Interesting article regarding the ILCC's interpretation of the following regulation:
"A brew pub license shall allow the licensee to manufacture beer only on the premises specified in the license, to make sales of the beer manufactured on the premises to importing distributors, distributors, and to non-licensees [consumers] for use and consumption, to store the beer upon the premises, and to sell and offer for sale at retail from the licensed premises, provided that a brew pub licensee shall not sell for off-premises consumption more than 50,000 gallons per year."
The ILCC has interpreted this regulation to mean: "c. A Brew Pub license holder shall not: 1) Annually sell more than 50,000 gallons of its manufactured beer to licensed distributors for off-premises consumption."
The question is whether a craft brewer with a brewpub license cannot sell more than 50,000 gallons from the brewery to consumers for consumption off premise, or whether it cannot sell more than 50,000 gallons to consumers off-premise even through distributors. The latter interpretation, proposed by the ILCC would severely impact growth opportunities for the industry. Learn more in the attached article written by Phillip Montoro.
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2014/05/26/new-proposed-state-distribution-rules-would-choke-the-growth-of-chicagos-biggest-craft-brewers
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