Comments on: Utah brewers can’t shake ‘three-two’ law http://appellationbeer.com/blog/utah-brewers-cant-shake-three-two-law/ Tue, 22 May 2012 16:56:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Table of Contents; My Favorite Posts From the Last Week « Brews and Books http://appellationbeer.com/blog/utah-brewers-cant-shake-three-two-law/comment-page-1/#comment-196983 Table of Contents; My Favorite Posts From the Last Week « Brews and Books Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:53:20 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/?p=1151#comment-196983 [...] Senate killed a bill that would have allowed bars, brewpubs and restaurants in the state to serve beer stronger than 4% [...] [...] Senate killed a bill that would have allowed bars, brewpubs and restaurants in the state to serve beer stronger than 4% [...]

]]> By: Paul Arthur http://appellationbeer.com/blog/utah-brewers-cant-shake-three-two-law/comment-page-1/#comment-196782 Paul Arthur Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:43:15 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/?p=1151#comment-196782 Just to nitpick, while I was perusing the regulations at http://www.alcbev.state.ut.us/Liquor_Laws/laws_main.html I noticed that the actual minimum markup for heavy beer is 64.5%, or 30% if made by a small brewer (<40k bbl/year) that has applied for a reduced markup. @Mario: First, it's a minimum markup not a fixed markup. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control can simply turn around and sell it at close to the same price that they would have originally. (Considering their remit, that's a not unlikely outcome of a brewer attempting to game the system in this way.) Second, the brewer cannot force the department to sell the entire stock back to them, so any purchased by a consumer would be a total loss to the brewer. Just to nitpick, while I was perusing the regulations at http://www.alcbev.state.ut.us/Liquor_Laws/laws_main.html I noticed that the actual minimum markup for heavy beer is 64.5%, or 30% if made by a small brewer (<40k bbl/year) that has applied for a reduced markup.

@Mario: First, it’s a minimum markup not a fixed markup. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control can simply turn around and sell it at close to the same price that they would have originally. (Considering their remit, that’s a not unlikely outcome of a brewer attempting to game the system in this way.) Second, the brewer cannot force the department to sell the entire stock back to them, so any purchased by a consumer would be a total loss to the brewer.

]]> By: Mario (Brewed For Thought) http://appellationbeer.com/blog/utah-brewers-cant-shake-three-two-law/comment-page-1/#comment-196734 Mario (Brewed For Thought) Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:17:57 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/?p=1151#comment-196734 What's stopping the brewers from bottling the beer, selling it to the state at $.01 per bottle, buying out the entire stock then selling it in-house at a normal rate? What’s stopping the brewers from bottling the beer, selling it to the state at $.01 per bottle, buying out the entire stock then selling it in-house at a normal rate?

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