St. Paul, MN – Today, State Representative Dan Wolgamott (DFL – St. Cloud) introduced legislation to raise the cap on beer growler sales in Minnesota’s breweries. The bill, HF 3758, would raise the cap from 20,000 to 40,000 barrels a year.
“The craft beer industry is one of the fastest growing industries in Minnesota, with many becoming community gathering points and travel destinations,” said Rep. Wolgamott. “The current cap on growler sales only serves to stifle these growing businesses and inconvenience Minnesotans looking to support their local breweries. These businesses in our communities make a significant amount of their revenue from growlers, and the current outdated cap takes that option away far too soon.
“There are small businesses in Minnesota that consider scaling back production as to not lose the profit from growlers, and some that have already lost that option. I don’t want the breweries in my community or anywhere in our state to have to make that difficult decision just because our current laws punish growth. It’s time for the cap we have on growlers to once again grow with the industry.”
The state’s growler cap was last updated in 2015, and before that in 2013. The bill will have its first hearing in the House Commerce Committee.
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