But then they came for our beer.
As a result of the shutdown, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Board (TTB), a small agency within the Treasury Department, has seen its staffing significantly reduced. Among other things, the TTB processes applications for new breweries, recipes and labels. And now, it can't do any of that.Swill-drinking mouth-breathers (this is definitely NOT a place for a parenthetical joke about correlation between Budweiser consumption and Tea Party leanings, and I wouldn't think of implying such a thing), will be unaffected by the TTB's effective closure, as mass-market brewers will still produce and distribute their standard products. But America's craft brewers, who routinely bring new seasonal and one-off products to market, are unable to do so without the TTB's approval.
Lagunitas Chief Operating Officer Todd Stevenson was quoted by the Boston Globe in a story on the issue. Per the Globe, "He said the company was planning to submit an application to package its autumn seasonal Hairy Eyeball in 22-ounce bottles instead of 12-ounce bottles but can’t move forward."
I hope you'll all join me this weekend in stocking up on your favorite craft brew and then depleting said stock. It's the least you can do for America.
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I got a letter from the government the other day. I opened it, read it, it said they were suckers.
Clinton Portis on CNN defending the redskin name. African-American host asks "what if they were the Washington darkies?". Portis says you can't compare the African-American struggle to that of native Americans. Both hosts make faces like "oh word?!?" Portis replies "well I don't know the story of native Americans so I can speak to that.". The U! Student-athletes!
Can speak = can't speak
z's 'oh, word?' made me giggle. I would like to see z post a legal brief written in the style of modern hip hop vernacular.
zwoman had no idea that the governme is shut down or why. Dartmouth! Student-students!
i'm excited to see if john football's game translates to the nfl. that kid's just plain fun to watch.
Maybe it's possible for people to brew, sell, buy, and drink beer without having to ask permission from our bureaucratic betters?
stay tuned, jerry. that's the next in our investigative series.
that's impressive obliviousness for zwoman. even my high school students knew the government was shut down -- i quizzed them last week. she must be very mentally healthy and stress free.
i pickled peppers without government interference, and i have not yet died of botulism.
My friend took a tour of the Lagunitas brewery this summer and they told the crowd an interesting story about the ATF running an undercover operation
there because they thought the brewery was a front for weed smuggling.
M
true confession: i really dig lorde's 'royals'. that's a great little tune.
Lagunitas IPA is my favorite IPA in the whole wide world.
Zman and I representing at Jets-Steelers. Steelers' O-line is atrocious.
Go Jags?
Go Jags!
i still like denver -28.
z, these marronebills aren't complete ass. your thoughts on the coach?
Rob....I will take that bet....
suburban white people seem to really like the zac brown band, huh?
Sitting in a New Orleans bar for the Pats-Saints game. Everybody was celebrating. But the game wasn't over. Morherfuckers are shocked & bitter.
I've been over served.
i don't have terribly strong feelings about the redskins name. i think it's probably right to change it, but i don't care very much. but anything that annoys dan snyder is a good thing in my book.
Hanging out with a New Orleans local who's an artist/drunk. Not someone I'd want to hang out with regularly but he'll do for tonight.
Rob, hope u stayed up for ur Red Sox...
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