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Michigan Proposes Alt Prop Definition

Passing the Senate, S.B. 1165 would define “alternating proprietorship” to mean an arrangement in which two or more brewers or micro brewers, or wine makers or small wine makers, take turns using the same space and equipment to manufacture wine …Read More

Brewery On/Off Site Events Addressed in NJ

Senate Bill 3154 authorizes limited breweries, commonly referred to as microbreweries, to hold certain on-site and off-site events open to the general public. Under the bill, on-site special events include trivia and quizzes; paint and sip craft making; live music …Read More

TTB Proposes Modernizing Labeling and Advertising Regulations

The Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has announced the publication of a rulemaking document (Notice No. 176) which would update, simplify, and clarify the labeling and advertising regulations for wine, distilled spirits, and malt beverages. According to TTB, when finalized, …Read More

Glassware Amendment Fails in Ohio

Failing to advance from committee, a proposed amendment to House Bill 522 provides for the doubling the amount of branded glassware that a manufacturer may provide annually to a retailer from two to four cases and caps the total number …Read More

TTB Tags Miami and Illinois Distributors with Trade Practice Violations

The Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) accepted a $1.5 million offer in compromise from Miami distributor Eagle Brands for alleged trade practice violations, specifically payments to retailers to carry and promote its products to the exclusion of competing products. TTB …Read More

Court of Appeals Opinion Supports Out-of-State Retail Shipping

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued its opinion in Lebamoff v. Rauner, involving a challenge to Illinois prohibitions of direct-to-consumer wine shipments by out-of-state retailers, finding that such prohibitions are discriminatory. Like another case in Michigan …Read More

Non-Compliant Licensees Found in CA

The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) announced that ABC agents investigated 70 Type 75 Brew Pub Restaurants and discovered nearly 50 were not in compliance with their licenses, by either not brewing beer at all, not brewing quantities …Read More

Michigan Bill Defines Tasting Room

Passing the Senate, S.B. 1156 defines “tasting room” with respect to beer to mean a location on the manufacturing premises of a brewer or micro brewer where it may produce samples of or sell at retail for on- or off-premises …Read More

Marijuana-Infused Alcohol Bill Signed by MI Governor

Signed by the Governor, House Bill 4668 prohibits the use, possession, and sale of marihuana-infused beer, wine, mixed wine drink, mixed spirit drink, or spirits. Read More

Brewer Tax Credits Proposed in New Jersey

Senate Bill 3031 provides credits against the New Jersey alcoholic beverage tax to manufacturers of brewed beverages in the amount of qualified capital expenses paid by the brewer during the tax year. Each individual taxpayer is allowed an annual total …Read More

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Pete Johnson

State & Regulatory Affairs Manager

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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