HB539 Summary

• Increases daily off-premises consumption limits for breweries manufacturing less than 60,000 barrels of beer annually from 288 ounces to 864 ounces per customer per day.

• Increases daily off-premises consumption limits for distilleries manufacturing liquor from 2.25 liters to 4.5 liters per customer per day.

• Increases brewpub off-premises beer sales limit from 288 ounces to 864 ounces per customer per day.

• Changes brewpub charitable donation limit from two kegs to 31 gallons of beer per event.

• Modifies brewery qualification calculations to include all beer produced by the manufacturer, parent, subsidiary, affiliate, and contract breweries when determining the 60,000-barrel production threshold.