Night Shift hasn’t taken on any other brands quite yet, but according to, they’ve invested close to $1 million in the project and plan to carry as many as 25 brands once they’re up and running. Oxton told BostInno that Night Shift Distributing is a “for us, by us” approach, vowing to keep the interests of small craft brewers at heart by never taking part in pay-to-play and always giving each brand equal representation. Owners Mike O’Mara, Rob Burns, and Michael Oxton describe their new venture as an approach that will avoid the controversial business practices running the show in the Massachusetts beer scene right now, as well as avoid legislative and contractual hurdles, like antiquated franchise laws that prevent breweries from pulling out of a distributorship they are not happy with. Night Shift Distributing, as it is now called, plans to not only officially distribute the beers of Night Shift Brewing, but the brands of other like-minded craft brewing upstarts in the area, as well as from other states. Night Shift Brewing, an Everett, Massachusetts–based brewery founded by three friends in 2012, announced last month that they planned not only to continue self-distributing their beer, but start their own distribution company. One small brewery in Massachusetts has decided to take matters into their own hands - or rather, keep matters in their hands, and invite other craft brewing start-ups to join. The case had been under investigation since 2014, when Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project (now defunct) owner Dan Paquette publicly criticized Boston bar owners for illegally participating in the practice, according to beer industry news website Brewbound.Īnd in another instance, Brewbound also reported that New York–based Shmaltz Brewing, whose products are sold by 40 distributors across 35 states, “has quietly been reworking its distribution network,” shifting from bigger wholesalers to family-owned brands.īut for most small breweries, changing distributorships is extremely challenging, if not impossible. Realtime driving directions to Night Shift Brewing, 87 Santilli Hwy, Everett, based on live traffic updates and road conditions from Waze fellow drivers. The offense, according to the TTB, was that Craft Beer Guild had been paying off retailers in exchange for favorable product placement and shelf space. Just this week, on Tuesday, November 16, The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) announced it accepted a $750,000 offer in compromise from Craft Beer Guild, LLC “for violations of the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration (FAA) Act,” elaborating that the fee is “the largest offer in compromise that TTB has recovered from a single industry member for trade practice violations.” MORE: The 100 Best Beers in the World Read article
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