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Senate Bill 383 would allow liquor stores the option to sell refrigerated high-point beer. Read More
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Senate Bill 383 would allow liquor stores the option to sell refrigerated high-point beer. Read More
Senate Bill 273 permits licensed brewers and resident brewers to conduct non-intoxicating beer sampling and growler sales for off-premises consumption. Additionally, the brewpub bonding requirements are removed. Read More
Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Chris Collins (NY-27) have introduced the H.R. 600, the Cider Industry Deserves Equal Regulation (CIDER) Act. The legislation would amend the tax code pertaining to wine and related beverages to support the growing number …Read More
Companions House Bill 217 and Senate Bill 221 permit the liquor commission to allow a restaurant licensee to sell malt beverages manufactured on the restaurant premises in brewery-sealed kegs and growlers and define “growler” as a glass or metal container, …Read More
House Bill 326 increases the number of barrels allowed to be produced by a small brewery from 10,000 to 60,000, allows a licensed brewer that manufactures less than 60,000 barrels of beer per year to obtain a retail on-premise all-beverage …Read More
House Bill 1967 and Senate Bill 688 seek to strengthen franchise law respecting low-point beer. Read More
Senate Bill 290 allows production breweries the same growler sales privileges (up to two a day per customer) as brewpubs. Read More
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released information explaining revenue proposals in the President’s FY 2016 Budget which includes a proposal exempting any distilled spirits, wines, and beer taxpayer who reasonably expects to be liable for not more than $50,000 …Read More
Senate Bill 1151 and House Bill 770 authorize brewpubs and small craft producer pubs with a liquor license to sell for off-premises consumption malt beverages purchased from another liquor licensee and authorizes restaurants and retail dealers with a liquor license …Read More
H.B. 429 calls for reviving the commission to review and consider alcoholic beverage manufacturing processes and retail sales at manufacturing facilities. 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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