First retail Sale at Catoctin Creek Distillery. Source: CatoctinCreekDistilling.com

From producer to distributor to retailer to consumer—usually, that’s how it works in America.

Three different sets of hands are placed on alcoholic beverages before they reach the consumer.

But, this hoary old way of doing things is being eroded at the edges.

The Enterprise Blog has posted my quick take on this matter—-“Let It Flow: Chipping Away at the Three-Tier Alcohol System.”