March 27th, 2018 by WCBC Radio
The hopes of Maryland’s craft brewers for sweeping changes to the state’s beer laws came to an end last week as a legislative committee rejected Comptroller Peter Franchot’s “Reform on Tap” initiative. Unhappy with Franchot’s bold venture into policymaking, a House committee voted 17-4 against a bill the Democratic comptroller had been pushing for months as the best way to fix what he viewed as flawed beer regulations approved last year by the General Assembly. The panel then compounded the repudiation by passing a measure seeking to examine whether the comptroller’s office should retain its role as the state’s alcohol regulator. Franchot called the decision “business as usual” and emphasized again that breweries and wineries across the state will continue to feel the negative impacts…
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