Gourmet Bottle Beer Restriction

Recent blog post from Free The Hops:

Tuesday, February 7th, the 2012 regular session of the Alabama
Legislature will begin at 12pm. A Regular Session may consist of no
more than 30 Legislative Days within the framework of a 105-calendar
day period according to the Legislature’s home page. Last year’s session convened March 1, 2011, and adjourned June 9, 2011 to give you a time frame for this... [read more]

Recent blog post from Free The Hops:

Tuesday, February 7th, the 2012 regular session of the Alabama
Legislature will begin at 12pm. A Regular Session may consist of no
more than 30 Legislative Days within the framework of a 105-calendar
day period according to the Legislature’s home page. Last year’s session convened March 1, 2011, and adjourned June 9, 2011 to give you a time frame for this year’s session. Keep an eye on the Legislature’s home page for live video, audio, bill status updates and more.

If you do not know who your state representatives are then go to this
page on Free the Hops’ website which will also give you the voting history
on previous Free the Hops bills as well.

http://freethehops.org/legislative/

The Gourmet Bottle Bill (“GBB”) or container size restriction is the
legislation that Free the Hops will propose in the 2012 Legislative
Session. Alabama is the only state that restricts single containers of
beer to 16 ounces or less. The GBB seeks to remove the restriction
that prevents Alabamians from purchasing, for example, 22oz and 750ml
bottles which many craft breweries currently package in. Wine is also
packaged in 750ml bottles and Free the Hops wants to eliminate the
distinction between wine and beer when it comes to container size.

A whole range of beers are excluded by this law. For example, Rogue
Ales sells a number of their beers in these two sizes only. Likewise,
Terrapin Brewing in Athens, GA, sells their popular special release
series called “Side Project” in 22 oz bottles only. Many Belgian
breweries such as St. Bernardus package many of their beers in 750ml
corked and caged bottles. These breweries distribute their beers in
Alabama, but they are unable to distribute their full line of beers
due to the container size restriction. Other examples of craft
breweries which will not consider sending any of their beers to
Alabama until the container size restriction is lifted include Dogfish
Head, Stone, New Belgium and Firestone Walker.

What you can do: Politely contact your representatives and let them know that you support this bill. You can do this by calling their office, write a letter or email. You'll even find a few on Twitter or Facebook. Ask everyone you know that loves craft beer to get involved.

Refer to this page for even more info on how to help:
http://freethehops.org/howtohelp/

Thanks & Cheers to Good Beer!

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