Editor’s note: This story was updated at 7 p.m. March 13. A bill filed Wednesday, March 13, in the N.C. Senate would raise the limit on the number of barrels North Carolina craft brewers can self-distribute. Senate Bill 246 — Craft Beer Distribution and Modernization Act — basically maintains the current three-tier system, as well...
Bob Hamilton is out as administrator of the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control commission. The reasons for his leaving are unclear, though news of his departure came late last week. Agnes Stevens, deputy director, is acting interim administrator, the ABC said in an email. The ABC says Hamilton’s job was “exempt designated — policymaking (G.S. Chapter...
Update: This story was updated to clarify distribution agreement. A Greensboro-based company told a North Carolina brewer he could get out of his distribution contract if he paid the distributor 16 times more than it cost to get in, an affidavit in a lawsuit filed by a group of North Carolina brewers says. Dustin Canestorp...
A Wake County Superior Court has ruled against the state of North Carolina in a lawsuit seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of the state’s distribution cap and franchise laws on breweries. The complaint — filed last year by Craft Freedom LLC, The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery LLC, and NoDa Brewing Co. — says the distribution...
Craft brewers are waiting to learn whether a lawsuit seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of the state’s distribution cap and franchise laws will proceed. The complaint — filed May 15 by Craft Freedom LLC, The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery LLC, and NoDa Brewing Co. — says the distribution cap and franchise laws are inflicting injury...
