Birmingham News: Alabama beer brewing laws near change, but some say not far enough A pretty good overview of the bill’s current status, including the fact that the compromise is a little controversial. However, I want to point out a few points that I think aren’t quite accurate. This isn’t an indictment of the author [...]
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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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Breaking: Free the Hops boycotts Anheuser-Busch and their distributors in Alabama
The Board of Directors of Free the Hops has voted to ban all products from Anheuser-Busch and their local distributors from Free the Hops events until further notice. This is a direct response to their efforts against our bills. The aims of the Brewery Modernization Act are to provide a friendlier environment for the brewing [...]
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Montgomery brewpub may or may not come back
Montgomery Advertiser: New Brew Pub owners making big plans After months of negotiations, the Montgomery Brewpub location has been sold. The new owners are interested in re-opening the brewpub, but they are hesitant due to the legal restrictions that would be placed on their license. He said whether the plans would include a brewery and [...]
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Local beer in the news
Birmingham News: Brewers are hopping to the Alabama suds rush Nice write up about the growth of the brewing industry in Alabama since the Gourmet Beer Bill passed in 2009. As of Saturday, there will be 4 local breweries operating in the Huntsville metro area alone.
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Stokin’ the Fire – a word of thanks to our sponsors!
Free the Hops would like to thank all the folks who made this year’s Stokin’ the Fire team a success! First of all, we couldn’t do anything without our many volunteers whose efforts ensure every Free the Hops event runs smoothly. This event was no exception and the guys who spent the weekend at Sloss [...]
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Why not have a beer at the brewery itself?
The Huntsville Times recently ran a piece about Huntsville’s new brewery, Straight to Ale. On the online comments, someone asked a very good question: Why don’t any of these brewery’s here in Huntsville have a bar at the brewery itself. I would like to go and see the process and be able to have a [...]
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Press about our 2010 Agenda
Birmingham News: Alabama bill aims to help brewpubs through deregulation. I really like this part: Roberts said lifting the restrictions would create economic development opportunities for brewpubs and breweries to grow in the state. “It’s really about making an environment more friendly for business, which ordinarily we would all be in favor of.” Although the [...]
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Help Us Get Good Beer In Alabama
As I have said in previous posts, the mere passage of our bill raising the ABV limit in Alabama does not guarantee all of your favorite breweries will immediately sign distribution contracts in this state and start shipping beer here. Many factors affect whether a specific brewery distributes beer in a given state, with production [...]
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