Montana Craft Beer At A Crossroads: Which Path Do We Take?

Consider this, if you will:  “Once considered nuisances, sources of noxious emissions and debasers of public morals, breweries now are being actively courted. Last May, Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) signed into law a measure that allows breweries to retail beer by the pint or growler in their tasting rooms instead of merely giving…

MTA Explains Brewery Bill in Letter to the Editor

There is no hotter topic related to beer in Montana now than the (still unrelased) proposed bill to significantly amend the “small brewery exception” afforded Montana’s breweries with annual production of between 100 and 10,000 barrels.  The exception permits small breweries to sell up to 48 ounces, per person, per day between the hours of…