Minocqua Brewing’s Bangstad tussles with state alcohol and tax regulators

By: Erik Gunn

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: June 12, 2026

Words: 509

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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The owner of Minocqua Brewing Co. said Friday that thousands of dollars worth of beer has been taken from his Madison and Minocqua outlets in a dispute with state officials about paying appropriate taxes to sell beer in Wisconsin that he imported from Illinois.

Minocqua Brewing owner Kirk Bangstad first drew attention to the investigation in a Substack post and a Facebook message he published on Friday after state authorities Thursday seized the beer …

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