Martin has 11 shops in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, area.
He used to offer customers one complimentary brewski until authorities told him to stop.
Martin tells the Grand Rapids Press a cold one was a nice extra for his customers.
Now, he's looking to officials in the state capital of Lansing for help.
A spokesman for the attorney general says the cut-and-brew situation is under review.
But officials note state law doesn't permit consumption of alcohol when people are paying for other services.
