(The Center Square) – Kirk Bangstad is offering a new, profane beer as he continues to battle the state of Wisconsin over a bootlegging bust.
Bangstad, the one-time candidate for governor, took to Facebook to update his followers on his court battle to get his seized beer back.
"Dane County Circuit Court Judge Brian Jones, a brand new judge that comes from the Department of Public Instruction, denied our Emergency Injunction to retrieve our stolen beer back from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue," Bangstad wrote. “I think his decision was fundamentally flawed, but I respect him as a judge because he seemed to really try hard to understand the nuances of Wisconsin's very complicated liquor laws before making his decision."
Bangstad claims the state’s Department of Revenue seized about $25,000 worth of beer earlier this month. The DOR has not offered any specifics about the case, but Bangstad said the beer was seized because he brewed it in Illinois and didn’t pay the required excise taxes to sell it in Wisconsin.
“In our state, if Wisconsin brewery ‘A’ contracts with Wisconsin brewery ‘B’ to make its beer, Wisconsin brewery ‘A’ can serve it at their taprooms. If Wisconsin brewery ‘A’ contracts with Illinois brewery ‘A’ to make its beer, Wisconsin brewery ‘A’ can't serve it at their taprooms,” Bangstad added. “Unfortunately, we believe the Wisconsin Department of Justice's attorney buried Judge Jones in other complaints against us that made him lose sight of this clear violation of our rights under the Dormant Commerce Clause of the 21st Amendment.”
Bangstad has claimed since the bust earlier this month that he is being targeted by the state because of his opposition to Gov. Tony Evers, and his opposition to the powerful Tavern League.
But on Tuesday, Bangstad turned his anger toward the Department of Revenue.
“We're going to call the beer we've made in the last few weeks "F the DOR," and it will only be available in half barrels at our taprooms in Madison and Minocqua because we don't have enough money to package it up and put it into cans – given that a ton of the beer we've already made for the summer season is sitting in ‘beer jail’ right now,” Bangstad wrote on Facebook.
Bangstad said he plans to continue his court case to try and get his beer out of “beer jail,” but he didn’t say how long he expects the case to take.
Bangstad entered the Democrat race for governor this year, but he failed to make the ballot.
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