HB278: Alcoholic beverages; manufacture, distribution, and sale of malt beverages; provide regulation

Legislative Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, so as to provide for regulation of the manufacture, distribution, and sale of malt beverages; to provide a definition; to permit small brewers and other brewers to sell a limited quantity of malt beverages at retail on the premises for consumption on and off of the premises; to eliminate the daily quantity limitation on sales by brewers directly to consumers; to provide for the transfer of a limited quantity of malt beverages by small brewers and brewpubs; to increase the amount of malt beverages a brewpub may sell to wholesalers; to provide for donations of malt beverages to bona fide nonprofit civic organizations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.