re: Andrew Godley interview in Country Road Magazine

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It wasnt even a NEIPA in the first 4 releases.

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IIRC, Batch 4 was the first really juicy batch that we all called "Sunny D".

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So basically you are splitting hairs.

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this "brewpub" is limited to, i believe, 12500 bbls a year which can only be sold on premises. These restrictions essentially make the brewpub a restaurant. you can not get the product anywhere else, and you are only making money when your doors are open.

Thats a big difference when you are look at the business model, ownership and operation.

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Just saying that you can brew and sell beer without a distributor or having a contract beforehand. So you can be a brewery, just a microbrewery.

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i guess. But that had no bearing to the post i was commenting on saying Andrew did all of that with no distributor. Which isnt true.

If self distribution under a certain volume were to be implemented, you will see a huge uptick in LA breweries.

They call them collaborations.

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Scott would love to roll a keg into the back of a pickup truck and roll it into a bar and hook it up. Stupid La regulations.

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This is what makes Portland what it is. I've been in a taproom talking to the beer manager when he has gotten a call from a brewery and cut our conversation short so he could run out the door to go pick a keg up. It was some saison from The Commons...

I can tell you, Scott shouldn't have to deliver anything. There should be taprooms that he could keep on speed dial and they would come pick up whatever kegs he's willing to give him.

Some breweries make regular deliveries.

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Commons

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R to the I to the P. Gone but not forgotten.

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Yeah, you misunderstood what I was saying. Jax got it. Premium product, premium price, no need to cut in a third party. That is what has allowed some of these breweries up here to grow so aggressively. Andrew hasn’t gotten the same returns, so it makes sense that he hasn’t been able to grow as quickly.

Also, batch 4 Ghost was called the GOAT for literally years. Your recollection is a little off.

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Yeah, you misunderstood what I was saying. Jax got it

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Pretty obvious what you said. Ramrod was on a tear dropped fiya beer knowledge though.

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Courant on challenges to breweries and distribution

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Politicians gonna politic...

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Cameron, who acknowledged that he would probably be forced to close down tasting rooms in Bloomfield and Hartford — and shed about 20 jobs — if he had to choose between on-site or off-site sales, said he was dismayed that McGee, a candidate for mayor of Hartford, would introduce such a bill without at least talking to him and other brewers about its effects.

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Man, I had no idea how little it takes to buy a congressman...

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Records show McGee received $100 contributions during his 2018 re-election campaign from executives of Levine Distributing Company, an Anheuser-Busch wholesaler in Norwich; F&F Distributors in New London; Star Distributors in West Haven; Rogo Distributors in East Hartford; Northeast Beverage, which has locations in Orange and Rhode Island; and the Connecticut Beer Wholesalers Association. The chief operating officer of G&G Beverage Distributors in Wallingford gave McGee’s campaign $50.

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