Diligent-Pizza8128 t1_jddhns2 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:45 PM

I noticed the second bill says “whose principal place of manufacture is outside of this state.” Any idea what the significance of that is?

Also curious to hear if any breweries or the RI Brewers Guild has a take on this.

beerisgreatPA OP t1_jddnk3d wrote on March 23, 2023 at 5:22 PM

The president of the guild testified in opposition.

Proof-Variation7005 t1_jde5tzz wrote on March 23, 2023 at 7:16 PM

If the restriction was on out of state, I'd think that would be a decent compromise. Brewers in Rhode Island don't like it because if you're someone like Whalers and you built a pretty solid brand here, this impacts your ability to pick up your operation and move it out of state.

And, make no mistake about it, that's the only thing they're looking out for with opposition to that version.