Monti said when he retired from teaching, he opened to create a special place for the community. Everybody has one. The Georgia Craft Brewers Association reports that 15 breweries closed in Monti says he knows of three more that closed so far this year.
Now he worries tariffs could cause input costs to rise. He said now more than ever- he is hoping lawmakers will consider a bill to change how breweries can distribute beer.
Some of the rules governing beer distribution in Georgia are nearly years old, created after prohibition. For their beer to get to a store it has to be picked up, stored and sent to its destination. He says all the money to handle the load is unnecessary. John Albers is carrying a bipartisan bill that would allow craft brewers to self-distribute up to 3, barrels of beer to avoid costs from wholesalers, allow breweries to donate to charities, and eliminate a cap on to-go sales.
Delivering For Georgia- a wholesalers lobbying group- released a statement against the legislation:. The reality is that craft brewing is now a mature industry. As in all mature business environments, some businesses will fail. In , more craft breweries closed than opened in the US for the first time in almost 20 years. We are sympathetic to craft brewers, but we cannot pass new legislation each time a brewery closes.
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