Revision: March 21, 2018, 6:54 p.m.
SB 418 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/21/2018 1091s
03/21/2018 1134s
2018 SESSION
18-2800
08/03
SENATE BILL 418
AN ACT relative to beverage manufacturers and nano breweries and defining table wine.
SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Sen. Innis, Dist 24; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Biggie, Hills. 23; Rep. Fraser, Belk. 1; Rep. Williams, Hills. 4
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill expands the definition of table wine and allows beverage manufacturers and nano breweries to sell one sample per label and 2 pints per person for consumption on premises with a maximum of 48 ounces per person.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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08/
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to beverage manufacturers and nano breweries and defining table wine.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Table Wine; Definition. Amend RSA 175:1, LXIX to read as follows:
LXIX. "Wine-table'' means a product obtained by the fermentation of the natural content of fruit or other agricultural products containing sugar and containing [more than 6 percent but not] no more than 18 percent alcoholic content by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The commission may approve as a table wine a higher alcoholic content product, not to exceed 24 percent, that is obtained in the same manner.
2 Sales for Consumption; Beverage Manufacturers. Amend RSA 178:12, II-a to read as follows:
II-a. The holder of a beverage manufacturer license may sell beverage samples to visitors of legal drinking age for consumption on the premises where the beverages were manufactured. Sales of samples for consumption on the premises shall be limited to one 4-ounce glass per label per person and 2 pints per person. A maximum of 48 ounces total may be served to a person for consumption on the premises.
3 Sales for Consumption; Nano Brewery. Amend RSA 178:12-a, II(e) to read as follows:
(e) Sales for consumption on the premises shall be limited to one 4-ounce glass per label per person and 2 pints per person. A maximum of 48 ounces total may be served to a person for consumption on the premises.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.