Grizzly Growler

In a contentious and heated hearing, Senate Bill 202, which aims to shift hours that breweries can serve beer from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. to noon-10 p.m., was tabled on a 10-1 vote Thursday by the Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee of the Montana Legislature, in a meeting that lasted nearly an hour and a half. The [...]

The Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee will hear Senate Bill 202 by Sen. Ryan Zinke, R-Whitefish, at 9 a.m. Thursday in Room 422 at the Capitol in Helena. As written about before, the measure aims to shift taproom hours from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. to noon-10 p.m. If you support the bill there are a couple [...]

Senate Bill 202 is tentatively scheduled to go before the Senate Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs Committee next week, says Tony Herbert, executive director of the Montana Brewers Association. The measure looks to shift the hours that brewery taprooms are allowed to serve beer from the current 10 a.m.-8 p.m. to noon-10 p.m., with drinks [...]

Senate Bill 203, which clarifies a rule to allow taverns with all-beverage licenses to fill growlers for off-premise consumption, won unanimous approval in the Senate Business and Labor Committee on Tuesday morning. With the vote, the measure will almost surely pass the Legislature. Good news for beer drinkers. The bill most breweries are waiting for, [...]

On Tuesday, the Senate Business and Labor Committee takes up Senate Bill 203, by Sen. Ryan Zinke, R-Whitefish, to allow the nonbrewery sale of growlers for off-premise consumption. The hearing is the first craft-beer related measure of the 2011 Legislature and in all likelihood will pass. Having bars fill growlers has been going on for [...]