Answers.Body: <p>Some businesses (brew pubs and brewery taps for example) produce their own so don't have to buy it. Most businesses (pubs, bars, restuarants etc.) order from a wholesaler or cash-and-carry in the same way that they order pretty much everything else, or they may order direct from the brewery or an distributors. The prices are wholesale price so cheaper than they would be in a store so that they make a profit.
  I help to run a beer festival in the UK and we tend to order our beers from distributors or direct from the brewery (we know most of the 50+ breweries in London well enough that a few donate some barrels as well as we are a not for profit organization). A distributor works partially as a broker between breweries and buyers and partially as a wholesaler, the difference is that they tend to keep the beer at the brewery and only pick it up and transport it to fulfill an order. One of the distributors that we use is FlyingFirkin <a href="http://www.flyingfirkin.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flyingfirkin.co.uk/</a> , just to give you some idea of how it works.
  Additionally, in the UK, duty is paid at point of sale so VAT is paid on the beer when it is bought from the supplier but duty is only applied when it is sold to the end user, or "drinker", and so the price paid from the supplier will be significantly lower.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: It depends... Each state can have their own laws on how things get done. Then are you talking kegs or cans/bottles? The laws can vary between those two also. In general, through a distributor and could be the same one the store is getting their beer from too.
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Answers.Text: When you say "each state" I assume you mean within the US. This answer refers to all of the alcoholic drinks served by pubs, bars, restaurants etc. that I have in depth knowledge of, all of which are within Europe. I have tried to put in detail of all of the wholesale supply chains that I could think of and I didn't know of any significant differences between Europe and the US.
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Answers.Text: I was referring to the US, but each country would have their own laws, and even states, providences, cities, etc., in those countries cold have their own laws.
  
  And I actually mean to comment under the OP, not your post, so was my mistake
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Answers.Body: <p>In Belgium, you have the breweries itself that distribute their beer.
  They have a large collection of different beers (and even soda, cola,..).
  When you open a pub, you can choose to buy directly from the brewery. You will have lower prices and you have to possibility to get parasols, cards, logo's, chairs, tables, ... with the logo of one of their beers.</p>
  
  <p>If you don't choose to buy from the brewery, you can buy from a local distributer and compose your own beer-list. But no perks this way and it is more expensive.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Do they get them from stores, or do they set up a distributor? Also, is it cheaper than getting the beer from a store?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Presumably bulk-buying is cheaper; although depending on the locale, licensing can be quite an overhead.
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Comments.Text: Where do you want to operate the business? Local laws will have an enormous effect on the answers.
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Title: How do restaurants/businesses get their beer?
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ThreadText: # How do restaurants/businesses get their beer?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-06-03)
  
  Do they get them from stores, or do they set up a distributor? Also, is it cheaper than getting the beer from a store?
  
  **Tags:** distribution
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Presumably bulk-buying is cheaper; although depending on the locale, licensing can be quite an overhead.  
  > **username_2**: Where do you want to operate the business? Local laws will have an enormous effect on the answers.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2014-06-03. Score: 3
  
  Some businesses (brew pubs and brewery taps for example) produce their own so don't have to buy it. Most businesses (pubs, bars, restuarants etc.) order from a wholesaler or cash-and-carry in the same way that they order pretty much everything else, or they may order direct from the brewery or an distributors. The prices are wholesale price so cheaper than they would be in a store so that they make a profit.
  I help to run a beer festival in the UK and we tend to order our beers from distributors or direct from the brewery (we know most of the 50+ breweries in London well enough that a few donate some barrels as well as we are a not for profit organization). A distributor works partially as a broker between breweries and buyers and partially as a wholesaler, the difference is that they tend to keep the beer at the brewery and only pick it up and transport it to fulfill an order. One of the distributors that we use is FlyingFirkin <http://www.flyingfirkin.co.uk/> , just to give you some idea of how it works.
  Additionally, in the UK, duty is paid at point of sale so VAT is paid on the beer when it is bought from the supplier but duty is only applied when it is sold to the end user, or "drinker", and so the price paid from the supplier will be significantly lower.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: It depends... Each state can have their own laws on how things get done. Then are you talking kegs or cans/bottles? The laws can vary between those two also. In general, through a distributor and could be the same one the store is getting their beer from too.  
  > **username_3**: When you say "each state" I assume you mean within the US. This answer refers to all of the alcoholic drinks served by pubs, bars, restaurants etc. that I have in depth knowledge of, all of which are within Europe. I have tried to put in detail of all of the wholesale supply chains that I could think of and I didn't know of any significant differences between Europe and the US.  
  > **username_4**: I was referring to the US, but each country would have their own laws, and even states, providences, cities, etc., in those countries cold have their own laws.  And I actually mean to comment under the OP, not your post, so was my mistake  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2014-08-16. Score: 1
  
  In Belgium, you have the breweries itself that distribute their beer.
  They have a large collection of different beers (and even soda, cola,..).
  When you open a pub, you can choose to buy directly from the brewery. You will have lower prices and you have to possibility to get parasols, cards, logo's, chairs, tables, ... with the logo of one of their beers.
  
  If you don't choose to buy from the brewery, you can buy from a local distributer and compose your own beer-list. But no perks this way and it is more expensive.
  
  
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