Bill Summary: A11113

• Establishes definitions for "mead" (wine made primarily from honey and water with at least 51% honey) and "braggot" (malt beverage made primarily from honey, water, and malt/hops with at least 51% honey), with braggot designated as beer.

• Creates two new licenses: mead producers' license ($125 annual fee) and farm meadery license ($75 annual fee), allowing production and retail sales of mead and braggot with minimum annual production of 50 gallons and maximum production of 250,000 gallons.

• Authorizes farm meaderies to conduct tastings, sell at retail for on-premises and off-premises consumption, operate restaurants or food establishments, sell at farmers markets and county fairs, and operate up to five branch locations.

• Permits existing retail and wholesale licensees to sell mead and braggot without additional fees based on their current licenses, and allows farm breweries, farm wineries, and farm distillers to conduct tastings of mead and braggot.

• Allows farm meaderies and mead producers to charge up to 25 cents per sample for tastings and establishes tasting limitations including maximum three samples per person per day and maximum three fluid ounces per sample.