date:Apr 01, 2013
y allowed beer cans and bottles in sizes of 8, 12, 16 or 32 ounces. The law, until changed in 2001, kept many imported beers out of Florida because bottles were based on the metric system. Also banned at the time were 22-ounce bottles popular with microbreweries.
It's the same thing still going on. Those that have the sizes and those that have the distributorships are protecting that, said Latvala, R-Palm Harbor.
Brewers say growlers and tasting rooms are an important part of growing business,