A pair of alcohol-adjacent bills have been introduced in the Colorado Legislature. One (SB24-181) seeks to create a tax on beverage-alcohol products distributed in the state to fund “alcohol and related substance use disorder prevention, early intervention, treatment, harm reduction and recovery services” across Colorado.
California craft breweries may soon have an easier time selling their beer at special events beyond their taproom walls, thanks to the California Craft Brewers Association’s (CCBA) sponsored bill in 2024. AB 2174 would “authorize a licensed beer manufacturer to apply for, and the department to issue, a beer caterer’s permit for the sale of beer manufactured by or for the licensee for consumption at specified locations and events, including, among others, conventions, sporting events, and trade exhibits.”
A controversial Tennessee bill to ban the sale of cold beer has been withdrawn. A bill to permit time-bound price discounts on alcohol beverages at on-premise retailers has passed both houses of the Indiana Legislature.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill that will ease strict restrictions on the way craft breweries in the state can operate their taprooms.
For the second time, New Jersey craft breweries are a signature away from having a stringent set of restrictions on their taproom operations removed.
Both houses of the state Legislature passed Senate Bill 4265 and Assembly Bill 5912, which would allow craft breweries to host “an unlimited number of on-premises special events and private parties.”
New Jersey craft brewers are reeling after Gov. Phil Murphy’s conditional veto of a unanimously passed bill that would reform the Garden State’s restrictive conditions for sales and operations at craft brewery taprooms.
The Brewers Association (BA) is urging breweries to submit any federal approval requests or applications ASAP over concerns of a government shutdown.
After its request for a conversation with Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) leadership last month went unanswered, the Human Right Campaign (HRC) has suspended the perfect 100 score it gave A-B on its 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), which will prohibit the company from using the organization’s designation as one of the “Best Places to Work.”
More than 300 winners were honored during the Brewers Association’s (BA) 2023 World Beer Cup (WBC) during Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville this week. Guinness Baltimore Blonde – the signature offering of brewing operations at Diageo’s Relay, Maryland-based production facility – has become such a local icon that one Baltimore County official wants to invest $500,000 in a local brewer to keep the beer flowing, according to the Baltimore Banner.
Brewers Association (BA) government affairs leaders Marc Sorini and Katie Marisic laid out the state of play at the state and federal level earlier this week during the Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville.
Brewers Association (BA) general counsel Marc Sorini previewed the trade organization’s upcoming comments on modernizing trade practice regulations during the Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville on Monday.
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) has filed two complaints against Blue Cloud Distributing, alleging the PepsiCo subsidiary violated statute in nine license applications for its locations across the state.
The California Craft Brewers Association (CCBA) has sponsored two bills this legislative session: one that would allow members to produce cider and perry with existing licenses, and another that would restore transparency in beer production data reporting.
Virginia retailers are now required under law to separate alcoholic versions of non-alcoholic brands from their soft drink counterparts.
