Rule change makes it easier for stores, restaurants to obtain micro distilleries' products

It used to be that if a local restaurant that wanted to buy a barrel of Watershed Distillery's bourbon, the liquor had to be  bottled, trucked to a state warehouse, trucked again to a liquor store and trucked a third time to the restaurant. A recent rule change will allow Ohio's micro distillers, like Watershed, Middle West and Mill Street, to sell their wares directly to wholesale accounts, such as liquor stores and some restaurants.