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Signed into law, Senate Bill 566, the South Carolina Craft Beer Economic Development Act, provides that beer sold for on-premises consumption must be produced by the brewery on its permitted premises or transferred to the brewery, subject to the following …Read More
Passing the full House, H.B. 2013 would fully open direct to consumer shipping from out-of-state producers and creates a direct to retailer permit for out-of-state manufacturers of malt beverages, wine or cider to allow manufacturer to sell at wholesale and …Read More
Senate Bill 6724 would require that alcoholic beverages imported into state be first delivered to a licensed state wholesaler and maintained at a premises or warehouse operated by the wholesaler for a period of twenty-four hours. Read More
Now under Senate consideration, Assembly Bill 6134 provides the liquor authority the ability to set the duration of brewer’s licenses, farm brewery licenses and restaurant-brewer licenses to three years. Read More
Now under Senate consideration, A.B. 6941 would permit beer to be sold for off-premise consumption between the hours of 3AM and 5AM on Sundays. Read More
Now in conference committee after passing the House in amended form, Senate Bill 422 modifies the procedures that must be in place for a brewer to terminate a distributor agreement with any beer distributor to include requiring the brewer to …Read More
Now before the Governor after being substituted in conference committee, H.B. 1715 1) defines seltzer and modifies the definition of beer to mean any beverage containing more than 0.5% of alcohol by volume and obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of …Read More
A.B. 5496 creates new taxable category of alcoholic beverages called flavored malt beverages defined as a beverage having an alcoholic content of one half of one per centum (1/2 of 1%) or more by volume for which the producer is …Read More
Substituted in committee, A.B. 4630 would allow craft alcoholic beverage manufacturers (defined as a limited brewery license, cidery and meadery license, and craft distillery license holder) to hold an unlimited number of off-premises special events, on-premises special events, and private …Read More
Signed into law, H.B. 95 specifies, in part, that a brewer, beer importer, or beer wholesaler may not sell or deliver beer unless a retail licensee pays within 7 days of the delivery and may not extend more than 7 …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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