In 2012 we passed the bill that allowed the brewery Renaissance that we are currently in. Previously breweries could not sell beer without food and also could not directly sell beer. Legend had to sell their beer to Brown distributing and then buy it back. That's how we went from 2 breweries to dozens.

https://m.styleweekly.com/richmond/bill-allows-brewers-to-skirt-abc-food-laws/Content?oid=1688886