Tasting Ability Expanded Under AL Bill
House Bill 134 would allow grocery stores licensed to sell wine and beer for off-premises consumption to hold wine and beer tastings. Read More
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On-Premises Sales Simplified by Alabama Proposal
Committee-passed substitute for S.B. 234 removes the requirement that manufacturers obtain the name, address and other personal demographic information for sales made on the premises. Read More
Alabama Amends Required Off-Premises Sales Information Collection
The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC) has dropped a requirement that breweries and brew pubs making off-premises sales record the buyers’ telephone numbers and birth dates. The recording of those buyers’ names and addresses, however, remains since that …Read More
Cross-Tier Ownership Passes Alabama Senate
Amended and passing the Senate, Senate Bill 343 seeks to allow family members of a licensed manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, or retailer of alcoholic beverages that have reached the age of majority and are not an officer, director, employee, or stockholder …Read More
Governor Signs Alabama Study Commission Recommendations into Law
Signed into law by the Governor, House Bill 176 incorporates the recommendations relating to beer from the Alabama Alcohol Beverage Study Commission which was created to study Alabama’s laws related to the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages and …Read More
Cross-Tier Ownership Proposed in Alabama
Senate Bill 343 would allow family members of a licensed distributor or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages that have reached the age of majority and are not an officer, director, employee, or stockholder of such licensed distributor or wholesaler to be …Read More
House Passes Bill with Alabama Study Commission Recommendations
Passing the House, House Bill 176 incorporates the recommendations relating to beer from the Alabama Alcohol Beverage Study Commission which was created to study Alabama’s laws related to the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages and determine if they …Read More
Legislation Incorportaes Study Commission Recommendations
Companions House Bill 176 and Senate Bill 211 incorporate the recommendations relating to beer from the Alabama Alcohol Beverage Study Commission which was created to study Alabama’s laws related to the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages and determine …Read More
Retail Privilege Bills Stalls in Alabama
Failing to advance beyond committee level consideration, Senate Bill 452 sought to allow a brewpub to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises and off-premises consumption and to create a license allowing limited production breweries to produce beer and operate a restaurant …Read More
Alabama Bill Would Adjust Brewpub Licensing
Advancing through committee, Senate Bill 452 seeks to allow a brewpub to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises and off-premises consumption and would create a license allowing limited production breweries to produce beer and operate a restaurant on their licensed premises …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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