Beer Institute Issues Statement on Proposed FDA Spent Grain Rule

To follow up on my post questioning the value of the Brewer Association’s statement on the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed rule on handling spent grain, today the Beer Institute issued a press release detailing its efforts to address the issue. The Beer Institute is a national trade association representing brewers, importers, and industry supplies.…

The Federal Government Shutdown’s Effect on Montana Beer

I wasn’t planning to write about this topic. First, I figured the federal government shutdown would be over by now. Second, a hundred other bloggers and media sources have already covered the basics.  The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the federal department responsible for approving new beer labels, is shutdown, preventing some…

MT Dept. of Revenue Seeks Brew-On-Premise License

One of the interesting nuggets of info at the Montana Brewers Association’s 2012 Fall Conference came from Shauna Helfert, Administrator of the Liquor Control Division of the Montana Department of Revenue. The Department of Revenue is working on a bill to create a new license for brew-on-premises operations, a business category that is not currently…