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House Bill 328 creates a category of “spirits infused refreshments” defined as a single-serve beverage containing liquor, packaged in a can or an approved container no larger than 16 ounces and which contains no more than 10 percent alcohol by …Read More
Signed into law, H.B. 539 revises the daily limit on how much beer and liquor may be sold by brewpubs and certain breweries and distilleries to customers for off-premises consumption; provides further for calculating which breweries qualify to sell beer …Read More
Held in committee, S.B. 322 provides that beer transferred from a brewery in accordance with federal law to a brewery of the same ownership is deemed to have been manufactured by the receiving brewery at its licensed premises and that …Read More
Before the Governor for action, H.B. 539 revises the daily limit on how much beer and liquor may be sold by brewpubs and certain breweries and distilleries to customers for off-premises consumption; provides further for calculating which breweries qualify to …Read More
Under House consideration following Senate passage, S.B. 322 provides that beer transferred from a brewery in accordance with federal law to a brewery of the same ownership is deemed to have been manufactured by the receiving brewery at its licensed …Read More
Passing the Senate, S.B. 322 provides that beer transferred from a brewery in accordance with federal law to a brewery of the same ownership is deemed to have been manufactured by the receiving brewery at its licensed premises and that …Read More
Signed by the Governor, S.B. 126 creates a delivery service license which allows transport and delivery, for personal use, of up to 120 twelve ounce containers of beer, up to 288 ounces of draft beer, up to 9,000 milliliters of …Read More
Passing the Senate, S.B. 126 creates a delivery service license which allows transport and delivery, for personal use, of up to 48 twelve ounce containers of beer, up to 288 ounces of draft beer, up to six 750 milliliter bottles …Read More
House Bill 539 adjusts the daily cap on the amount of beer or liquor that may be sold to customers by a brewery or distillery, respectively. Read More
Senate Bill 321 would allow a brewery to sell up to 864 ounces of beer per customer per day and a distillery to sell up to 4.5 liters of liquor per customer per day for off premises consumption. 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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