Maryland Craft Brewers Hope For Revamped Laws Next Year

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The state’s craft brewing community and its allies failed to convince the legislature this year to ease restrictions on the production and distribution of craft beer, but the industry expects to try again next session.
“The battle has really just begun,” said Alan Brody, spokesman for Comptroller Peter Franchot, who championed the brewers’ efforts to overhaul state laws this year. “This is an issue that is extraordinarily important, not j