{"id":6308,"date":"2021-10-10T16:05:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T16:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6308"},"modified":"2021-10-10T16:05:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T16:05:30","slug":"lets-make-it-easier-for-distillers-to-ship-alcohol-directly-to-adult-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6308","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Make it Easier for Distillers To Ship Alcohol Directly to Adult Consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“Congress effectively prohibits<\/a> the U.S. Postal Service from transporting beer, wine, or spirits directly to consumers. Such shipments must be made through FedEx, UPS, and other private shippers, which are often more expensive<\/a> than USPS. A bipartisan bill<\/a> introduced this summer, the USPS Shipping Equity Act, would end that ban and allow the USPS to ship alcohol from licensed producers to consumers of legal drinking age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second issue is that even though nearly every state<\/a> allows DTC shipments of wine, and many allow DTC shipments of beer\u2014directly from brewers and vintners, respectively, to consumers\u2014only nine states currently permit direct shipments of liquor from distillers to consumers. While some states have temporarily relaxed<\/a> DTC liquor shipment rules during the pandemic, in most cases there’s no promise those measures will remain in place going forward.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“the three-tier system<\/a>, a Prohibition relic under which states generally prohibit direct alcohol sales from a brewer, vintner, or distiller to a consumer. The three-tier system mandates these alcohol producers first sell to a distributor or retailer\u2014a mandatory middleman\u2014who can then sell to actual drinkers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“It makes no sense for Congress to (rightly) allow FedEx and UPS to deliver alcohol but not permit USPS to do the same. It’s equally bizarre for states to treat liquor shipments differently than shipments of wine, beer, or cider. In order to protect and create jobs, level the playing field for alcohol producers, and ensure consumers have more choices, Congress and state lawmakers must get to work.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let’s Make it Easier for Distillers To Ship Alcohol Directly to Adult Consumers<\/a><\/blockquote>