Filed under: General Beer Industry | Tags: iowa beer, Iowa Brewer's Guild, Iowa Legislation Beer, lift the limit, SF 2091 Iowa beer
Tell Iowa legislators to support the Iowa Beer Equality Bill (amended version of SF 2091).
Iowa breweries are at a competitive disadvantage because they are prohibited from selling beer above 5% ABW. Out of state breweries are not subject to this restriction and are currently distributing through the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division.
SF 2091 bill was introduced in the Iowa Senate yesterday. An amended version will be presented and voted on in the Senate’s State Government Committee THIS THURSDAY.
Please email the members of the Senate’s State Government Committee TODAY and encourage them to support the amended version of SF 2091. The amended version of SF 2091 will…
• Provide an equal playing field for Iowa breweries and brewpubs to manufacture and sell beer up to 12% ABW just like out of state breweries are already doing in Iowa
• Allow Iowa’s beer wholesalers to distribute all beer up to 12% ABW, rather than the current distribution through the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division
Also help us spread the word by joining the I Support the Iowa Beer Equality Bill group on Facebook. Learn more about all the breweries in Iowa at IowaBeer.org.
Senate’s State Government Committee
Staci Appel (D, District 37), Chair
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John P. (Jack) Kibbie (D, District 4), Vice Chair
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Randy Feenstra (R, District 2), Ranking Member
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Dennis H. Black (D, District 21)
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Thomas G. Courtney (D, District 44)
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Jeff Danielson (D, District 10)
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Dick L. Dearden (D, District 34)
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David Hartsuch (R, District 41)
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Jack Hatch (D, District 33)
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Wally E. Horn (D, District 17)
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Pam Jochum (D, District 14)
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James A. Seymour (R, District 28)
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Steven J. Sodders (D, District 22)
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Ron Wieck (R, District 27)
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Filed under: General Beer Industry, Olde Main News | Tags: alcohol content in beer iowa, beer alcohol content iowa, beer limits in iowa, Iowa Brewer's Guild, Iowa Public Radio, lift the limit
Iowa Public Radio reports on Iowa brewers efforts to produce gourmet style beers. Current Iowa law prohibits in-state brewers ability to produce beer higher than 5 percent by weight alcohol content. This limits us to the styles of beer we can brew, but people can buy at their local stores from out-of-state breweries. This puts Iowa breweries at a competitive disadvantage.
Olde Main, along with the Iowa Brewers Guild are currently working on a bill to change this law. Listen to the Iowa Public Radio piece featuring Olde Main head brewer Jeff Irvin.
From Iowa Public Radio: “Supporters of the brewery industry in Iowa are pushing for legislative action that would allow pubs to make beer with higher alcohol content. They say such a move would level the competitive playing field between the state’s microbreweries and those in much of the rest of the nation. Rob Dillard prepared this report.” Listen to the report here.
