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Blue Point Brewing Company's flagship Toasted Lager won a gold medal at the 2006 World Beer Cup in the American-Style Amber Lager category. [7] In 2014, Blue Point was sold to Anheuser-Busch InBev for nearly $24 million. At the time of acquisition the brewery was distributed in 19 states as well as Washington D.C.
Introducing private distributors into the beer distributing process meant for more mouths to be fed, since instead of two parties involved it is now three. This was accounted for in the rise of beer prices in the United States. In 2017 federal tax revenue from the sale of alcohol was 12% of the total excise receipts, equal to $9.9 billion ...
The National Beer Wholesalers Association Political Action Committee (NBWA PAC) is the largest political action committee (PAC) in the licensed beverage industry. According to OpenSecrets, the NBWA's PAC was the third-largest federal PAC during 2022, raising $4.1 million and distributing $3.3 million, behind the National Association of Realtors and Save America JFC. [3]
The company was founded in January 1955 by Arizona businessman Jim Hensley [5] on a $10,000 loan. [6] [7] It originally had 12 workers, sold 73,000 cases of beer a year (a case typically being twenty-four 12-oz. bottles or cans), and had a 6 percent market share. [5]
Another example is that a beer distributor might be responsible for setting up and maintaining draft lines in a restaurant, or may be legally prohibited from doing so, depending on the state. Also, several states are alcoholic beverage control states - in any of these jurisdictions state governments maintain a monopoly on the distribution tier ...
In 2003, Point Special won the gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival in the premium lager category. [12] In 2005, the company bought four beer brands from the James Page Brewing Company . [ 13 ]
The company was established in 1995 when Pacific Brewers Distributor in British Columbia, Alberta Brewers Agents, Saskatchewan Brewers Association and Associated Beer Distributors in Manitoba (all of which were owned, or largely, owned by the two present shareholders) were consolidated into a single operation. [2] [third-party source needed]
The Code of Alabama defines beer as being fermented malt liquor containing between 0.5% alcohol by volume (ABV) and 13.9% ABV. [89] Before 2009, beer in Alabama was limited to 6% ABV or less. [90] The only other states with similarly low limits were Mississippi and West Virginia. [91]