Birmingham News: Alabama Governor Robert Bentley plans to sign beer bill into law. An article in the Birmingham News confirms that Governor Bentley plan on signing SB192. A good read overall.
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About the non-Bud Breweries
I want to be clear. With the exception of Anheuser-Busch, the breweries listed on our boycott list do not appear to be opposed to Free the Hops’ legislation. In fact, we know many of them support it. Back Forty, in particular, is an Alabama brewery that wants to open a tap room at their new [...]
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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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Huntsville Beer
I’m a big believer in local beer and local beer culture. Folks in the Huntsville area can learn about all the latest news at a fairly new blog: www.huntsvillebeer.com If you’re not quite a “beer insider” in the Tennessee Valley, this is a great resource for events and happenings about Huntsville area beers, breweries, and [...]
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Brewery Modernization Act makes front page
Specifically, the Montgomery Advertiser was focusing on the statutory red tape that the new owners of the Montgomery Brewpub location will face unless the law is changed. Montgomery Advertiser: Brew Pub’s new owners want Legislature to change restrictive laws There is one factual error in the article, a simple mistake. Because along with the other [...]
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The Gadsden Times: Brewery law overdue for update
Thanks to The Gadsden Times for revisiting the the Brewery Modernization Act in the off season.
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Homebrewing legalisation passes Senate!
SB153, the homebrewing legalisation bill, has passed the Alabama Senate! This being politics, there was an amendment made to the bill which helped it to pass. This amendment restricts the transportation of homebrew to no more than 20gallons at a time, whether to clubs, competitions, or whatever, but this does not affect the quantity that [...]
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Another beer bill
Although Free the Hops is focused squarely on the Brewery Modernization Act, you should also know that there is another bill that would legalize the homebrewing of beer, mead, cider, and wine. SB153 was introduced by Senator Larry Dixon yesterday. Free the Hops openly supports the repeal of the current ban on homebrewing and will [...]
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The hops are not yet free
The hops are a lot freer with the signing of the Gourmet Beer Bill, but there are still plenty of other issues that Free the Hops need to address. Being a grassroots group, we feel it is only appropriate that everyone who helped to get the ABV law reformed should have input on what FTH [...]
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Contact your senator today!
Unfortunately, the Senate is up to its old tricks again this year. Once again, they are regularly deadlocking themselves in filibusters and voting on little to no legislation. We are in the final weeks of the legislative session, and our bill is still sitting there waiting for them to get some work done. All they [...]