Post by Logan on Jun 28, 2016 2:34:42 GMT -6
Action at the Indiana General Assembly this year brought another round of changes to Indiana's complex liquor laws. Here are three that go into effect July 1.
1. Growler fills for farm wineries
Dust off those New Day Meadery growlers. An amended law allows the meadery, and other farm wineries, to refill growlers. As it turns out, the popular Indianapolis mead and cider maker had been unknowingly but illegally refilling growlers for customers at its Fountain Square tasting room. Oops.
Excise police kindly but firmly put an end to it in October. They realized that state law prohibited a retailer from refilling containers with alcoholic products unless that retailer held a small brewer's permit. Because New Day Meadery’s products are fermented honey and fruit, not grains, they are licensed as a farm winery, not a small brewer. That will change July 1, when farm wineries will officially be added as an exception for refilling containers.
2. Sunday carry-out sales for artisan distillers
Add your local distillery to a place you can buy alcohol on Sunday despite the state's long-standing ban on sales from liquor stores and groceries. Artisan distilleries will now be allowed to sell their products (vodka, rum, gin, whiskey, etc.) for carry-out on Sundays, a privilege breweries and wineries already have. Wineries were granted permission to sell on Sundays in the early 1980s and breweries in 2010.
Read more: www.courierpress.com/news/3-Indiana-alcohol-laws-that-go-into-effect-July-1-384507341.html
1. Growler fills for farm wineries
Dust off those New Day Meadery growlers. An amended law allows the meadery, and other farm wineries, to refill growlers. As it turns out, the popular Indianapolis mead and cider maker had been unknowingly but illegally refilling growlers for customers at its Fountain Square tasting room. Oops.
Excise police kindly but firmly put an end to it in October. They realized that state law prohibited a retailer from refilling containers with alcoholic products unless that retailer held a small brewer's permit. Because New Day Meadery’s products are fermented honey and fruit, not grains, they are licensed as a farm winery, not a small brewer. That will change July 1, when farm wineries will officially be added as an exception for refilling containers.
2. Sunday carry-out sales for artisan distillers
Add your local distillery to a place you can buy alcohol on Sunday despite the state's long-standing ban on sales from liquor stores and groceries. Artisan distilleries will now be allowed to sell their products (vodka, rum, gin, whiskey, etc.) for carry-out on Sundays, a privilege breweries and wineries already have. Wineries were granted permission to sell on Sundays in the early 1980s and breweries in 2010.
Read more: www.courierpress.com/news/3-Indiana-alcohol-laws-that-go-into-effect-July-1-384507341.html