Quantity Discounts Considered in NC
S.B. 526 seeks to allow beer and wine wholesalers to offer quantity discounts to retail permittees. Read More
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S.B. 526 seeks to allow beer and wine wholesalers to offer quantity discounts to retail permittees. Read More
Failing to pass the House, S.B. 2319 would have altered the parameters of special event permits for microbrew pub and brewer taproom license holders. Read More
Signed by the Governor, Senate Bill 2363 seeks to allow, under certain conditions, an individual under twenty – one years of age to enter and remain in a brewer taproom. Read More
Now in the Senate, H.B. 1715 seeks to exempt brewers who manufacture less than 25,000 barrels annually from the provisions relating to the termination of beer distribution agreements, removes the ability to terminate an agreement with a beer distributor at …Read More
Moving to the House for consideration, S.B. 639 provides a definition of hard seltzer to mean any beverage containing more than one-half of one percent (0.50%) of alcohol by volume and obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of grain or sugar …Read More
Passing the full Senate, S.B. 8 adds cider to the list of products a brewer may manufacture, sell, and serve at events attended by the public. The measure also allows visitors under the age of 21 to tour the premises …Read More
S.B. 489 amends the definition of “bar” to include a brewery, winery or distillery. Read More
Under Senate consideration, House Bill 2349 exempts spirits manufactured in the state for export from alcohol excise tax. Read More
Senate Bill 490, among a number of provisions, defines “premixed cocktail” as a drink containing at least one-half of one percent 11 (0.5%), and no more than eleven percent (11%), alcohol by volume and consisting of spirituous liquor premixed with …Read More
Under House consideration, Senate Bill 422 further provides for the termination of distribution agreements. 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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