Grumblings are growing louder and legislation that limits direct beer sales out of tasting rooms is getting passed.[around the country] ...Go here for the story.
Though breweries work in partnership with their distributors and retailers, they also compete against them when they construct tasting rooms and pubs that might draw hundreds of customers every day of the week.
• Go here to visit the Capital Region Brew Trail
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• Go here to visit Dowd's New York Wines Notebook
The end result is usually a spin on price fixing. The taprooms end up charging the same, or more, than retailers for their own beer. Happens all over Boston. Tap prices are typically still a bit lower at the taproom, but not as low as they could be.
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