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In Senate committee, 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
Passing the House, 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 is a …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
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
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 only use the …Read More
H.B. 1310 seeks to allow a small brewery to receive, bottle, and package beer from another small brewery if certain requirements are met. Read More
Signed by the Governor, H.B. 1298 creates a temporary craft manufacturer hospitality permit (hospitality permit) that allows a craft manufacturer to participate in a convention, a trade show, an exposition, or a similar event on the licensed premises of a …Read More
Passing both chambers of the legislature, H.B. 1298 would allow a county, city, or town to adopt an ordinance to allow the following at a farmers’ market: (1) A small brewery, farm winery, or artisan distillery (craft manufacturer) to serve …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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