SB214 Alabama 2015 Session

Under existing law, a brewery is generally not allowed to operate a restaurant on its premises and dispense alcoholic beverages

This bill would allow a retail licensee to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on its premises

This bill would allow a patron of a craft brewery licensee, or brewpub licensee to exit with open containers of alcoholic beverages and consume alcoholic beverages anywhere within the confines of the entertainment district

This bill would allow a brewpub to sell alcoholic beverages for on- and off-premises consumption

This bill would create a license for limited production breweries that allows them to produce beer and operate a restaurant on their licensed premises and sell their beer at the brewery and restaurant

To amend Sections 28-3A-17.1 and 28-4A-3 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in an entertainment district or brewpub; to allow a retail licensee to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on its premises and to allow a patron of a craft brewery licensee or brewpub licensee to exit with open containers of alcoholic beverages and consume alcoholic beverages anywhere within the confines of the entertainment district; and to create a new Section 28-3A-6.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to license a craft brewer to produce and package no more than 2,000,000 barrels of beer per year; to allow a craft brewer to operate a facility where food is provided on its licensed premises and sell beer on its licensed premises that it produces there.