Now under Senate consideration, Assembly Bill 304, among a host of provisions, 1) creates the Division of Alcohol Beverages attached to the Department of Revenue and transfers the latter’s alcohol beverage regulation and enforcement functions to the division; 2) makes changes relating to the retail sales authority of brewers, wineries, manufacturers, and rectifiers, as well as changes relating to other authorized activities of brewers, wineries, manufacturers, and rectifiers; 3) expands or modifies the authority of brewers, wineries, manufacturers, and rectifiers to provide free taste samples on retail premises; 4) increases the limits on the amount of beer a brewpub may manufacture and self-distribute; 5) makes changes relating to restrictions on holding certain common interests applicable to manufacturers, rectifiers, wineries, brewers, brewpubs, wholesalers, and retailers; and 6) specifies requirements for certain production arrangements between alcohol beverage producers.
Alcohol Omnibus Clears WI Assembly
Link to author biography 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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Link to author biography 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.
See Pete Johnson's Articles
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