{"id":4034,"date":"2011-12-06T14:30:04","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T20:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=4034"},"modified":"2021-08-27T11:36:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T16:36:38","slug":"ilcc-hearing-on-city-beverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/ilcc-hearing-on-city-beverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Yup, There’s Still Unfinished Business"},"content":{"rendered":"
What?<\/em> There’s more? Another\u00a0ILCC Hearing on City Beverage?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Wasn’t this put to bed over the summer when the Illinois General Assembly passed, and the governor signed, SB 754?<\/em><\/p>\n
Actually, no.<\/p>\n
Self distribution, craft brewers licenses and the barrel production limits to be considered a craft brewer in the state that came along with the aforementioned legislation was actually a by-product of a much larger debate over beer in Illinois and who owns the distributor you get it from.<\/p>\n
That debate will continue Wednesday before the Illinois Liquor Control Commission:<\/p>\n
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ILCC Open Meeting on Monday<\/del> Wednesday, December 7, 3pm<\/h3>\n
The Illinois Liquor Control Commission has scheduled an open meeting to discuss two questions:<\/p>\n
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What effect does the enactment of P.A. 97-0005 (SB 754<\/strong>) have on the ability of a Brewer or Non-resident Dealer, to hold an ownership interest in an Illinois distributor?<\/li>\n
If the law prohibits a Brewer and\/or Non-resident Dealer from holding a distributor license, does Illinois administrative law permit the Illinois Liquor Control Commission to grant equitable relief to City Beverage, Illinois, LLC, owner of four distributorships, to allow for the continued 30% ownership interest by a brewer\/non-resident dealer affiliated entity (Wholesale Equity Development Corp \u2013 WEDCO)?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n
To understand the significance of this hearing we need to rewind a ways back to 2010 when Anheuser-Busch announced it was buying its remaining stake in City Beverage. A-B, since 2005, had owned a 30% stake in the distributor, and last year they brokered a deal to buy the remaining 70%. But that deal hit a snag; the Illinois Liquor Control Commission.<\/p>\n
You see, the deal had to be approved by the ILCC and they refused to do so. In a March, 2010 decision the commission wrote:<\/p>\n