Alcoholic beverages: brewpub-restaurant licenses.

Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses. Existing law establishes specified types of alcoholic beverage licenses and prescribes the rights and duties of the respective licensees. Existing law authorizes the issuance of a brewpub-restaurant license to a person that manufactures not less than 200 barrels and not more than 5,000 barrels of beer annually on the licensed premises, subject to specified conditions. Existing law specifies that a brewpub-restaurant license does not authorize the brewpub-restaurant licensee to sell, furnish, or exchange any alcoholic beverages with any licensed beer manufacturer regardless of any other licenses held by the licensed beer manufacturer. This bill would lower the required minimum brewing production of a brewpub-restaurant licensee to not less than 100 barrels of beer annually on the premises. This bill would specify that a brewpub-restaurant license does not authorize the brewpub-restaurant licensee to sell, furnish, or exchange any alcoholic beverages with any licensed beer manufacturer that is under the common ownership or control of the brewpub-restaurant licensee, regardless of any other licenses held by the manufacturer. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.