Dave Ropte

Hey @CarsonKing2 I hear you’re a beer free agent & I’d like to fix that by personally inviting you to be the inaugural First Taster at #BrrrFest2020 this January in Corallville. Iowa breweries would be proud to have you drink local! @IABrewersGuild #IowaNice

@TheBestMicah Tell her I said hi! She used to be an Iowa fan btw :p

@515Dave We are in Tempe for a Cyclone game watch. Sitting with someone who used to be in your squad. Her name is Kat. #smallworld

@DaveK72 legis.iowa.gov/legislation/Bi… is the bill. It will be difficult to understand entirely without context. It’s possible that the ABD will have a different interpretation. Or they could just operate them as bars I suppose.

@515Dave Where is the best place to read it in it's entirety? And if it does pass as is, do those breweries you mentioned earlier have a chance at keeping those locations open?

@515Dave can you shed a little light on HSB210? I just heard about it for the first time tonight and it sounds very counter-productive. Also sounds like something similar happening with our neighbors to the west in NE...

@DaveK72 Part of me kinda wants to see it pass just as it’s drafted just for the spectacle of it all. Purpose is, ostensibly, to clear up some issues around cross-employment and ownership. There’s good stuff in there! There’s also some garbage language that is clearly not from K&G.

@515Dave Thank you. So, safe to say it is a first draft that hopefully won't make it thru? What is the purpose of this bill?

@DaveK72 I.e. Big Grove Solon could not buy beer made by Big Grove Iowa City. It would also inadvertently prevent taprooms from selling beer manufactured by their own breweries (though i suppose you could sell beer from everyone else).

@DaveK72 It’s got some good stuff in it re: ownership interests, but the way it’s written would cap all distributors in the state at 10k bbls (the intent was to cap self-bistro but the way it’s written it caps everyone). It would also stop satellite brewpubs from buying their own beer

Local/Small Iowa Breweries Need Your Support Now! Please Read! iabeerbaron.com/2019/02/27/loc…

Lobby groups for the big boys trying to take us back to prohibition- Iowa breweries unite to fight this tonight! Burning the midnight oil in #Decorah

@NWSDesMoines are the models smoking something into early next week? 14-20”?

@IAStartingLine He sold not too horribly long after it opened. Also started Upstream in Omaha.

John Hickenlooper now in his natural habitat: a brewery. Fun fact I didn’t know: Hickenlooper’s company owned Des Moines’ Raccoon River Brewery (it shut down a few years ago). Back in the day, Raccoon River and Court Ave Brew were the only major breweries in town

Spoke to the Iowa Brewer Guild in Iowa City Friday night, on emerging trends within the Iowa Market place. Over 100 people from all over Iowa turn out. These folks know how to make Beer! Iowa beer lovers who have great Iowa beers to enjoy responsibly.

@willwilkinson I feel a #beersummit in Iowa City this weekend could fix the shutdown.

@maureenogle Elaine Chao?

@daveweigel I think getting paid on the 28th for the week ending on Friday the 22nd. Big deadline will be processing payroll for the week ending 4 Jan and paying out on 11 Jan.

So, Congress is not coming back til December 27. Federal workers get paid on December 28. If you're a Democrat, do you cut a deal that angers your base or wait *six days* for Pelosi to take over and take the border wall out of the deal?

@PorchDrinkChi @McGillMike Boom there you go. But only illegal if a federal official is on the ballot. So you can still do it for school board elections!

@515Dave @McGillMike It’s not alcohol specific. You’re correct. It’s a federal law stating you can’t give anything for free away in return for voting. This became a popular topic here because the Field Museum offered free admission tomorrow to people that voted. Now it’s free for everyone.

@515Dave You know Iowa beer/liquor laws better than anyone I’ve seen. Is it legal for a bar/brewery to offer a discount to someone that has voted? I am seeing some offering discounts upon presenting “I Voted” stickers.

@McGillMike @PorchDrinkChi I don’t think that’s the case in Iowa, but if it is, it’s not an alcohol-specific thing.

@515Dave I saw this from @PorchDrinkChi and was curious what you knew about the laws in Iowa. twitter.com/porchdrinkchi/…

@PaulGowder It's an interesting read. Certainly digging into layers that are easy to gloss over when looking at the causes and results of prohibition.

@QuikTrip I shop there because you take care of your staff and community. It's not uncommon to see folks who have been there 20 years or more, still with a smile on their face. Not to mention best #RollerFood.

Today marks QT's 60th birthday! As a thank you to the customers and employees that have been there along the way, we want to do a t-shirt giveaway! Tell us why you shop at QT for a chance to win. Winners will be chosen Friday 9/28 at 8 a.m. CST #QT60

@daveweigel Time to get rid of #RosettiTheRat

Nothing but respect for my president