South Carolina’s Liquor Liability Insurance Crisis: Impact on Businesses and Legislative Efforts The landscape of South Carolina’s hospitality industry has been significantly impacted by the state’s joint and several liability law and the 2017 mandate requiring a minimum $1 million liquor liability insurance policy for businesses serving alcohol past 5 p.m. This has led to…
Complying With The South Carolina Craft Beer Economic Development Act. Prior to passage of The South Carolina Craft Beer Economic Development Act (Act No. 31 of 2023) state law only allowed for the sale of a maximum of 288 ounces per consumer, per day, to-go for off-premises consumption from a licensed brewery taproom which has…
After more than 11 months of collaboration, research, conversations, and meetings NEW South Carolina Craft Beer Laws are being proposed in the state legislature. It should be no surprise to anyone that this state heavily favors the distribution tier of the three tier system which in our new post COVID reality crushes a breweries ability…
Tax credits for breweries, is this a real thing? Yes it is! The South Carolina High Growth Small Business Job Creation Act, also known as the Angel Investor Act (the “Act”), provides tax credits to angel investors who make qualified investments in qualified businesses. The intent behind passage of the Act was to encourage investment…
In 2021 the South Carolina General Assembly passed a few bills pertaining to alcohol. Below are a few highlights from each bill. If you have any questions, please contact our Alcohol Law Practice Group or call (864) 633-0242. Certain License or Permit Applications – New Electronic Filing Option under Penalties of Perjury | House Bill 4100, Part…
In 2020, the South Carolina General Assembly passed three bills pertaining to alcohol. As we head full steam into 2021 lets recap some 2020 legislative changes that pertain to alcohol. Below are a few highlights from each bill along with a link to full content of the bill. If you have any questions, please contact…
Most of you have heard about the three-tier system when you were at your local brewery or distillery or craft beer festival. However, if you are like most people you don’t know much about it or how it pertains to your favorite beverage provider, or how it impacts you. Let’s try to make it a little…
Is Shift Beer a Liability? Anyone who has worked in a brewery or knows people that do is familiar with the industry norm that free beer for employees is a perk. Is there liability with shift beer? The attached article and link gives a little food for thought, or should we say craft beer for thought, when considering the…
Things are really brewing in South Carolina and the craft beer laws are changing to reflect this! If you could not attend the discussion on the state of South Carolina craft beer laws, you can watch a video of the event as South Carolina Attorneys At Law, LLC founder Brad Thomas, who is also the in house legal counsel for the Anderson South…
Liquor drinks In South Carolina breweries?!? You read that correctly… Did you know Bill 974 was introduced in the South Carolina Senate on January 13, 2016 and it seeks to allow breweries licensed to sell beer and wine for on-premises consumption to also apply for a retail on-premises consumption permit for the sale of distilled…
In our effort to keep you up to date on the fast growing craft beer market in South Carolina, we periodically update this listing of Breweries, Brewpubs, and Contract Breweries in South Carolina and include links to their websites too! Many of these fine establishments we have been clients as well. We have also included a…
Do you know what the labels on your alcoholic beverages mean? If you don’t it can definitely cost you!! There are many open litigation suits regarding false advertising claims on some of you favorite alcoholic beverages. You mean Red Stripe, the official beer of Jamaica, is actually brewed in Pennsylvania…Wait What?!? “Handmade”, “Craft”, and “Imported”…
