MI Guild Honors State Legislator
The Michigan Brewers Guild has recognized Representative Pauline Wendzel with its inaugural Defender of Michigan Beer Award. Read More
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The Michigan Brewers Guild has recognized Representative Pauline Wendzel with its inaugural Defender of Michigan Beer Award. Read More
Clearing initial subcommittee consideration, House Bill 158 would require the Alcoholic Beverages Division of the Department of Commerce to adopt as rules the substance of federal regulations concerning the placement of alcoholic beverage products and the offering of inducements by …Read More
S.B. 191 would allow a manufacturer of beer to engage in alternating proprietorship arrangements with other in-state manufacturers of beer. Read More
H.B. 260 provides for the direct shipment of beer. Read More
House Bill 1510 would allow certain brewers to sell or transfer beer to certain food manufacturers for the purpose of adding or integrating the beer into a product or recipe. The bill further provides that a product that contains the …Read More
Passing the House as amended, H.B. 1544 provides a definition for “mixed beverage” to mean a prepared cordial, cocktail, or highball that is in a can or container that holds not more than twenty-four (24) ounces of the beverage and …Read More
Passing the House as amended, House Bill 1624 establishes the Indiana craft beverage council, the Indiana craft beverage council fund, and the Indiana craft beverage foundation fund for promotion and industry support purposes. Read More
S.B. 2216 provides, among several provisions, that a class 3 brewer licensee who meets certain criteria may obtain a self-distribution exemption to allow the sale of not more than 77,500 (instead of 6,200) gallons of beer from each in-state or …Read More
Senate Bill 2433 seeks to prohibit the display of any alcopop beverage in premises licensed to sell alcoholic liquor at retail adjacent to soft drinks, fruit juices, bottled water, candy, or snack foods portraying cartoons or youth-orientated photos. Read More
Amended in committee, House Bill 1217 provides for a primary source of supply or wholesaler to allow a permittee on a nondiscriminatory basis to use equipment that is owned by the primary source of supply or wholesaler. The permittee may …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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