As Garden State regulators move to enforce strict limitations on brewery taproom events, entertainment and promotions, Brewers Guild of New Jersey executive director Eric Orlando and Jersey City-based Departed Soles Brewing owner Brian Kulbacki join the Brewbound Podcast to discuss the fallout.
The limitations are part of special conditions placed on limited brewery licenses in 2019. They limit brewers’ ability to host food trucks and events or sell beverages not produced on site, among other privileges. Craft breweries in the state are limited to 25 public on-site events per year, which include live music performances, yoga classes, trivia nights and fundraising events.
“Breweries are always, it seems like, the first people to give out of very shallow pockets and those pockets just became significantly more shallow,” Kulbacki said. “Unless the ABC is going to do something to force the hand of liquor license holders to support more local musicians and host more charity events, this really just benefits one industry and hurts so, so, so many.”
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