Alcoholic beverages: distilled spirits.

Assembly Member Hoover's alcoholic beverage legislation modifies operating parameters for California winegrowers and craft distillers, allowing winegrowers to store and age brandy on their premises while doubling the volume of spirits that craft distillers may sell directly to consumers.

The bill adds brandy aging privileges to winegrowers' existing authority to sell wine and spirits, host on-premise consumption, and participate in entertainment zones. Under current law, winegrowers can sell brandy to licensed retailers and blend spirits into their wines. The new provisions explicitly permit them to possess and transport brandy specifically for aging at their facilities.

For craft distillers, who currently operate under a 150,000-gallon annual production cap, the legislation increases the maximum daily sale amount from 2.25 to 4.5 liters per customer for prepackaged spirits produced at their facilities. The measure maintains existing requirements that craft distillers manufacture their products on-site and sell only to consumers visiting their premises.