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by vpeters25 3908 days ago
Before prohibition, big brewers owned most of the bars and you could only buy their brand. Ken Burn's "prohibition" documentary explains how a single brand of beer owned all the bars for several blocks in a city.

State legislatures had this in mind and adopted the 3 tier system barring producers from controlling distribution and/or owning the bars.