Shutdown forces MillerCoors to pull beer from shelves

[MrsMatt]

Source: Star Tribune

Miller Time in Minnesota is over -- until lawmakers reach a budget deal.

The state's government shutdown, now in its 13th day, will soon force MillerCoors to pull all of its beer from Minnesota liquor stores, bars and restaurants. A state official says the mass exodus of products like Coors Light, Miller Lite and Blue Moon will begin imminently.

"I would suspect within days to see that product leave the shelves," said Doug Neville, a spokesman for the Department of Public Safety.

MillerCoors must remove the product because they did not renew their brand label registration with the state before the shutdown began, Neville said. By law, brewers must renew those registrations -- which show the label on each brand of beer -- every three years


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NOW it's serious!

[PoliticAverse]

1. "The fee for brand registration renewal is $30." n/t

[comtec]

3. the state says they borked up the paperwork

coors says they've sent in TWO checks
but that somehow the paperwork was screwed up on their end.
I admit i wonder how much of it was done on purpose to force the gop's hand.

the proles wont notice until it hit them where it matters.... their horse-piss beer!

[PoliticAverse]

7. Are there any Judges still working? Cause it sounds like they need...

to get a temporary injunction.

[comtec]

15. nope, they genuinely fucked up

none the less, it's a tempest in a tea cup.
people will simple drive across the border. we've no more than an hour from any other state (or canada eh?)
so only the state is loosing out for the most part.

[caseymoz]

36. Ah, but it's generally illegal to cross state lines with alcohol.

Are police departments operating? Because if they are, they're strapped for cash, too, and arresting people bringing alcohol into the state illegally is going to be like shooting fish in a barrel.

And, if you buy in Canada and bring it back stateside, can you say federal offense?

In other words, it's not going to be as easy and risk free as you make it sound. You could, of course, drive over the border, get sloshed and drive back. . . but that creates an even greater problem.

Any way people cope, they're discovering how life with a smaller government is already a bit more inconvenient. I hope that's a lesson they keep on learning while this idiocy prevails.

Every tempest starts small.

[notadmblnd]

38. You can buy alcohol and bring it back to the states

I know you can in Michigan. You have to declare it and pay duty tax, but you can definitely buy it.

[caseymoz]

39. That's right, I stand corrected.

Unless you evade the duty tax.

Afterthought: with gas at about $3.50 a gallon, an hour's drive, two hours round-trip highway, can add an awful lot of cost to the alcohol. You might as well be paying $7 in extra tax, not including opportunity costs for your time lost. That $20 case can end up costing you $30 or more.

"But it's worth it to keep government off our backs!"

:sarcasm:

[notadmblnd]

42. I guess it depends on how bad you want it.

Personally, I can live without alcoholic beverages.:shrug:

[caseymoz]

43. A lot of people can.

Or think they can, even when they do drive 2 hours to get a drink, they'll still say they can. Truth be told, doing without a drink will probably kill very few of them.

But that's beside the point. The point is, they vote, too, and one would hope this interference in their lives will persuade many of them to switch from Repubs/Indies to Dems.

[kestrel91316]

24. I would think that the courts would be partially shut down and only dealing

with IMPORTANT stuff like criminal cases against pot smokers and women who miscarry at this point.

Civil law and civil courts are burdensome and a waste of taxpayers' money, dontcha know?

[truedelphi]

59. I think it would be grand if someone other than Miller/Coors families

was able to register the trade names.

The Coors family was always slightly to the right of Adolf hitler.

Is anyone here able to get a plane ticket top Minneapolis to Cindy Sheehan?

Her sitting in front of the building waiting to register those names would at least get her back in the spotlight.

Media has been shutting her down for some time now.

[Thav]

8. News stories on this were amusing.

People flipping out about not being able to get beer! I live in Iowa, close to MN, so we get the news from there as well. It was kind of amusing to see "Due to the government shutdown, the Minnesota State Lottery is closed" though.

Despite the paperwork fiasco, this situation won't change until the govt reopens.

[MedicalAdmin]

29. I've been arguing with rural minnesota inbred tbaggers on fb.

And this is what they would say.

Why is the government interfering with job creators doing gods work, and why is the government interfering with the common mans ability to drink whatever he or she wants, god willing.

It's like talking to a wall. A stupid wall.

As for no coors, IMHO, no great loss.

[caseymoz]

37. Famous last words

If the shutdown keeps up in Minnesota, their argument is going to be as popular as the KKK.

The alcohol shortage is regulatory, and minor right now, but other problems that aren't regulatory and aren't minor are going to be multiplying as this goes on.

Minnesota is a laboratory now, putting "small government" to the test. You can't get smaller than none. In Washington, both parties are watching what happens in Minnesota for insight on which party will win politically if the federal government shuts down. If Repub popularity falls in the state, expect a deal on the debt ceiling the next day, including raising taxes.

[Bandit]

45. It isn't an alcohol shortage, it is a coors shortage

There is still plenty of beer in Minnesota.

[caseymoz]

57. True, but it's only the beginning.

How many more licenses and permits won't be renewed as this goes on?

And as suppliers dwindle, what will happen to prices?

I believe MillerCoors doesn't like being shut out of the state, either, and they're going to be lobbying some legislators to put an end to this. It's similar to the way the Bankers, Financiers and the Chamber of Commerce are putting an end to this Debt Ceiling fiasco. Either that, or some Repubs in Congress are going to get pretty bloodied up in the next election.

[rbixby]

41. Its just Miller though

there's tons of other beers out there.

[Springer9]

2. The company tried to renew in mid-June,

But the process got delayed when they wrote a check for too much money?

WTF?

Minnesota looks like such a joke.

[Arctic Dave]

5. It's a corporate problem too.

If I don't put the exact numbers in for everything my orders do not get processed, even if I'm overpaying.

[wordpix]

53. however, the IRS accepts an overpayment & sends you a refund without penalizing you

That's happened to me

[wordpix]

51. a bit late for a registration when you know gov might shut down any day

But the part about sending in too much money doesn't meet the smell test. I call bullshit

[Cereal Kyller]

4. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Why God why???

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. An interesting development.

Beer sales are a large part of several industries. This is not just going to effect the end consumer, but all the way up the line.

[BeFree]

9. Drink Tea!

Pay less!

Show your support for the teabaggers.

[sybylla]

10. Couldn't happen to a nicer corporate douchebag.

I'm sure there's plenty of good craft brews in Minnesota you can enjoy instead of this corporate, ALEC-tainted swill.

Over here in Wisconsin, we're dumping Coors/Miller out on the streets. Trust me, they are not worthy of your tastebuds.

[SnowCritter]

11. I don't always drink beer,

but when I do it isn't Coors or Miller!

It's usually Sam Adams.

[Cereal Kyller]

13. Sam Adams? Oh My God!

I hate that stuff.

[fascisthunter]

21. Coors is watered down piss

I used to drink it, only because it was so available and cheap.

[HankyDubs]

23. piss shortage in Minnesota!!!

[fascisthunter]

25. lol...

here's my favorite beer... not for everyone but it used to hit the spot for me:

[kentauros]

40. "Bear Whiz Beer"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0GBS2kOMEg

:evilgrin:

[fascisthunter]

46. lol

[Manifestor_of_Light]

56. Colorado Kool-Aid.

:rofl:

It's OK on tap when you're in Colorado.

But I can live without booze just fine, or cigarettes, or gambling, so I am cool whatever happens.

[Historic NY]

34. A real patriot old Sam is...

:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:
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[Release The Hounds]

44. What sybylla said...

[SoapBox]

12. Hilarious!

...it would be even more hilarious if the shelves get cleared and tons of stores close down (well, not so hilarious for the owners and employees).

BUT...here's hoping that this will get even more people to pull their head out of their ass and realized that RushThugs/T.HATEbaggers are BAD for America. Can you folks finally have your "DOH!" moment?

Thanks to Gov. "Hosni" Walker for showing how to NOT be a governor.

[KamaAina]

27. Minnesota's gov is a Dem

It's the repuke legislature that's engaged in a pissing match with Gov. Dayton.

[newspeak]

58. yes, a democratic governor

facing repug legislatures that want drastic cuts, especially in things like education. The more cuts you make, the more jobs are being destroyed and the more consumers won't be spending. These arseholes should have a conference with some REAL economists like Galbraith, Krugman, Stiglitz. No, they have to listen to a bunch of Randian clueless knuckledraggers. When did some of the plebes contract the stupid bug? Maybe starting twenty years ago listening to ignoramuses like Rush Limpballs, O'Lielly and G. Gordon Liddy?

[formercia]

30. I dated someone who ran a Country Store

She said that if it wasn't for Beer, Cigarettes and Lottery Tickets, she might as well shut down.

[MedicalAdmin]

31. Honestly mosts folks won't even notice.

I live in MN 6th - M. Bachmanns district and that liquor stores around here stock LOTS of varieties of beer.

Except for the hardcore idiots, no one will even notice and if they do their response will be a resounding "shrug."

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. It gets worse: Minnesota running out of booze, cigarettes due to government shutdown.

Not just horse piss Coors, but all booze
and, yikes!!! Cigs!
1,000's of folks in withdrawal roaming the streets. Horrors!


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1480891

[comtec]

17. tempest in a teapot

nothing more.
there are so many micro brews, and brewers who FOLLOW state regulations (and knew this was happening being local) that only coors will suffer, as people start drinking good beer.

as far as cigs.... trust me, no problem there either. loads of reservations and indian owned smoke shops, which if they operate the same as in nevada, are not even technically america, but native land.

[madinmaryland]

16. Sounds like Minnesotoans will be firing up the old moonshine stills in the very near future.

[comtec]

18. oh god i hope so! My car needs cheaper fuel!

heh heh
not to mention a nice house alcohol that can be used in anything =3
not illegal if there arent any tax collectors XD

Oh, and a TON of people already (legally) brew their own beer. tempest in a tea cup

[sybylla]

19. Booze and cigs will become the new money standard - traded in the streets.

I can see it now. I'm starting to wonder what my 25-year-old bottle of tequila would be worth on the street.

[comtec]

20. same as the one you can still buy in the store

sorry

[damntexdem]

22. LOL! Well, at least some good can come from tragedy.

Hey, Minnesota, go have a Shiner Bock!

[Frisbee]

26. Get that non-union swill off the shelves and the sooner...

the better!

[KamaAina]

28. And what if they don't?

Who, exactly, is going to make them stop selling the bootleg beer? :shrug:

[greiner3]

32. Lol;

Damn government regs.

Now so many locals will have to drink;

Wait for it;






Real beer.

[radhika]

33. Good opportunity for micro-brews n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

35. LMAO!

It don't get any better than that!

[Devil_Fish]

47. I didn't knowe blue moon was a MillerCoors product. Damn Blue moon is actually really good.

un-like miller or coors which are piss water. now that I know I may have to switch.

[joshcryer]

48. Will this mean a price cut in other states?

:P

[wordpix]

49. lmao--this super corporation hearing of an imminent shutdown didn't renew registration in time?

:rofl: Very very bad planning on the part of corporate execs. Shows they're a bunch of imbeciles.

:beer:

[Odin2005]

50. This is going to cause riots, here.

[quakerboy]

52. So people will have to switch to bud light and PBR?

[Trajan]

54. Blue Moon = Coors dressed as craft beer .....

Now that I am a Portlander I have become such a beer snob ....

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[thatsrightimirish]

60. I guess they better grab some Buds n/t