GA breweries need our help
i received an email from terrapin brewing regarding a proposed rule change by the GA dept of Revenue that could /would adversely affect many brewers in GA - including terrapin, sweetwater and atlanta brewing.
if you'd like to help, please contact john@terrapinbeer.com
(all you have to do is copy/paste an email and send it to their commissioner by june 19th - they give you all the info, takes 5 seconds)
there's no mention of the problem here, but in the mean time enjoy this 'beer issue' of creative loafing atlanta where you can learn more about the above mentioned breweries:
http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gy...
cheers, and looking forward to my first Three Floyds in Indy by this time tomorrow 6/13
;o)
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I suspect it is just the conservative bent of the legislature trying to enforce its morals on other people by limiting their ability to drink. I used to live in Georgia and couldn't stand it that I could not buy beer on Sundays!
I tried some of the Atlanta breweries' beers when I went home to visit family this summer and was pleased at how far the micro-brew scene had come since I left for Vermont. Having said that, I was surprised by how much they were charging for their 6 packs! Here in Vermont we have some awesome brews and you can get them for $6.59 a six pack while the cheapest Sweetwater I found was $7.99!
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re: Jamesesq73
ted
Aug 23, 2007 05:47 AM
Unless I'm really mistaken, you must've been shopping at the wrong place. $7 is the number that's in my head for Sweetwater.
And the Department of Revenue operates independently of the legislature. Nothing was legislated to make this crackdown happen. They're too busy convening a conference about how climate change is a myth and the state doesn't need to do any emissions reduction. Atlanta air quality being the pits notwithstanding.
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Has terrapin actually started brewing in GA? The first time I tried it, it was contract brewed by Frederick brewing, in Maryland.
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re: Loren3
ted
Jun 25, 2007 10:51 AM
Yes. The last I knew, they were doing their keg product at Zuma Brewing (old Sweetwater location off Fulton Industrial; Zuma makes a couple of Mexican-style lagers aimed at the Latino market that, while very good for what they are, haven't been tremendously successful). My understanding is that they either have or are very close to having the financial backing to open their own brewery and produce all of their products in state.
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re: mojoeater
ted
Jun 13, 2007 05:53 AM
Basically, they want to limit pours at brewery tours to 2oz per beer, up to a max of 16oz total. I'm not sure if there's a minimum charge required for those pours. This would pretty much shut down the tour business for GA micros by making it cost prohibitive and not worth the effort for folks going.
Brewery tours at Atlanta's two micros have become sort of a free-for-all drinkfest of folks 21 to 25. Whether restaurants (and maybe brewpubs) in the same part of town heard about the cheap competition and complained, or what, I don't know.
Since GA doesn't allow any self distribution (growlers-to-go at brewpubs, off-premise sales by the breweries), the breweries are at DOR's mercy on what they say is allowable. I suspect they'd rather sell you a pint for $3-4 than run you off by only being able to give out (pardon the pun) micro pours.
So, unless the public manages to sway DOR, the pendulum is going to swing far back in the direction of making tours limited tastings, rather than the coupla-pints social gatherings they've become.
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