The Florida Breweries Report – July 2017
Three more Florida breweries, and annual taxpaid sales continue growth.
Continue ReadingThe Florida Breweries Report – June 2017
After two months of declining sales, Florida breweries’ posted 15.5% positive growth in monthly taxpaid sales for June 2017.
Continue ReadingThe Compliant Florida Beer Festival
Craft beer festivals are tremendously popular in Florida. The multiplication of beer festivals throughout the state has caused the state’s principal regulator of alcoholic beverages–the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (the ABT)–to take a closer look at how beer festivals are operated. Like all activities involving alcohol beverages, Florida beer festivals are subject to a confusing web...
Continue ReadingThe Florida Breweries Report – May 2017
Florida Brewers’ monthly taxpaid sales down again, but growth over the last 12 months stays positive.
Continue ReadingThe Florida Breweries Report – April 2017
Florida breweries couldn’t keep up March’s huge gains, as monthly growth in taxpaid sales dropped by almost 10%.
Continue ReadingThe Florida Breweries Report – March 2017
After losing ground in the prior 3 months, Florida Breweries roared back in March 2017 with 26% monthly growth in taxpaid sales.
Continue ReadingThe Florida Breweries Report – February 2017
Florida breweries’ modest monthly sales growth for February 2017 turned around a two-month slide.
Continue ReadingFlorida Beverage Legislation: 2017 End-of-Session Review of Beverage Bills
Of the 16 beverage bills proposed for the 2017 Florida Legislative session, only 3 made it through to final passage, and one of those gets a big asterisk.
Continue ReadingThe Florida Breweries Report – January 2017
Despite adding 5 new breweries, Florida breweries’ taxpaid sales hit by the January Slump for the 3rd year in a row.
Continue ReadingFlorida Beverage Legislation: 2017 Pre-Session Review of Beverage Bills
The 2017 Session of the Florida Legislature will include consideration of 16 beverage-related bills.
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