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Senate Bill 166 would require the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt regulations for microbiological, chemical, and physical water quality and treatment requirements for the onsite treatment and reuse of process water in breweries and wineries. Read More
Stalling in committee, Senate Bill 742 sought to require breweries to offer their products for on-premise sale and consumption or for on-premise sale for off-premise consumption, but not both. Read More
House Bill 6042 seeks to allow the holder of a manufacturer permit for beer to sell twenty-four liters of beer in sealed bottles or other sealed containers per person per day for consumption off the permit premises. Read More
H.B. 6282 would allow a brewery to sell up to a “log” of beer (19.8 liters) to an individual per day. Read More
Provisions in H.B. 7148 would allow Connecticut breweries, wineries, cideries, and distilleries to sell each other’s products. Read More
Senate Bill 661 seeks to allow retail customers of farm breweries and brew pubs to bring their dogs on the retail premises. Read More
Senate Bill 1304 would permit manufacturers to terminate a distributor contract if their products represent less than 10% of distributor’s total alcohol beverage portfolio with 120 days’ notice. The bill further: 1) provides that a brewery brewing less than …Read More
Receiving favorable initial committee consideration, House Bill 903 provides for limited exemptions to the current regulations regarding distribution agreements between beer distributors and manufacturers, as follows: 1) exempts small breweries (i.e. total production volume does not exceed 150,000 gallons of …Read More
Senate Bill 152 seeks an expansion of the sales abilities of malt beverage manufacturers to allow up to 3,000 barrels sold at each of the brewer’s licensed premises for on- or off-premise consumption. Additionally, requires fifty percent of malt …Read More
Passing the Senate, S.B. 146 provides that retail package liquor stores may conduct tasting events at which samples of alcoholic beverages may be served and that manufacturers and wholesalers may provide samples of alcoholic beverages to retail dealers under certain …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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