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Kristi Blazer interview, 2017 July 13

 Item
Identifier: OH 2334_1

Content Description

From the Collection:

Montana Brewery Oral History Project (2017) Includes 18 audio recordings and 18 transcripts collected as part of the project. All interviews with brewers cover the expectations they held when they first opened their doors vs. reality, the role they feel breweries play in the state socially and economically, and the source of their equipment and brewing supplies. Many also discuss the taproom bills presented in the 1995 (HB 554), 1997, and 1999 (HB 442) legislative sessions, as well as the 2017 bill to increase annual production limits from 10,000 bbl to 60,000 bbl for breweries with functioning taprooms (HB 541).

Dates

  • Other: 2017 July 13

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Extent

1 digital audio files (.mp3 file 46 minutes, 24 seconds)

0.1 linear feet (12 page transcript)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Kristi Blazer interviewed July 14, 2017. Interviewed by Anneliese Warhank in Craig, MT. Discusses how she became a lobbyist for the Montana Beer and Wine Distributors Association, lobbying for the MBWDA during the '99 legislative session, concerns the MBWDA held with some of the earlier concepts for the taproom bill, any feedback or concerns expressed from the domestic breweries during the session, working with both microbreweries and domestic breweries, lobbying on the 2017 bill to increase annual production to 60,000 bbl, and the Alcohol Beverage Coalition.

Repository Details

Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository

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