Brewery Promotion Bill Intro’d in NJ
Assembly Bill 1091 seeks to require Division of Travel and Tourism to advertise and promote tours of breweries in the State. Read More
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Assembly Bill 1091 seeks to require Division of Travel and Tourism to advertise and promote tours of breweries in the State. Read More
A.B. 1103 would authorize a limited brewery (microbrewery) licensee to hold on-site special events open to the general public on the licensed premises of the brewery, as well as off-site special events open to the general public. Licensees may …Read More
Assembly Bill 1130 seeks to allow the consumption of food on the licensed premises of a limited brewery, with patrons able to purchase food from a vendor not owned by the licensee, or from a restaurant or other type of …Read More
Assembly Bill 1144 would allow dogs in certain areas of licensed microbreweries that are designated for the consumption of brewed products, provided that the brewery owner has elected to allow dogs on the premises, dogs will not have access to …Read More
A.B. 1293 establishes the “New Jersey Brewery, Cidery, Meadery, and Distillery Industry Advisory Council.” Read More
A.B. 5524 establishes the New Jersey Brewery, Cidery, Meadery, and Distillery Industry Advisory Council and provides for funding through certain alcoholic beverage tax receipts. Read More
The state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control has issued a Special Ruling defining allowable activities for limited (i.e. craft) brewery licensees. The ruling covers issues related to on- and off-premises events, brewery tours, food on brewery premises, and certain …Read More
Senate Bill 3154 authorizes limited breweries, commonly referred to as microbreweries, to hold certain on-site and off-site events open to the general public. Under the bill, on-site special events include trivia and quizzes; paint and sip craft making; live music …Read More
Senate Bill 3031 provides credits against the New Jersey alcoholic beverage tax to manufacturers of brewed beverages in the amount of qualified capital expenses paid by the brewer during the tax year. Each individual taxpayer is allowed an annual total …Read More
Assembly Bill 4594 authorizes the holder of a limited brewery license to hold an unlimited number of on-premises special events and up to 12 off-premises special events per year. A license holder also is permitted to: deliver its product to …Read More
Pete Johnson serves as the State & Regulatory Affairs Manager for the Brewers Association (BA). He joined the BA at its inception in 2005, having previously worked as Programs Director for the Brewers Association of America. Before coming to the small brewing industry in 2001, Pete worked for 14 years with both state and federal elected officials in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.
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