Agriculture
Alcohol Policy
Introduction North Carolina was once the nation’s leader in wine production and distilleries, legal industries killed off by state prohibition in 1908. In 1937, in response to the end of…
Brewery
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
A Toast to Expanding Alcohol Freedom in North Carolina
With House Bill 890 becoming law, the General Assembly continues its good work in recent years expanding alcohol freedom in North Carolina. More freedoms for North Carolina's distilleries are especially…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Sample Some of NC’s House Blend of Alcohol Restrictions
It's not just that North Carolina has a bewildering maze of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) system. As the brief points out, the state has its own unique set of…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Relax heavy restrictions to boost N.C. distilleries
My recent report contrasts "What we can't have in NC" with what "They can in other states" in terms of alcohol freedom. Recent bills in the General Assembly could free…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Friends and neighbors: Distilleries depend on local consumers to survive
When North Carolina places so many restrictions on distilleries trying to reach customers in their own state, it’s depriving them of their vital, natural consumer base.
Regulation
Helping get through the ABC maze
North Carolina's Alcoholic Beverage Control system is a bureaucrat maze. I recently published a Spotlight report offering a primer on the ABC system. Here are several recent posts and research…
Regulation
Growth in local wineries and distilleries in NC reflect different levels of regulation
At the beginning of the 20th century, North Carolina was the nation's leader in wine production and the nation's leader in legal distilleries (with 745 registered distilleries, 540 that were…
Law & Public Safety
New Carolina Journal Online features
John Trump reports for Carolina Journal Online on the latest developments in N.C. craft brewers’ lawsuit challenging government restrictions on their industry. Becki Gray’s Daily Journal rebuts the notion that…
Elections & Public Integrity
New Carolina Journal Online features
John Trump reports for Carolina Journal Online on a meeting featuring N.C. lawmakers grilling Gov. Roy Cooper’s new legislative liaison over a controversial $58 million fund connected to the Atlantic…
Regulation
New Carolina Journal Online features
The latest Carolina Journal Online parody describes basketball great Michael Jordan’s fight against a bill to name the bobcat as North Carolina’s state cat. John Trump’s Daily Journal laments the…
Liberty
Surely We Could Raise Taxes to Subsidize Another 100 Craft Breweries
A news brief running on WWNC 570AM today suggests the “beer bubble” in WNC is going to “burst.”
Liberty
(BAC x Body Weight + Mile Marker/2) * (Economic Multipliers)^14
You probably have your opinions about whether or not it would be a good idea to sell alcoholic beverages. You probably also agree that if a bunch of people want…