Re: [mba] FW: [mnbrewers] Fwd: Growler Bill-HF 546

I think it is great to try to get the laws changed to allow Surly, as well as other small breweries, to sell growlers at the brewery. However, I don't see that this creation of a new license will accomplish what we're trying to do. If the noted changes are made to the statute, a new "temporary" license will be created where a brewery producing between 3,500 and 7,000 bbl per year will be charged $1000 for a license and will be required within two years if they want to be a brew pub or a production brewery. Subdivision 7, paragraph (b) of Statute 340A.301 states: "...a brewer who holds an on-sale license issued pursuant to this paragraph or a brewer who manufactures fewer than 3,500 barrels of malt liquor in a year may, with the approval of the commissioner, be issued a license by a municipality for off-sale of malt liquor produced and packaged on the licensed premises..." If I remember my research correctly, this is the paragraph that was added or modified when the original "Growler Bill" was passed. This is the statement that needs to be changed to read "7,000 barrels" if Surly were to be allowed to continue with growler sales. Patrick Sundberg 2009/2/19 Zach Vanselow <zvanselow(a)gmail.com>