GOP lawmaker slams Teamsters for meme about free the growler bill
The bill would remove the cap that prohibits five breweries from selling growlers and beer to go.
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One of the sponsors of a bill to free the growler got into a chippy exchange on Twitter with the Teamsters Union that opposes the proposal.
State Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, along with a bipartisan group of Minnesota legislators last week announced a bill that would allow all breweries in Minnesota to sell growlers by removing the growler cap in state law.
The growler cap prohibits breweries that sell more than 20,000 barrels per year from selling growlers and beer to go. Currently, there are five breweries that are too big to sell growlers.
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.
Down the drain: Castle Danger dumps beer as it pushes to free the growler Some legislators agree on ending a cap on beer sold to-go. January 29, 2021 8:55pm Text size Copy shortlink: That s just sad, said Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, as he watched the golden liquid flow.
He and two other lawmakers visited the Two Harbors taproom on Friday to hear a plea from the state s largest breweries, who are again asking the Legislature to let them sell growlers.
Breweries that produce more than 20,000 barrels of beer in a year are prohibited from selling the to-go containers under state law. Lon Larson, co-owner of Castle Danger, said this rule forced layoffs and waste when COVID-19 caused his taproom to close for months. The brewery has dumped 920 kegs since March.
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Many businesses like breweries have been struggling during this health pandemic. Castle Danger Brewery in Two Harbors say a state law limiting who can sell growlers is making business hurt even more. On Friday, a group of state lawmakers visited the brewery to hear more about the issue.
Castle Danger is one of five Minnesota breweries in the country along with Fulton, Surly, Schell s and Summit that can not sell to go beer due to the states current growler cap. What s frustrating about that is that it is so much part of the experience of a tap room and is so much a part of our growth. It s a marketing tool and has allowed a brewery in a town of 3,300 people to become the fifth largest in the state, said Lon Larson, the vice president and co-owner of Castle Danger Brewery.