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The Small Craft Brewers Coalition in Minnesota is seeking legislation that would grant them the ability to sell 12 and 16 ounce cans of beer from their breweries. Current state law prohibits those sales due to an annual production cap.
Free the growler : Bill would allow all Minnesota breweries to sell growlers
Only five breweries in Minnesota are prohibited from selling growlers and beer to go because they re too big.
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A bipartisan effort is underway to free the growler by removing a cap that prevents the state s largest breweries from selling their beer to go in 64-ounce containers.
Minnesota law prevents any craft brewery in the state that produces more than 20,000 barrels from selling growlers. Currently, there are five breweries – Castle Danger, Fulton, Schell s, Surly and Summit – in the state that are prohibited from selling growlers and beer to go from their taproom, while all the others can . until they get too big themselves.
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New Legislation to Remove Brewery Growler Cap
A group called the Alliance of Minnesota Craft Breweries introduced new legislation today that would remove Minnesota’s growler cap, a state law that now prohibits bigger breweries from selling their beer in 64 ounce growler containers.
February 11, 2021
MINNESOTA – A group called the Alliance of Minnesota Craft Breweries introduced new legislation today that would remove Minnesota’s growler cap. A state law that now prohibits bigger breweries from selling their beer in 64 ounce growler containers.
That law says Minnesota breweries cannot sell to-go growlers if they make more than 20,000 barrels of beer a year.