NH Nano Brewery Location Legislation Advances
Passed by both legislative chambers, House Bill 167 removes the requirement that nano breweries manufacture beverages in a public building. Read More
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Passed by both legislative chambers, House Bill 167 removes the requirement that nano breweries manufacture beverages in a public building. Read More
Amended in House committee, S.B. 8 adds cider to the list of products a brewer may manufacture, sell, and serve at events attended by the public. The measure also allows visitors under the age of twenty-one to tour the premises …Read More
Signed by the Governor, House Bill 1772 provides that it is unlawful under liquor statutes and the Uniform Controlled Substances Act to manufacture, import, offer, or sell a consumable product that contains cannabis or any form of tetrahydrocannabinol in combination …Read More
Senate Bill 194 defines a new category of ready to drink mixed liquor beverages containing no more than 12.5 percent alcohol by volume called “mixed spirit beverages.”; requires all mixed spirit beverages, other than those distributed by the Alcoholic Beverage …Read More
Signed by the Governor, House Bill 2223 provides microbrewery festival/fair licenses, addresses craft producer sampling abilities, and increases, from $500 to $700, the cap on the total market value of promotional items that a wholesaler may furnish without cost to …Read More
Now under Assembly consideration, Senate Bill 269 seeks to authorize the holder of a beer manufacturer’s license, a winegrower’s license, or craft distilled spirits manufacturer’s license that holds any combination of those licenses for a single premises to have alcoholic …Read More
Advancing after initial committee consideration, S.B. 277 seeks to authorize a retail package off-sale beer and wine licensee to also sell low alcohol-by-volume spirits beverages not exceeding 10 percent ABV in containers no larger than 16 ounces. Read More
H.B. 425 seeks to allow brewery or winery employees 18 years of age or older to serve alcoholic beverages under certain conditions. Read More
Failing to advance prior to adjournment, S.B. 411 sought to amend the definition of beer to change the maximum alcoholic content to 12% ABW and to provide that the minimum container size of beer to be sold for off-premises consumption …Read More
Failing to advance, Senate Bill 284 sought to repeal the ability of microbrewery-restaurants, small breweries, and retail liquor permit holders to deliver alcoholic beverages. 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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