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In North Carolina, bars and restaurants interested in purchasing spirits must place an order through the ABC warehouse system.
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 10:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Recently, Locke intern and experienced bartender Michael Bruce wrote about North Carolina’s policy approach toward alcohol. He asked, “Should North Carolina be more like D.C.?“
Published: Thursday, November 24th, 2022 @ 2:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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NoDa Brewing Co., which collects awards like a brewer collects hops, continues to grow.
Published: Thursday, February 13th, 2020 @ 5:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. lawmakers, one could argue, have had unprecedented success this legislative session in reforming the state’s archaic laws governing spirituous liquor.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 @ 1:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Ever since the end of Prohibition over eight decades ago, North Carolina has been a "control" state for liquor.
Published: Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since the end of Prohibition eight decades ago, North Carolina's wineries and breweries have been making a return. As state laws have relaxed over time, those industries have started to thrive.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 @ 1:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers have offered several proposals to repair the broken, outdated way the state governs alcohol through the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control system.
Published: Friday, June 14th, 2019 @ 2:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Rep. Chuck McGrady, his hand on the polished bar, couldn’t stop smiling as he leaned in for a better look.
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 @ 2:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday, May 30, signed into law House Bill 363, the Craft Beer Distribution and Modernization Act, the result of a compromise among mid-sized craft brewers and the N.C. Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2019 @ 4:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A move to ease restrictions for N.C. craft brewers who want to distribute their own beer is on the verge of becoming law.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 7:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A measure brought about by a lawsuit against the state from craft brewers easily cleared another legislative hurdle Wednesday, May 15.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 11:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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One bill would give a boost to the state’s thriving beer market by adding another level of breweries.
Published: Saturday, May 11th, 2019 @ 2:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A pair of alcohol-related bills sailed through the N.C. House on Tuesday, April 16, without debate.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2019 @ 6:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill filed Tuesday, April 2, in the N.C. House would dramatically revamp how the state governs liquor sales and distribution, including a provision allowing for Sunday sales.
Published: Monday, April 15th, 2019 @ 7:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A collection of lawmakers, lawyers, lobbyists, and brewers gathered for a news conference Thursday, March 14, to talk about a pair of bills that, if passed into law, would even further energize North Carolina's thriving craft beer market.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 @ 11:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2019 @ 3:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s large and energetic craft brewing industry — over 300 strong now — chafes against the state’s arbitrary distribution cap
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2019 @ 12:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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
Published: Monday, June 18th, 2018 @ 5:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Makers of craft alcohol in North Carolina — whether it’s beer, wine, or liquor — generally agree on some expected benefits of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which the president signed in December.
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2018 @ 2:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Much of the reporting on the recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has been cluttered with moans, groans, and general derision
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2018 @ 3:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Craft brewers say North Carolina is suppressing growth and have filed a complaint saying that two state laws are unconstitutional and nothing more than economic protectionism
Published: Tuesday, May 16th, 2017 @ 11:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While 49 other states are scratching their heads figuring out how to promote manufacturing jobs, North Carolina's General Assembly's lack of action on prohibition-era laws may actually be destroying manufacturing growth, turning down the opportunity of a lifetime
Published: Monday, April 24th, 2017 @ 8:06 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Craft beer is on tap at the state legislature, where lawmakers have introduced three bills to roll back laws that stifle unprecedented growth in the brewing industry
Published: Sunday, April 23rd, 2017 @ 1:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It would be hard to find a more blatant example of cronyism than the North Carolina law forbidding brewers who produce more than 25,000 barrels per year from selling their products directly to retailers
Published: Friday, April 21st, 2017 @ 1:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Relationships should be built upon voluntary choice, promoting mutual respect and mutually beneficial outcomes
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2016 @ 9:05 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A healthy relationship between adults is no different than a relationship between two businesses.
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 @ 4:48 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Bill Sherrill feels like he has an uphill battle in an effort to continue self-distributing the beer he brews at Red Oak Brewery in Guilford County.
Published: Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 @ 6:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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