Tour, Food Provisions Considered in NJ
A.B. 3840 removes requirement that limited brewery licensees provide a tour when selling beer to consumers and permits certain food consumption on premise. Read More
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A.B. 3840 removes requirement that limited brewery licensees provide a tour when selling beer to consumers and permits certain food consumption on premise. Read More
Passing committee and on the House floor, H.B. 494 would authorize a manufacturer or brewer who operates one or more brewing facilities located in the state to sell or serve products brewed at those facilities at wholesale to licensed retail …Read More
Scheduled for floor debate, House Bill 554 provides that a microbrewer may sell up to 250 barrels of its finished products per month at wholesale to other licensed retail dealers and authorizes the sale of such brewed beverage from any …Read More
Passing the House and under Senate consideration, House Bill 523 authorizes manufacturers or brewers to host up to 12 contracted private events at the brewing facility and provides certain restrictions for such events. Read More
S.B. 1004 would allow licensees to donate beverage sale profits to charities. Read More
Senate Bill 285 would allow licensed distributors to apply for a shipper’s license to provide direct shipments of wine, beer, and spirits to consumers. Read More
Passing the House with amendments and now in conference committee, S.B. 3008, among many provisions, seeks to increase the annual production threshold to sell growlers from 20,000 barrels to 150,000 barrels; allows a small brewer (annual production of less than …Read More
Approved by the Governor, S.B. 2 provides for the consumption of beer and wine on the Kansas state fairgrounds. Read More
Approved by the Governor, S.B. 2844 counters efforts to privatize the sale of alcoholic beverages by authorizing the construction of a new warehouse and contracting for operations. Read More
Amended prior to passing the Senate, S.B. 450 seeks to authorize a licensed wholesaler to transfer from a permitted microbrewery to another permitted microbrewery up to 50% of the total manufactured beverages sold at the receiving microbrewery provided all of …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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