More on this week’s passage of Illinois beer bill (audio)
When the final language limited craft brewers’ output to 15,000 barrels, Deth went ahead with his business plan undeterred. But he redoubled his lobbying efforts to raise the ceiling. “The last thing we should be doing is putting caps on the growth of business in Illinois,” Deth said in a recent phone conversation. This year he enlisted lobbyists and the Illinois Craft Brewers’ Guild to revisit the craft brewer’s license. Their goal was to increase the limit to 200,000 barrels a year. But the bill that passed this week only raised the limit to 30,000.
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