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Bartley Blume, owner of Bent Brewstillery, is raising money to change the laws surrounding taprooms and cocktail rooms. He wants to serve beer and cocktails with spirits made on site. (Pioneer Press)
Bartley Blume, owner of Bent Brewstillery, is raising money to change the laws surrounding taprooms and cocktail rooms. He wants to serve beer and cocktails with spirits made on site. (Pioneer Press)
Jess Fleming
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Bent Brewstillery in Roseville, the only Minnesota maker to produce both beer and hard liquor in one facility, wants your help changing state laws on what they can serve in their taproom.

Though a 2011 law allows them to serve their beer onsite, a provision in that same law prohibits Bent from serving cocktails in the same room. Other craft distillers can serve cocktails made with their liquor on-site, but because Bent uses the same facility to make both beer and spirits, they cannot serve both.

The company has launched a Kickstarter to raise $25,000 for its lobbying efforts to change the law. It is also asking supporters to contact their state legislators in support of a new law.