Does anyone have information as to what licenses are needed to ship beer from CA to MA. I understand MA requires shipments to distributers but what is required by MA from the CA brewer?
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You may want to talk with the some of the breweries that already ship here. You see, plenty of CA breweries do. In my opinion, a few too many.
Or just contact the distributor of your choice and let them do the leg work.
One piece of advice though... don't send beer here unless you plan to truly support it in the marketplace. Too many dusty bottles of beers from elsewhere that get little to no attention from the brewery suppliers.
Many times when breweries ship here to MA without a plan and support structure, there is a big splash that occurs when it first hits the market, then... BOOM. nothing.dust. best of luck though.________________
Matthew Steinberg
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Framingham, MA USA
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Among others, Bear Republic and Stone and with Atlantic Importing Company. AIC also sells Avery, DogFish Head, and many many more. These guys do not have a large nationally distributed domestic brewer in their book.
Craft Brewers/Knife/Seaboard (all one company that sells AB products) www.greatbrewers.com these guys sell essentially 60%+ of the craft beer in MA and have several from CA, Green Flash probably being the most "notable". they have over 600skus maybe more these day.
there are several other 'smaller' players that are selling craft beer too. some are macro distros others are not. Do a little more research and you will find out who will work best for you.________________
Matthew Steinberg
Co-Founder
Exhibit 'A' Brewing Co.
Framingham, MA USA
Head Brewer
Filler of Vessels
Seller of Liquid
Barreled Beer Aging Specialist
Yeast Wrangler
Microbe Handler
Malt Slinger
Hop Sniffer
Food Eater
Music Listener
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