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Who gets to sell the suds in light of new brew laws?

Who gets to sell the suds in light of new brew laws?
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by Exsar Arguello and Moses Leos III

Overregulation concerns follow a new state law requiring large-scale craft breweries to go through third-party distributors to sell their suds.

But proponents of House Bill 3287, which was signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in 2017, believed the law closes a loophole that might have benefitted corporate brew companies.

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