‘Emergency rule’ saves Wisconsin brewers thousands
It was a nasty shock when Craig Peterson recently opened his mail and found that a new law required him to buy an annual beer wholesaler’s state permit for $2,600 – replacing the requirement to buy a municipal license for $100.
Peterson operates Buffalo Water Beer Co., a Milwaukee-based firm that owns the Bison Blonde beer brand, which is made at the Milwaukee Brewing Co. brewery in Walker’s Point. Buffalo Water and other small "recipe brewers," which own brands but not breweries, found themselves facing the prospect of having to sell a lot of beer just to satisfy the new state requirement.
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