DE HB46

Add definition of "fermented beverage" to Delaware Code as any product similar to beer containing at least 0.5% alcohol by volume brewed from malt substitutes including rice, grain, bran, glucose, sugar, and molasses.

Permit brewery-pub license holders to manufacture, bottle, and sell fermented beverages (hard seltzers) in addition to beer, cider, and mead on their licensed premises.

Permit microbrewery license holders to manufacture and sell fermented beverages alongside beer, mead, and cider under the same conditions and production limits as beer.

Establish tax rate of $8.15 per barrel for fermented beverages, matching the existing tax rate for beer.

Allow brewery-pubs and microbreweries to have ownership interests in affiliated out-of-state suppliers and manufacturers, provided total domestic sales of all affiliated entities do not exceed 6 million barrels annually.