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Danny McAuliffeMay 16, 2018

Industry leaders are keenly aware that as craft beer popularizes, related businesses should be mindful of diversity. Women in beer were celebrated on Tuesday in the capital city at Hearth & Soul, a fitting location as its founder and owner Susie Busch–Transou is the daughter of August Anheuser Busch III, who led Anheuser-Busch Companies for quite some time during the 20th century […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 18, 2017

Tuesday afternoon, the Florida Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government was the latest successful stop for Sen. Dana Young‘s craft beer bill, bringing small-batch brewers one step closer to self-distribution. SB 554 allows craft breweries producing under 7,000 kegs a year to distribute kegs (not bottles or cans) to other Florida craft breweries. That applies as long as […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 26, 2015

Two weeks after they applied to have the “tourist exemption” that has allowed craft brewery tasting rooms to thrive in Florida in recent years reviewed, the Florida Retail Federation says that the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will indeed initiate reviewing that exemption later this year. Craft brewery officials fear that the move could […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 26, 2015

Two weeks after they applied to have the “tourist exemption” that has allowed craft brewery tasting rooms to thrive in Florida in recent years reviewed, the Florida Retail Federation says that the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will indeed initiate reviewing that exemption later this year. Craft brewery officials fear that the move could […]

Tag: Craft breweries

Beer tastes are evolving — so is the industry’s demographic makeup

Dana Young craft beer bill clears Senate subcommittee

Retail Federation says it has convinced state to initiate rule-making process for craft breweries’ tasting rooms

Retail Federation says it has convinced state to initiate rule-making process for craft breweries' tasting rooms