guild statement on the boycott
The Alabama Brewers’ Guild issued a thorough statement on the Free the Hops boycott this weekend. An excerpt: Small, independent breweries in our state have a steep uphill battle from their moment of inception. We do not enjoy the same privileges in Alabama that breweries in other states enjoy. Many breweries thrive in states such [...]
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Birmingham News on the boycott
Lots of articles have been circulating since yesterday, but I think this is a pretty comprehensive one. Birmingham News: Free the Hops calls for boycott of beers stocked by Anheuser-Busch distributors in Alabama Quoting my friend Stuart Carter: This is not a decision that the board of directors or the senior officers of Free the [...]
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Response to George Burgess
Turner Beverage (Huntsville distributor of Anheuser-Busch) Sales Manager, George Burgess, was quoted today by beernews.org regarding the Free the Hops boycott. We have absolutely nothing against Free the Hops. I wish everyone would read the actual legislation over for themselves before jumping to any conclusions off of just sound bytes. I’ve known George for a [...]
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Comment moderation
Starting yesterday, we began moderating all comments left on this blog. So if you leave a comment, it may take a short amount of time for it to be approved. We are not moderating comments to prevent criticism. We are moderating to prevent obscenity, extreme profanity, and libelous statements from appearing on our website. We [...]