Last week, Beer Serves America reported that the beer industry contributes 75,082 jobs and brings in about $1.8 billion in taxes to the state of North Carolina.
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 11:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It's a neighborhood landmark, since 1996 the ideal place to watch the incessant flow of people and cars that grudgingly meet at Franklin and Columbia streets.
Published: Friday, September 3rd, 2021 @ 11:05 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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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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About a year ago, some North Carolina craft brewers took on a couple behemoths in the state ABC system and a well-funded and entrenched network of wholesalers and distributors
Published: Monday, May 28th, 2018 @ 3:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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
Published: Saturday, May 19th, 2018 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 @ 9:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The plaintiffs in a complaint challenging the constitutionality of two state laws involving beer distribution and franchise laws have filed a brief opposing a state motion to dismiss and transfer the case
Published: Sunday, March 11th, 2018 @ 5:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A friend of mine, who, along with a group of his friends, owns a distillery on the N.C. coast, once told me a story about a customer who asked him for a drink
Published: Saturday, February 10th, 2018 @ 10:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The fate of the Republican tax bill is tenuous at best, but suspended deep among its many provisions are measures benefiting brewers, vintners, and distillers
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 @ 3:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. House has stripped a provision in Senate Bill 155 that would have allowed North Carolina distilleries to sell directly to consumers, via the internet
Published: Saturday, July 1st, 2017 @ 7:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Should Gov. Roy Cooper agree with the legislature and quickly sign Senate Bill 155, North Carolina distillers — and possibly restaurateurs — will see a significant boost in sales as visitors as early as this coming weekend
Published: Friday, June 30th, 2017 @ 12:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I am a teetotaler who believes that my fellow North Carolinians should be free to buy and consume the alcoholic beverages of their choice from the vendors of their choice
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 @ 9:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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No discussion. No debate. No drama. A lopsided vote
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 @ 8:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Bill 155 slid through the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday and, slowed by only the usual dissenters, advanced to the Rules Committee with nary a soft grimace nor a lingering burn
Published: Thursday, June 1st, 2017 @ 2:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Asheville-based brewer has sold to Anheuser-Busch InBev, which, like its counterparts, is gulping down craft brewers in an apparent effort to offset waning sales for Budweiser and other mass-produced adjunct beers
Published: Sunday, May 14th, 2017 @ 8:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An effort to raise the number of barrels North Carolina's craft brewers can produce before they have to procure a distributor has failed
Published: Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 @ 4:34 pm
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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North Carolina craft spirits are gaining a loyal following among North Carolinians who understand the distilling process and appreciate quality spirits
Published: Saturday, April 15th, 2017 @ 5:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some things are clear - lower taxes, fewer regulations, skilled workers, and efficient infrastructure lead to economic growth
Published: Monday, April 3rd, 2017 @ 5:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Bill 155 would, among many other things, allow restaurants to sell alcohol before noon on Sundays.
Published: Saturday, March 18th, 2017 @ 7:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In North Carolina, more than 40 distilleries are now producing and selling liquor. Many offer tours and subsequent tastings
Published: Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 @ 4:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolinians have an insatiable taste for craft beers, and they have little tolerance for lawmakers who want to tamper with how they get their stouts and IPAs
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2017 @ 10:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's craft brewers want a fair system
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2016 @ 9:59 pm
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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In Part 1, we examined how our legal system developed to the point where a statutory framework that blatantly favors one class of businesses over another is constitutionally permissible. Using the historical example of Nebbia v. New York, we saw that the Court altered its jurisprudence to become...
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 5:47 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Since the days of Nebbia and West Coast Hotel, challenges to economic regulation have almost universally failed. Particularly in the realm of alcohol, where the State historically plays a role in regulating the distribution and consumption of an intoxicating product, it would be difficult to...
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 4:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Don't you just love it when politicians who know NOTHING about a subject try to lecture people who DO KNOW something about a subject? Law enforcement and military folks get more than their fair share of it. And so do businesspeople.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:12 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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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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Back in March, we got word that Aberdeen's Railhouse Brewery wanted to move to Pinehurst and set up a microbrewery and restaurant in the resort's old steam plant facility in historic Old Town.
Published: Monday, December 3rd, 2012 @ 10:27 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is an outstanding vacation destination in the off season when there is still plenty of beach and a lot less people sharing it.
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2009 @ 2:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia is more than a destination for the history buff. It has Busch Gardens: Williamsburg, which are some of the biggest and fastest roller coasters on the east coast
Published: Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 @ 9:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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