Peace in the valley?Ī year ago, House Commerce Committee Chair Zack Stephenson was criticized for not holding any hearings on bills proposing to change the state’s liquor laws.
Now, five years after that comes House File 2767, a fledgling “Free the Growler” deal between key and formerly warring segments of the alcohol business in Minnesota that includes an agreement that none of the parties will return to the Legislature to significantly change Minnesota liquor laws for … five years. And it was 2017 (six years instead of five, but close enough) when the Legislature finally allowed private and municipal liquor stores to open on Sundays. It was 2011 when the Legislature passed the so-called Surly Bill, named after the brewer, which allowed for the sale of beer on site in taprooms. Or, maybe, it will give Terry more reason to keep drinking.įollow Patrick Hieger on Twitter and Instagram.Is there a five-year rule when it comes to changes to Minnesota’s strict regulation of alcohol? If so, it could suggest that a bill that surfaced last week in the state House might actually have a chance of passage. “Then everyone will start coming here and buying up everything.” While talking with Terry, we came across one of the store’s faithful clients, a recent transplant from North Carolina. Falafel and a thing called Tashka, which is a Turkish kind of a sandwich.” We’ll be going back for lunch.īiscayne Gas is a testament to the lesser known cultural institutions in Miami that have little or nothing to do with the glitz and glam of South Beach. Philly steaks, with a couple of Middle East dishes added. “We serve food from breakfast to lunch,” Terry mentioned, clearly eager to talk about beer. He’s just now starting to dabble in sakes, from special release unfiltered bottles to limited run four-packs.Īfter all that beer, you might get hungry. “I’m guessing we have 300 or 400 wines,” Terry says, speaking about Biscayne Gas’s equally worldly wine collection.
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On a recent visit to the gas station/beer haven on a typical Wednesday night, Terry was able to give a precise rundown of a recently added shelving unit full of special release beers, sours, goses, barley wines, Japanese ales, and a whole lot more. Needless to say, his experience runs deep. When we asked how he came to know so much about so many beers, Terry responded simply, “I just learned from experience. The only one that has close to this many beers is Total Wine,” says Terry, Biscayne Gas’s manager, and resident beer expert.
“Without mentioning names, there’s a couple competitors in the southwest and they have 150 or 200 beers. However, head towards the back of the store, and you’ll find an entire wall of coolers, as well as a walk-in fridge, teeming with beers from just about every corner of the world. Step through the doors of Biscayne Gas, and you might not notice much besides the bags of chips, phone chargers at the cash register, and customers buying lottery tickets or paying for gas. But for the past three years, Miami’s hardcore beer, wine, and even sake lovers have been pulling into Biscayne Gas not for the fossil fuels, but for the more than 700 specialty drinks housed inside. Driving past the intersection of Biscayne Boulevard and 54th Street, you might not be inclined to stop unless you needed gas.
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