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Examiner.com Bill that could hurt small breweries moves forward Local 10 Florida's rapidly growing craft beer industry could suffer a setback under a bill approved by a Senate committee Monday. The bill would force all but the smallest breweries to buy their own cans and bottles of beer from distributors before selling them ... Craft ...

WROC-TV Schumer pushes feds to scrap brewery rule The Hill (blog) "The brewing industry estimates that compliance with the proposed rule could cost over $50 million a year and could be a significant burden on small brewers who produce fewer than 1,000 barrels of beer annually," Schumer wrote. Under the proposed rule, ... Senator ...

Suburban Phoenix brewery enjoying early success KTAR.com (Instagram Photo). zoom. PHOENIX -- Since earning status as best new brewery in the world from a popular beer-review site in the winter, business is booming for Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company in Gilbert. Owner Jonathon Buford said word has spread ... and more »

At the new Oinkster in Hollywood, craft beer and Cluckster fried chicken ... Los Angeles Times The craft beer selection has been bumped from four taps to six taps at the new location, and while the draft offerings will rotate regularly, there will be a focused bottle list curated by beverage manager Josh Salinas and a monthly bottle spe ...

What the Ale: What you missed at Tulsa Craft Beer Week Tulsa World (blog) Tulsa Craft Beer Week has come and gone. Unfortunately I wasn't able to document each and every event that Freddy Lamport and Josh Royal and others put together. But, I was able to go to a few of the events and had a great time enjoying different beers ... and ...

Panoply 2014: Festival reveals craft beer and wine plans for this year The Birmingham News - al.com HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Last year's Panoply was the 31st edition of the Huntsville arts festival –and the very first at which beer and wine could be purchased on festival grounds, in what was dubbed the Panoply Beer & Wine Garden ...

Brooks on Beer: Bay Area triumphs at the World Beer Cup San Jose Mercury News The numbers alone are staggering: Some 4,754 beers from 58 countries competed in last month's World Beer Cup in Denver, Colo. By the time the dust and hops had settled, the U.S. had brought home a staggering 205 medals. Among the winners, nine Bay ... It ...

ABC17News.com Broadway Brewery becomes latest victim of downtown vandalism Columbia Daily Tribune The man broke out a window at the brewery between 2 a.m. and 6:52 a.m. Sunday and went inside the business, Columbia police Officer Latisha Stroer said in a news release. She did not say the man stole anything. Two images released by polic ...

Senate bucks 'Vinny' and sheds 'shakedown' language from its beer growler bill Orlando Sentinel (blog) Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, has been pushed by beer distributors and retailers to further regulate Florida's exploding craft breweries trying to expand and sell their own brews on premises and also in bottles or jugs known as growlers. ...

Phoenix New Times (blog) Bad Water Brewing and Craft Beer's Real Quality Problem Phoenix New Times (blog) Imagine, for a minute, that you've traveled back to the first time you tried craft beer. You've spent most of your legal drinking age years (and maybe a few before) throwing back cans of mass-produced lager created to ferment as qu ...