{"id":12930,"date":"2012-12-24T06:03:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T11:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/?p=12930"},"modified":"2012-12-20T16:35:57","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T21:35:57","slug":"expect-at-least-three-nanobrewery-bills-this-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/12\/24\/expect-at-least-three-nanobrewery-bills-this-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Expect At Least Three Nanobrewery Bills This Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12953\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/12\/SteveWarren.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12953\" title=\"SteveWarren\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/12\/SteveWarren-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/12\/SteveWarren-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/12\/SteveWarren.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Steve Warren, flickr<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/p><\/div>\n<p>There are a slew of possible bills coming down the pipes this session having to do with nanobreweries: a brewing category created by lawmakers in 2011. With a $240 nanobrewery license, an enthusiastic homebrewer can to start a small-scale commercial brewery.\u00a0 StateImpact New Hampshire will be keeping tabs on developments in the nanobrewing community throughout the year.\u00a0 Here are some issues you can expect to hear more about:<\/p>\n<p><em>Raise the amount of beer that can be sold by the glass at a nanobrewery tasting room from 4 ounces to 16 ounces.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 2011,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gencourt.state.nh.us\/legislation\/2011\/HB0262.html\" target=\"_blank\"> lawmakers passed a bill<\/a> allowing brewers who produce fewer than 2,000 barrels annually to obtain a license to sell their beer via barrel, keg, bottle, or in-person at a tasting room for one fifth the cost of a traditional license. But before the bill passed the Senate, a 4 ounce restriction was put on over-the-counter beer sales.\u00a0 This session, Representative Fred Leonard of Rochester (D) is sponsoring a bill to increase that limit to 16 ounces.<\/p>\n<p><em>Remove restrictions that forbid cross-ownership of on-premise and off-premise establishments.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>New Hampshire currently prohibits restaurants and beverage vendors from opening a brewery on premises. This session, beer advocate Kevin Bloom is working with lawmakers to craft a bill which will likely include repealing restrictions like those\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gencourt.state.nh.us\/rsa\/html\/XIII\/179\/179-11.htm\" target=\"_blank\">defined here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Establish a pilot program for the sale of New Hampshire microbrewery and nanobrewery beers at specific state liquor stores.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Robert Cushing (D) Rockingham is sponsoring this bill along with two other Democratic house members. Cushing says he\u2019s hoping to target out of state customers by making New Hampshire-brewed nano- and micro-brews available at four state liquor stores near state lines on I-93, as a strategy for stimulating local economies.\u00a0 At present, no beer is sold at the state\u2019s liquor stores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a slew of possible bills coming down the pipes this session having to do with nanobreweries: a brewing category created by lawmakers in 2011. With a $240 nanobrewery license, an enthusiastic homebrewer can to start a small-scale commercial brewery.\u00a0 StateImpact New Hampshire will be keeping tabs on developments in the nanobrewing community throughout [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":12953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51,53,14],"tags":[460,459,437],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}