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 RYAN: “You sure do have some gumption…walking in to that room, saying the things you said.” I wheeled around to see an unnamed distributor wearing a black pullover with a grey Bud logo over his heart grinning at me. He found me pacing the hallway outside of the Picasso Ballroom at the Omni Hotel [...]  KARL: We were feeling pretty bummed out about the lack of a veto for the Craft Beer motion in the recent Wisconsin budget bill. At least, until we saw this story from the Ashland Current, kindly passed along by New Glarus Brewing’s Facebook page. That social media, she sure is handy. Even though the [...]  KARL: Not much of an update today, but I wanted to get this out there regardless. Yesterday afternoon, Governor Scott Walker signed the Wisconsin budget into law, and that document did not include a veto of Motion 414, more commonly (at least in my head) called the Craft Beer Motion. A list [...]  KARL: I’ve been reaching out to legislators on both sides for information on any changes to the amendment and to try and suss out whether or not the Wisconsin Veto might potentially get a workout as it pertains to the craft beer language we found last week. You can find the results [...]  KARL: In the past few days, the budget bill containing the amendment containing the motion that refers to wholesaling as it relates to craft beer in Wisconsin has breezed through the Assembly, sailed through the Senate and is now sitting on Governor Scott Walker’s desk, awaiting his signature. Lest you think the [...]  KARL: Well, how about that. Yesterday, I wrote this: If the budget vote (scheduled for this week, from what we can tell) reintroduces limits on collective bargaining, expect to see any concerns on the part of the major press outlets to disappear, but we’re glad they’ve chosen to shine a bit of [...] |  The pain of the day after an evening of RIS, BCCBS and specialty release tasting is well worth it. #foreshadowing #reviewscoming4 hours ago @UplandBrewCo Double weird is the fact that the #tbk hashtag seems to send me to nothing but Malaysian twitter updates.4 hours ago  RT @guysdrinkinbeer: Prepare yourselves accordingly. RT @beerad: Chicago craft beer week set for 11 days in May, the 17th - 27th. http://t.co/igmIBkvi6 hours ago Prepare yourselves accordingly. RT @beerad: Chicago craft beer week set for 11 days in May, the 17th - 27th. http://t.co/igmIBkvi6 hours ago | ||||
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