In three months, patrons will be allowed to buy more cans and bottles of beer and liquor from Alabama breweries and distilleries. Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill on May 17 that will reduce the daily limit on the amount of alcohol breweries and distilleries can sell to customers to drink off premises. H.B. 539 will allow a brewery or brewpub to sell up to 864 ounces of beer per customer and a .
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Alabama House of Representatives approves bills to allow home delivery of alcohol AL.com 2 hrs ago Shauna Stuart, al.com
The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday advanced two bills that would allow Alabamians to have alcohol delivered to their homes.
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The House approved S.B. 126, a bill that would allow licensed businesses to deliver sealed containers of beer, wine, and spirits to patrons’ homes. Lawmakers in the House also approved H.B. 437, which would allow wine manufacturers to ship their wine directly to residents in the state.
The House made amendments to S.B 126 in approving it by a 79 to 12 vote. The amendment clarifies language in the bill to specify that brewpubs, winemakers, and distilleries would also be included in the legislation. That bill now goes back to the Senate to consider the changes the House made.
Bottoms up: How the Alabama Legislature learned to love alcohol legislation
Few bills ever flamed out in the inferno that engulfed Mac McCutcheon’s homebrewing legislation on April 26, 2011.
The Monrovia representative s bill was modest. The bill banned homebrewing in dry counties and municipalities, and prohibited commercial sales. People making beer, mead, cider or wine would have to follow federal guidelines on production. But in that framework, it would be legal. That was a big issue in north Alabama, said Rep. Terri Collins, R-Decatur. We have so many engineers who had that as a hobby, and because it was illegal, they could lose their security clearance.
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