by cbaadmin | Jan 1, 2017 | Legal Updates, Licensing
As of January 1, 2017, if you are the proprietor of a brewery, distilled spirits plant, or winery owing not more than $50,000 in excise taxes in the previous year, and you expect to owe not more than $50,000 in excise taxes in the current year on beer, distilled...
by cbaadmin | Apr 12, 2016 | Legal Updates, Licensing
Please see the attached document provided by California ABC...
by cbaadmin | Dec 21, 2015 | Legal Updates, Licensing
This bill dramatically streamlines the label approval process in California. It removes the previously used and time-consuming approval process and allows breweries to sell beer as soon as a label registration is filed, without the need for any further action or...
by cbaadmin | Dec 21, 2015 | Legal Updates, Licensing
AB 780 – Advertising of Retailers This bill updates advertising rules in regards to retailers. Currently, a manufacturer may list the contact information of on-sale retailers that carry its beer so long as (1) it is done in response to a direct consumer inquiry and...
by cbaadmin | Dec 21, 2015 | Legal Updates, Licensing
The newly passed farmers’ market permit for beer manufacturers is getting an early renovation. While wine growers were already allowed to offer instructional tastings at farmers’ market, beer manufacturers were previously denied the privilege. This bill rectifies...
by cbaadmin | Dec 21, 2015 | Legal Updates, Licensing
SB 796 accomplishes a variety of things, with the most notable for craft breweries being the cap placed on retail locations. The new provision loosens the tied-house restrictions in some aspects by allowing an individual already in possession of an on-sale license to...
