Maryland Reform on Tap Act Introduced

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The Reform on Tap Act of 2018 (H.B. 518) provides for: no limits for Class 5 or Class 7 brewery taproom sales; no limits for take-home sales; no limits on production of beer; no tour or special events requirements for Class 5 take-home sales; repeals the “buy-back” provision for Class 5 taproom sales; hours of taproom operations to be determined by local governments; brewers producing less than 300,000 barrels of beer annually are not subject to franchise laws; unlimited self-distribution permitted for brewers producing less than 300,000 barrels of beer annually; contract brewing is permitted; lifts taproom sale restrictions on contract brewed beer; establishes a two-year provisional license for start-up brewers who are contracting beer.

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