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WFLA APP TROUBLE IS BREWING AT
FLORIDA BREWERIES MORE THAN
300 AROUND THE STATE ARE
URGING THE GOVERNOR TO LET
THEM REOPEN EVEN UNDER STRICT
GUIDELINES.
RYAN HUGHES IS LIVE AT
COPPER TALE BREWING COMPANY
ANYMORE CITY, RYAN FOLKS IN
THIS INDUSTRY SAY THEY JUST
WANT TO MAKE A LIVING.
GOOD EVENING GOOD EVENING,
RATHER THEY DO AND HERE IN
COPPER TELL AS YOU CAN SEE
HERE LIVE THE DINING ROOM IS
OPEN WHICH IS ALLOWED BECAUSE
THEY SERVE FOOD, NOT THE CASE
OF SMALLER BREWERIES BUT THEY
ALL HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON
THEY PRIDE THEMSELVES ON
CLEANLINESS.
AT COPPER TALE BREWING
COMPANY, THEY KNOW A THING OR
2 ABOUT KEEPING THINGS CLEAN.
WE HOLD OURSELVES TO A VERY
DIFFERENT STANDARD THAN ANY
BAR OR RESTAURANT. IN THE
COUNTRY YOU KNOW IF YOU LOOK
AROUND SANITATION IS OUR LIFE,
YOU KNOW KEEPING IT CLEAN
ENVIRONMENT, SAME GOES FOR
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER ARCADE
BREWERY AND BAR IN PETERSBURG.
A BREWERY. SO KISSES ITSELF
PRIMARILY ON CLEANING AND
IMPORTANCE OF CLEANING WHEN IT
COMES TO THE BREWING PROCESS.
IT IS.
AN UNDERSTATEMENT GOOD
REASON WHY THESE 2 PLACES AND
MORE THAN 300 OTHERS IN
FLORIDA WANT TO REOPEN. THOSE
IN THE INDUSTRY SENT THIS
LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION WHAT
WE'RE REALLY ASKING FOR US TO
MUTATION BEING ABLE TO OPEN
RESPONSIBLY.
BEING ABLE TO OPEN WITH THE
SAME GUIDELINES SO THAT OUR
INDUSTRY CAN SURVIVE.
AS COVID-19 CASES STARTED
TO RISE IN JUNE PLACES WITH
MORE THAN 50 PER CENT SALES
FROM ALCOHOL LIKE A SMALL
BREWERY WERE FORCED TO CLOSE
BUT SINCE THEY'RE NOT LIKE A
TRADITIONAL BAR OR PACKED
NIGHTCLUB. INDUSTRY LEADERS
WANT THE GOVERNOR TO BOTCH OUR
BIGGEST CONCERN TO JUST BE
ABLE TO STAY IN BUSINESS.
THIS IS REALLY BEEN THE
MOST CHALLENGING TIME PROBABLY
IN THE HISTORY OF BEER SINCE
THEN OPPOSE PROBATION IF THEY
NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO SURVIVE
IS NO OTHER INDUSTRY HAS BEEN
STRUCK BY CARS.
NO YOU KNOW THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE AND I CALLED THE DBPR
IN A PERSON WHO ANSWERED THE
PHONE AT THE DEPARTMENT SAID I
SHOULD NOT EXPECT A RESPONSE
