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MoreCraft brewers in Wisconsin are fighting back against a proposed law that would kneecap them financially. They’re organizing legislators to take up their cause, and they’re ejecting MillerCoors beers from their brewpubs. Hey, anybody up for a “Boycott Leinenkugel’s” campaign?
MoreThe effort of Wisconsin Republicans to kneecap craft brewers on behalf of MillerCoors is not going unnoticed: The Wisconsin State Journal’s Beer Baron columnist notes the adverse impact Motion 414 could have on craft brewers’ ability to distribute and contract brew, the Associated Press has picked up the story, and ThinkProgress notes: “Under the provision, […]
MoreTrouble is brewing for craft brewers in Wisconsin, the Star Tribune’s Taste 50 is back (featuring Turtle Bread Co., Common Roots bagels, baker Solveig Tofte, and 47 others), Zimmern interviews Milwaukee Chef Jason Gorman of Iron Horse Hotel (interview includes helpful list of Gorman’s favorite Milwaukee restaurants), a first-look snapshot from the soft-opening of Turtle […]
MoreCommentary on Surly’s $20 million brewery / pub plan: “The real significance of Surly’s plan lies not with the thing itself, but with the implications of the proposed changes to the laws governing the three-tier system in Minnesota,” writes Michael Agnew, and the Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association opposes the plan, writing, in part: “By preventing […]
MoreSurly Brewing is hard at work on a new $20 million brewery plan. The idea includes a bar / roof deck, a restaurant, and an event center. But the brewery’s blog notes: “We can’t be licensed as a brewpub because we brew too much beer so Minnesota law currently says we can’t sell beer in […]
MoreHarriet Brewing opened up its doors to the public this weekend in Longfellow, the Fulton Beer guys are ordering their brewery equipment (read our local brewing roundup featuring Harriet and our profile of Fulton), beer cicerone Michael Agnew has a couple intriguing Cooks of Crocus Hill beer classes coming up (including a beer and cheese […]
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