Jason Alvey, already a craft brew expert as owner of St. Louis Park specialty beer shop the Four Firkins, also is gaining expertise at crafting legislation. Alvey was the driving force behind two changes to Minnesota liquor laws, both signed into law by Gov. Mark Dayton after winning legislative approval in April, that will benefit his shop and potentially every store statewide that chooses to take advantage of the new provisions. One new law, the so-called apparel bill, allows liquor stores to sell self-branded clothing -- T-shirts, bike jerseys, hats and jackets, for example -- as long as it has the store's logo and name. That's a privilege, and revenue source, that breweries, bars and...
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