On Tuesday, Minneapolis-based Indeed Brewing Co. will begin selling its own beer in Castle Danger’s growlers. Tom Whisenand, Indeed’s CEO, says it’s a playful workaround designed to raise awareness about Minnesota’s cap on growler sales. Under Minnesota law, breweries are prohibited from selling growlers, crowlers, or other off-sale products in their taprooms once they begin producing more than 20,000 barrels a year.
Indeed hasn’t hit that mark quite yet, which means the brewery can continue selling any growlers it wants. But Whisenand is well aware that that the state’s cap on growlers will eventually impact his operations.
Free-the-growler legislation appears dead at Minnesota Capitol Minnesota s largest craft breweries have pushed to end a cap that prohibits them from selling 72-ounce jugs. April 28, 2021 6:52pm Text size Copy shortlink:
DULUTH – A proposal to allow Minnesota s largest breweries to sell 72-ounce growlers appears dead after the measure failed to gain significant support in the closing weeks of the legislative session.
Hurt by the pandemic, several of those breweries formed an alliance last year to lobby for a change in the law that says breweries that produce more than 20,000 barrels of beer in a year are prohibited from selling growlers or other to-go containers. Several of the breweries, including Surly, Fulton and Castle Danger, have said the cap penalizes them for their growth.
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Bent Paddle employee Craig Faast checks to make sure there are no leaky cans in a 12-pack of Kanu Session Pale Ale in February 2020. (Steve Kuchera / News Tribune)
DULUTH A new research report by the University of Minnesota Extension revealed that the state’s craft breweries lost more than $186 million in economic activity due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Bent Paddle employee Craig Faast checks to make sure there are no leaky cans in a 12-pack of Kanu Session Pale Ale in February 2020. (Steve Kuchera / News Tribune)
A new research report by the University of Minnesota Extension revealed that the state’s craft breweries lost more than $186 million in economic activity due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The study, done in partnership with the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild, compiled responses from 95 breweries across the state. In 2019, the industry generated more than $1 billion in economic activity and attracted about 3.6 million people to craft brewing events. During the pandemic, 1,050 of the 8,345 jobs supported by the craft brewing
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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.