Establishes farm brewery and winery-brewery beverage license.
This bill establishes a new "farm brewery license" allowing agricultural operations to produce up to 2,000 barrels of beer annually using locally grown hops or other brewing ingredients, with fees ranging from $100 to $300 depending on production volume. It also creates a "winery-brewery sublicense" for wineries (both plenary and farm wineries) that are actively farming on or adjacent to their premises to produce up to 3,000 barrels of beer annually for retail sale, with a $750 annual fee. Both licenses require the producer to use locally grown agricultural products in brewing and limit the number of licenses per entity (one farm brewery license per entity, one winery-brewery sublicense per winery). The legislation does not authorize direct sales of malt beverages to wholesalers and retailers, focusing instead on retail sales at the farm or winery premises.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee
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