Beer Store Highway Signs Considered in NH
House Bill 1489 would allow specialty wine and beer stores to be included on business directional signs on state highways. Read More
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House Bill 1489 would allow specialty wine and beer stores to be included on business directional signs on state highways. Read More
The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (S. 236), legislation championed by the Brewers Association, that would lower federal excise taxes for small and independent craft brewers recently added its 51st and 52nd co-sponsors in the Senate, giving the …Read More
You may have noticed that the nation’s capital of Washington, D.C. is almost always a hub of activity, even when it seems that not a lot is getting done. Most recently, the “Big Six” (Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, National Economic Advisor …Read More
The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (S.236/H.R.747) was reintroduced in both chambers of the 115th Congress. Sponsors total 50 in the U.S. Senate and 281 in the U.S. House of Representatives. Specific tax provisions of the …Read More
A.B. 492 and companion S.B. 418 create a distillpub permit authorizing the manufacture, rectification, and sale of intoxicating liquor. Additionally, if a brewpub also holds a distillpub permit in the same name, the brewpub may hold any retail license …Read More
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has issued Ruling 2017-2 to clarify the circumstances under which trade buyers may return to industry members, and under which industry members may receive, malt beverage products that have been deemed …Read More
The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed extending the compliance dates by approximately 1.5 years for the final rules providing updated nutrition information on food labels and defining a single serve container. Those alcohol products under the …Read More
The United Nation’s World Health Organization (WHO) is proposing that the Codex Committee on Food Labeling initiate a project to develop international standards for alcohol beverage labeling. The Codex Alimentarius, or “Food Code,” is a collection of standards, guidelines …Read More
Distributor Craft Brewers Guild’s (CBG) appeal of the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission’s (ABCC) fine in the wake of the ABCC’s finding that CBG violated state rules against offering inducements to retailers has been denied. Craft Brewers Guild previously …Read More
Senate Bill 296 authorizes the packaging, filling, refilling, or sale of cider in growlers. 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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