HB151 Alabama 2019 Session

Under existing law, manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers of alcoholic beverages are restricted in their ability to have a financial or business interest with one another

This bill would authorize manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers of alcoholic beverages to enter into certain limited business or financial relationships that comply with federal law

Under existing law, breweries, wineries, and distilleries may operate an on-site tasting room to dispense and sell their own alcoholic beverages

This bill would allow a licensed manufacturer of alcoholic beverages to dispense and sell at its on-site tasting room, alcoholic beverages that are manufactured in this state but not by the manufacturer, so long as the other manufacturer is under common ownership with the brewery, winery, or distillery

This bill would define terms

This bill would further provide for the taxation of beer and liquor

Under existing law, a brewpub may not produce more than 10,000 barrels annually, must be located in a historical building, site, or district or an economically distressed area and must operate a restaurant or otherwise provide food

This bill would remove the requirements that a brewpub be located in a historical or economically distressed area and operate a restaurant or otherwise provide food

This bill would increase the limit on how much beer a brewpub may produce annually

This bill would also allow a manufacturer to enter into alternating proprietorship arrangements with other manufacturers

Relating to alcoholic beverages; to amend Sections 28-3-1, 28-3-4, 28-3A-6, as last amended by Act 2018-447, 2018 Regular Session, 28-4A-3, and 28-4A-4, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Section 28-3-208 to the Code of Alabama 1975; and to repeal Sections 28-4A-2 and 28-4A-6, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to definitions and legislative intent, respectively; to authorize manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers to enter into certain limited business or financial relationships; to allow a brewery, winery, or distillery to dispense and sell at its on-site tasting room alcoholic beverages transferred from another manufacturer under common ownership with the brewery, winery, or distillery; to provide further for taxation of beer and liquor; to define terms; to delete the requirements that brewpubs be located in certain areas and operate a restaurant or otherwise provide food; to increase the limit on how much beer a brewpub may produce annually; and to provide for alternating proprietorship arrangements among manufacturers.