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State of Louisiana still making business difficult for local breweries
Posted on 4/2/17 at 6:26 am
Posted on 4/2/17 at 6:26 am
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Louisiana brewery owners say they are concerned about their industry’s future under new state regulations that impose requirements related to food sales and other issues that they warn could force some of them out of business.
The Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control issued an advisory on the new rules Friday that has brewery owners hopping mad. The owner of Parish Brewing in Broussard said he’s considering moving out of state, and the owner of NOLA Brewery in New Orleans predicts three to four closures this year.
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One new regulation that was added in the final draft is that brewery restaurant sales must be “incidental to the beer sales,” and can not exceed 25 percent of what breweries get from beer sales.
Last year, well-known New Orleans pit master Neil McClure closed his Uptown restaurant to open a new location inside NOLA Brewery’s $1.6 million expansion. Under the new restriction, Coco thinks the cap will be met within the first couple days of the month, putting the 20 employees out of work.
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Brewery owners say they think the restaurant industry and Louisiana Restaurant Association were behind many of the complaints. Coco said Marine-Lombard admitted to feeling pressure from the group.
“She said that the LRA was pressuring her because we were eating into restaurant business,” Coco said. “That’s a very unfair way to go about changing the law by going to one commissioner and pressuring her to make a ruling instead of going to the legislature and making a law change if they want to change the law.”
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Posted on 4/2/17 at 6:33 am to ragincajun03
Our government has the most asinine rules around breweries and alcohol in general. The fact we still have blue laws here in Texas is a joke.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 6:41 am to ragincajun03
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Brewery owners say they think the restaurant industry and Louisiana Restaurant Association were behind many of the complaints. Coco said Marine-Lombard admitted to feeling pressure from the group.
You can usually follow the money trail and find out why new laws are passed.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 7:03 am to Revelator
ATC is nothing but prohibitionists anyway...
They, along with MADD, envision a new world without alcohol.
They, along with MADD, envision a new world without alcohol.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 7:14 am to NYNolaguy1
If I am not mistaken this is pretty standard in other states with breweries. They all solve the problem here in Virginia by placing food trucks they own in the outside parking lot. Correct me if I'm wrong though
Posted on 4/2/17 at 7:28 am to ragincajun03
JBE King cuck is running every business out of town.
If parish and Nola leave that's two of the top 3 breweries leaving the state
If parish and Nola leave that's two of the top 3 breweries leaving the state
Posted on 4/2/17 at 7:48 am to heartbreakTiger
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JBE King cuck is running every business out of town. If parish and Nola leave that's two of the top 3 breweries leaving the state
Sooo...is this JBE driven or legislatively driven. I want to know who to hate.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 8:02 am to ragincajun03
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The owner of Parish Brewing in Broussard said he’s considering moving out of state,
Texas and it's fricked up laws welcome you with open arms
Posted on 4/2/17 at 8:08 am to heartbreakTiger
Posted on 4/2/17 at 8:15 am to ragincajun03
Most governments operate under the premise that you can do anything you want, unless it's specifically not allowed.
Louisiana government operates under the premise that you can not do anything at all, unless it's specifically allowed.
Louisiana government operates under the premise that you can not do anything at all, unless it's specifically allowed.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 8:17 am to CorporateTiger
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Our government has the most asinine rules around breweries and alcohol in general. The fact we still have blue laws here in Texas is a joke.
Government only responds to squeeky wheels and money. I could not agree more that tap houses should be allowed to operate as they and their customers see fit BUT big breweries don't like them and they have money....and restaurants probably don't care for them either because they have to jump through hoops as a restaurant to keep a license to sale that tap houses get by without meeting.
I went to one in Missoula Montanna (Big Sky Brewery...if you are in the area go....I was there on a football weekend fishing and the town is THE BOMB!!!). They give away beer at this tap house....limit of 4 per customers, and not just the little bitty samples but at least a 12 oz glass...in a real glass....and of course sale growlers for off site consumption. The tap house is only open a few hours a day and they have a concert venue in the back (also saw Black Berry Smoke from Atlanta that weekend...GOOD weekend...one of the best I ever had in a college town that wasn't named Athens and in Georgia!!!).
On a side note I lost my truck while at the concert (they were selling beer during the show LOL) and I walked around the corner of the brewery and thought for a moment that I had stepped on a skunk...and then my eyes adjusted to the street lighting on that side of the building and on the lot adjacent to the brewery there was at least 20 pot plants growing right out in the open without a soul around them....I have no idea why or how but they were there big as life....I pointed them out to a bunch of passes by and we all marvelled at them being just right there....and apparently no one stole them or the police didn't do anything about it....anyway, neat town....and good fishing on our own!!
Posted on 4/2/17 at 8:21 am to ragincajun03
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That’s a very unfair way to go about changing the law by going to one commissioner and pressuring her to make a ruling instead of going to the legislature and making a law change if they want to change the law.”
IDK but this seems unconstitutional.
This is complete bull shite btw.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 8:22 am to ragincajun03
The restaurant lobby is almost communist.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 8:33 am to rockford177
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If I am not mistaken this is pretty standard in other states with breweries. They all solve the problem here in Virginia by placing food trucks they own in the outside parking lot. Correct me if I'm wrong though
At least in NYC breweries are breweries and serve as little or as much food as they want to.
Surprisingly free market solution from the Dem nanny state.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 8:39 am to ragincajun03
Same here in Florida. Laws passed to hurt the small breweries selling growlers. AB and other large corps are losing business to local brew houses and paying politicians to help.
Will fail in the long run.
Will fail in the long run.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 8:50 am to goatmilker
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Same here in Florida. Laws passed to hurt the small breweries selling growlers. AB and other large corps are losing business to local brew houses and paying politicians to help.
Will fail in the long run.
This has to be it. There is no rational reason for theae rules from a public policy perspective.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 9:54 am to goatmilker
Id like to see how much the good local breweries chip from AB. I would imagine its not a ton, the average person is pretty stupid when it comes to beer.
Georgia is actually going the opposite way of la. It has stupid laws but they are being peeled back here. They recently started allowing breweries to actually sell their beer on property.
Georgia is actually going the opposite way of la. It has stupid laws but they are being peeled back here. They recently started allowing breweries to actually sell their beer on property.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 10:28 am to ragincajun03
They will all go to Houston where the craft breweries are booming!!
Posted on 4/2/17 at 10:33 am to ragincajun03
This is such bs, totally orchestrated by the big beer companies to crush competition. Has nothing to do with anything but using government and lobbying to kill small competitors. Corruption. That's all this is. Corruption. And it's been going on for 20 years.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 10:39 am to heartbreakTiger
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Id like to see how much the good local breweries chip from AB. I would imagine its not a ton, the average person is pretty stupid when it comes to beer.
In St. Bernard we have a cool little brewery, 40 Arpent. I like to go hang out in their taproom in my rare free time. They don't bottle/can much, though.
Plenty, plenty of Bud Light all throughout Da Parish. Trust me, AB ain't losing much here.
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