C.K. Lichenstein has joined the Alabama Brewers Guild as its first Membership and Operations Coordinator. As the craft brewing industry continues to grow in Alabama, the Guild found that it had an immediate need for a full-time position dedicated to managing its relationships with its members and ensure that it continues to bring value. The Membership and Operations Coordinator will work with brewing and distillery members as well as our industry partners. After first working in the retail tier of [...]

Alabama Crown Distributing is delivering our 2019 Guild Collaboration around the state. Here is where you can find it! This post will be updated as we receive updates. Bitter Constituent is also available on draft and in special crowlers at the host brewery, Common Bond Brewers in Montgomery. North Alabama Below the Radar, Huntsville Das Stahl Bierhaus, Huntsville Liquor Express, Huntsville Old Towne Beer Exchange, Huntsville The Open Bottle, Huntsville Rocket City Craft Beer, Madison [...]

Release Party to be Held at Common Bond Brewers, Montgomery, on Saturday, January 12 Last month, Alabama Brewers Guild members from across the state gathered at Common Bond Brewers in Montgomery to create their annual collaboration beer, “Bitter Constituent,” an American-style India Pale Ale. A one-time, special recipe developed by Guild members and made with five different hop varietals, Bitter Constituent (ABV 7.5%) will be available to the public exclusively at Common Bond Brewers beginning on Saturday, January [...]

Last week, the Alabama Brewers Guild submitted a public petition for rule modification with the Alabama ABC Board, asking them to remove a regulation that requires that retailers limit beer tastings to products that have not been available or widely distributed within Alabama for more than a year. Although the rule has been on the books since 1999, the term "widely distributed" appears to have been broadly defined to exclude most, if not all, craft beer from the one year [...]

The Alabama Brewers Guild has partnered with NewsTalk WVNN to bring Pints & Politics to the voters of north Alabama. The event will be held in the Gym at Straight to Ale in Huntsville on Friday, May 4 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Pints & Politics is a casual evening where elected officials and candidate for public office are invited to socialize and meet voters in an open environment. Free admission for all. All candidates for public office in the [...]

The Alabama Brewers Guild thanks Governor Kay Ivey for signing House Bill 303 by Representative Daniels. HB303 clarifies existing law by clearly exempting brewery, distillery, and winery tasting rooms from a statewide law preventing alcohol manufacturers from selling alcohol between 9 PM Saturday and 2 AM the following Monday. This decades-old law was designed to regulate business-to-business transactions between alcohol manufacturers and wholesalers. However, there was concern that it could be interpreted to prevent tasting rooms from operating during these [...]

Brewers across Alabama came together to brew a special Guild collaboration this year. Duffie's Tavern Strong Ale is now working its way through the distribution system and will soon be available at bars and stores throughout the state. This is the fourth release in our Capital Series of annual collaborations. With cooperation from the Alabama Bicentennial Commission, these beers are designed to bring attention to Alabama's 200th year of statehood, and to promote local historical and preservation organizations. Each year in [...]

The 115th Congress passed the provisions of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA), which lowers the federal excise tax for breweries, on December 20, 2017. Under the bill, the federal excise tax will be reduced to $3.50/barrel (from $7/barrel) on the first 60,000 barrels for domestic brewers producing less than 2 million barrels annually, and reduced to $16/barrel (from $18/barrel) on the first 6 million barrels for all other brewers and all beer importers. The bill would [...]