Wyoming Considers Microbrewery Additional Location
Passing initial committee consideration, House Bill 158 would remove a current restriction and allow a microbrewery to operate at more than one location. Read More
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Passing initial committee consideration, House Bill 158 would remove a current restriction and allow a microbrewery to operate at more than one location. Read More
Passing both legislative chambers, S.B. 7186 seeks to allow restaurant-brewers to sell up to two hundred fifty barrels of their product without the use of a wholesaler. Read More
Passing initial committee consideration, House Bill 3429 would allow the holder of multiple small brewer licenses to sell beer produced at any brewery for which the licensee has a license at any other brewery for which the licensee has a …Read More
Senate Bill 1099 seeks to provide that a manufacturer, brewer, or importer of beer shall not request or require that a wholesaler submit certain information for beer brands not manufactured, brewed, or imported by the manufacturer, brewer, or importer; shall …Read More
On December 20, 2019, the President signed into law the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, which includes a one-year extension (through December 31, 2020) of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA) provisions originally passed for a two-year …Read More
Passing the Senate, Senate Bill 2234 seeks to lower the threshold blood alcohol concentration from 0.08 to 0.05 for the offenses of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant. Read More
Passing both chambers of the legislature, S.B. 711 provides for a limited production manufacturer license that would allow for the limited production of beer, allow the licensee to purchase beer from a different brewer or micro brewer and modify that …Read More
The Tax and Trade Bureau has announced that it will not consider returns of alcohol beverage products purchased to sell during events cancelled due to COVID-19 to violate federal consignment sales rules (prohibiting the sale or purchase of alcohol beverage …Read More
Signed into law, S.B. 2134 allows a manufacturer of beer to obtain and possess alcoholic liquor for the purpose of manufacturing canned cocktails. Read More
House Bill 3758 would raise the small brewer production threshold for the ability to sell growlers from 20,000 to 40,000 barrels. 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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