Anheuser-Busch may have to find another way to distribute its beer in certain areas of Kentucky if one lawmaker gets his way. On Friday, House Speaker Greg Stumbo (D-Prestonburg) filed a bill that would prevent larger brewers from taking over wholesale operations and distributing their products directly to retailers, reports theCourier Journal. According to the article, a Franklin Circuit Court judge ruled last year that there was nothing illegal about the beer giant operating as a distributor and the company subsequently bought a distributorship in Owensboro. The company has also owned a wholesale operation in Louisville since 1978. In a statement obtained by the Courier Journal, Stumbo said the proposed bill is about promoting consistency in how the three-tier system operates, which typically prohibits manufacturers from acting as distributors. “This bill makes the statutes consistent so that these distributors will not be taken over by large, out-of-state corporate companies,” he said…CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY AT BREWBOUND.
