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For 50 years in Massachusetts, craft breweries have lacked the power to easily jump from one wholesaler to the next because of a law, written when their industry did not exist, binding them to lifetime contracts.
Distributors have held sway, empowered to a level where they can buy and sell craft beer brands without say from the brewers.
No longer.
At 3:26 a.m. Jan. 6, hours before the end of the 2020 legislative session, the House passed a bill that allows brewers producing fewer than 250,000 barrels a year 99% of the breweries in the state to end their relationship with a distributor as long as they give 30 days’ notice and pay “fair market value” for their brand rights. The bill goes to Gov. Charlie Baker to sign into law.
Craft breweries score a long-awaited victory at the State House
Legislators agreed to a compromise that would help brewers expand
By Jon Chesto Globe Staff,Updated January 8, 2021, 11:49 a.m.
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Finally, a compromise has been reached between brewers and distributors in Massachusetts.JackÃs Abby Craft Lagers
Craft brewers in Massachusetts can pour a cold one now and celebrate the last-minute approval of compromise legislation on Beacon Hill to help them break free of relationships with their distributors that may be hindering their growth.
The measure, enacted in the early morning hours on Wednesday, solidifies a deal struck between the Massachusetts Brewers Guild and the Beer Distributors of Massachusetts in July. The two sides reached a truce after a decade or so of warring over legal changes that would make it easier for brewers to walk away from their distributors.