Yes, it takes a brewer to make beer, and it takes bars and shops willing to set aside taps and shelf space to sell it, but the folks who cover the ground in between have a lot of say in whose beer appears where. It's why Kentucky just prevented Anheuser-Busch InBev from owning distributors in its state, why North Carolina beer is being debated in its halls of government, why Pennsylvania beer law evolves at a glacial pace and why Florida took three years to debate the merits of the standard 64-ounce growler.