We regain focus in this episode (har!) and try a beer I didn’t think I could get my hands on. Also, we actually talk about what’s going down in the legislative session that’s just kicked off in Montgomery.

Ridgeway’s Importer (They don’t have a website. How 1990’s of them!)

2010 Alabama Homebrewing Bill Full Text(Thanks John Little.)

I talked about several goals for Free The Hops in 2010, but I couldn’t name them in the episode. Here they are from the FTH blog:

1. There’s no more “brewpubs” and “distributing breweries” as legal distinctions. If your business is licensed to make beer, it’s simply a “brewery.”
2. A brewery can sell beer at the brewery (at a tap room or brewpub) and/or sell it through a wholesaler to other bars, restaurants, and stores
3. Breweries are specifically allowed to have tours and to participate at beer festivals