Cheers,
Tom
Northern Brewer Homebrewing Supply

Much of the Craft beer issue is that of production, many breweries are pulling back and serving the home market and getting out of states that are their lower selling states. Avery for example did that here and in other places, Dogfish has no plans of expanding to Oklahoma. While I get it, and I’ll buy from them if it passes I just don’t see the point.

I’d really like to see the following in our stores:
- cold storage in liquor stores
- open Sunday (if they want to be)
- remove the 21 yr old entry restriction, this will have to be addressed if we allow it in retail stores. It’s silly that you can’t take a child in a liquor store, it’s not like they are selling graphic porn or anything.

While in Chicago last month, wine of course was sold in the local wal-mart, and guess what? I didn’t see any kids smuggling wine. I was in the store late and asked the cashier if they had issues with minors buying wine? She looked at me like I had 3 heads. She smiled and said “we have laws that restrict that sale, we can not sell unless we scan a DL or enter a birth date. Hummm common sense approach? Interesting.

I agree changes need to be made and those changes won’t appeal to all. In the end I hope changes that are made will make things better for the consumer ultimately.