Bill > HB242

This bill modifies the existing liquor license regulations for brew pubs (restaurants or bars that brew their own beer on-site) by allowing brew pub license holders to also obtain on-premises or off-premises alcohol sales licenses, with two key restrictions. First, a brew pub licensee cannot simultaneously hold any other type of manufacturing license. Second, brew pub licensees can only self-distribute their beer or cider to one of their own on-premises licenses, and are limited to distributing a maximum of 2,500 barrels during their licensing period. The bill explicitly prevents licensees with multiple brew pub locations from self-distributing to more than one commonly owned on-premises or off-premises license. The legislation was requested by the liquor commission and will take effect 60 days after its passage, providing breweries that also operate as restaurants more flexibility in selling and distributing their own alcoholic beverages while maintaining some regulatory constraints.

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