Kentucky Beer Wholesalers' Ass'n, Inc. v. George Wiedemann Brewing Co.

WADDILL, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Franklin Circuit Court approving an order of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board issuing a malt beverage distributor’s license to the appellee, George Wiedemann Brewing Company.

The principal question presented by this appeal is whether a brewer may hold a brewer’s license and a malt beverage distributor’s license at the same time. In order to answer this query we must examine the pertinent sections of Chapter 243 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes. Reliance is placed by the appellants on KRS 243.150 which reads:

“A brewer’s license…