Common Zoning Challenges for Florida Beverage Manufacturers

One of the greatest challenges to opening or expanding an alcoholic manufacturing plant–whether brewery, winery, or distillery–is complying with local zoning ordinances. While many Florida[…]

Florida Brewers’ taxpaid sales for June 2020 were off from one year ago by less than 10%. Monthly Highlights The Florida Breweries Report reflects data[…]

Florida’s Three Tier System is a source of constant frustration for most of Florida’s alcoholic beverage and manufacturers. Brewers, distilleries, and (most) wineries are prohibited[…]

The Separation of Tiers In the aftermath of the Repeal of Prohibition, most states adopted some form of the Three Tier System. Generally, the Three[…]

E-commerce allows entrepreneurs to build direct-to-consumer (DtC) retail businesses and manage them from anywhere. Whether selling snow skis or water skis (or both), geography is[…]

In the middle of Florida’s COVID-19 shutdown, Florida breweries managed to increase monthly taxpaid sales by over 30%. Monthly Highlights The Florida Breweries Report reflects[…]

The next reception you attend might be catered by your favorite bar. Alcohol Catering: Bringing the Bar to You Florida’s Alcoholic Beverage Law authorizes alcohol[…]

Where the safety of your staff and customers requires it, employers can require employees to be tested for COVID-19 and provide employers the results of[…]

With Florida’s executive orders prohibiting consumption on premises at brewery taprooms in April 2020, average monthly taxpaid sales per brewery were down by 46% compared[…]

Games are fun and easy ways for bars and taprooms to keep customers entertained and keep them ordering. But in Florida, handling a game in[…]