luciferin t1_jdc81sb wrote on March 23, 2023 at 11:03 AM

This seems to make it so breweries could not hold an interest in a Wholesale company. Which breweries would this actually effect? I need more details to know if I would actually be against this or not.

beerisgreatPA OP t1_jdcbz20 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 11:44 AM

Titled barn, Linesider, 12 guns, vigilante, ragged island and moniker all have wholesale licenses. Going with a traditional distributor eliminates 2/3rds of a breweries margin. If this were to pass these breweries would be crippled, not to mention they would fire their entire wholesale teams.

beerisgreatPA OP t1_jdcc0pd wrote on March 23, 2023 at 11:45 AM

There are some others too. I just can’t remember off the top of my head. I believe it’s 9 licenses total.

cowperthwaite t1_jdcodlg wrote on March 23, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Do you know how/where to look these up? Or does it have to be a records request?

beerisgreatPA OP t1_jdd0v1z wrote on March 23, 2023 at 2:57 PM

https://dbr.ri.gov/about-dbr/lookup-license

They need to create new LLCs to get the license so most likely wont match up with breweries.

the ones i know of are mission beverage and Rhode island beer collective.