Alcoholic Beverages - Class 9 Limited Distillery License - Alteration

HB 999 modifies Maryland's Class 9 limited distillery license rules. It allows license holders to produce, rectify, or bottle multiple brands of alcoholic beverages (instead of only one brand at a time) and removes the 31,000-gallon annual limit for manufacturing or rectifying products for other entities. This directly affects small distilleries operating under Class D or Class B retail licenses who hold a Class 9 distillery license. The bill maintains the existing 100,000-gallon annual production cap for their own products but eliminates the previous restriction on volume for other brands/entities. The changes take effect July 1, 2026.