Florida Beverage Legislation: 2019 Pre-Session Review of Beverage Bills

The 2019 Session of the Florida Legislature will include consideration of a number of bills affecting breweries, wineries, distilleries, distributors, and consumers.

Florida’s share of breweries grew by 58 in 2018.

Monthly taxpaid sales for Florida brewers exceed 9,000 barrels for 3rd month in 2018.

Taxpaid sales up again in October 2018 after two down months.

For second consecutive month, Florida breweries’ taxpaid sales were down in September 2018.

Florida breweries’ 12-months’ taxpaid sales exceeded 100,000 barrels for the first time in August 2018.

Monthly taxpaid sales for Florida Breweries in July 2018 increased by more than 3%.

Total monthly taxpaid sales and taxpaid sales per Florida brewery down in June 2018.

300! Florida now has 300 licensed breweries and brewpubs.

A whopping 9 new Florida breweries joined the ranks in April 2018.