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Senate Bill 1030 seeks to allow microbrewery licensees to keep certain retail privileges currently revoked if they exceed the 40,000 barrel annual limit for the license. Such licensees that exceed the 40,000 barrel cap would now hold “producer” licenses …Read More
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin was in attendance for the unveiling and grand opening of Heavy Seas Beer’s recently expanded brewery. The Senator is an advocate for small brewers in Maryland and across the country and has demonstrated this through his …Read More
Small brewer excise tax recalibration legislation, the Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act (Small BREW Act), has been introduced in the 114th U.S. Congress which convened on January 6, 2015. On January 8 H.R. 232 was introduced by Representatives …Read More
Senate Bill 281 requires that, for a brewery to qualify as a microbrewery, the entire brewing process of the beer must occur in Indiana. Changes the amount of the barrels of beer that a microbrewery may manufacture in a calendar …Read More
S.B. 276 seeks to increase the number of barrels of beer that a small brewer may manufacture to not more than 90,000 (instead of not more than 30,000) in a calendar year for sale or distribution within Indiana. Read More
Senate Bill 142 requires a $0.10 refundable deposit on each beverage (including beer) container beginning in 2016. Read More
H.B. 1053 seeks to allow a microbrewery and a farm winery that occupy the same building to sell by the glass the microbrewery’s beer and the farm winery’s wine from the same service bar, without a structure separating the service …Read More
Senate Bill 186 authorizes the sale of malt beverages packaged in individual containers of 32, 64 or 128 ounces by certain license holders if they are filled at the point of sale and have an unbroken seal or are incapable …Read More
Among other provisions, Senate Bill 32 allows the holder of a microbrewery permit to sell carryout alcoholic beverages on Sunday without a supplemental dealer’s permit. Read More
House Bill 168 seeks to prohibit an entity from holding two different types of licenses (e.g. brewery and distributor). The introduction of this legislation is a direct result of the recent acquisition of a second Kentucky distributor by Anheuser-Busch InBev. 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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