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MD Lawmakers Allow Microbreweries to Sell More Beer

Don Rush

The Maryland legislature has voted to allow craft breweries to sell more beer.

On a vote 119 to 15 lawmakers sent Governor Larry Hogan a bill on Saturday that would increase the annual allowable output from 500 barrels a year to 2-thousand.

The Salisbury Daily Times reports that the measure also allows the breweries to buy another 1-thousand barrels annual from distributors for sale in their taprooms.

The bill also allows them to keep their current hours of operation which had been threatened earlier in the session.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.