Beer News
Today at 12 noon, supporters of S.B. 10 aka Sunday sales bill will rally at the capitol building in downtown Atlanta. Last week, the bill was not brought to a vote due to “lack of support”. Special interest groups have Continue Reading →
3 Floyds Brewing has announced that tickets go on sale for Dark Lord Day 2011 on March 17th, 2011. Time TBA.
For the impending April 30th event, a ticket will be required for admittance to 3 Floyds. No exceptions. The ticket Continue Reading →
Ft Collins Brewing has changed the name/label of their Retro Red to “Red Banshee” in 2011.
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2011 marks the return of a Ft Collins legend. The longtime favorite of FCB’s grandparent brewery has been undercover as Retro Red for the Continue Reading →
Last week the wind was taken out of the Sunday Sales (like what I did there??) when S.B. 10 was basically declared dead. Due to outside pressure, the bill will not go to the floor for a vote.
On Wednesday, a rally is planned at the Georgia Capitol building to attempt to push the bill for a vote. I have mixed emotions about this, but @AtlantaBeer made a good point to me. To use a football reference – it’s a 4th down situation. The bill is there, and being discussed now. Even though there might be other potential legislation than buying beer on Sunday, the bill is in the lawmakers hands at this moment. Good point. Act now before the bill gets forgotten. Georgia’s new governor Nathan Deal said he would sign the bill if brought to his desk. Is issue is just getting there. Read the press release here:
Atlanta, GA — Georgians for Sunday Sales, a grassroots, bipartisan organization, will hold a press conference and rally on Wednesday, February 23 at 12 pm on the Capitol Steps (Washington Street side) to urge passage of a bill to allow local communities to decide whether local retailers should sell alcohol on Sunday.
While Pliny the Elder is available in bottles, Pliny the Younger IS NOT! It is a draft only, delicious offering by Russian River Brewing.
Recently, a bottle of Younger appeared on Ebay for sale. Russian River got wind of it and Continue Reading →
Last week Surly Brewing (Brooklyn Center, MN) announced that in their 5th year, they plan to expand big time. Great news for beer lovers in Minnesota and far.
As if it weren’t hard enough to be a successful craft brewer, and then raise the massive amounts of money to expand your brewery – the government has silly laws that stifle your growth and your industry. Surly Brewing even came out and said that they would do anything they could to work with lawmakers to make this new venture successful. Lawmakers however, basically retorted with – go build somewhere else. So Surly is asking for you the beer drinker’s help.
From Surly’s Blog:
What a week! The news that we are planning to build a new destination brewery has had an amazing response. The ranks of the Surly Nation have grown and we are humbled by all of your encouragement. THANK YOU.
But as you know, not quite everybody is in favor of what we want to do. The bill has not yet been introduced but already there is stiff opposition, with some people telling us we should go to another state and build. We don’t see that as an option right now so we need YOUR help!
I know everyone had the hopes up, but S.B. 10 – aka Sunday Sales bill has died in Georgia today.
In the end, the special interest groups put enough pressure on lawmakers for them to decide that there isn’t enough support Continue Reading →