WASHINGTON — There are new options on how to purchase alcohol in D.C.
A law offering new licenses to businesses is now in effect. It was聽signed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in February.
鈥淭his new law allows District businesses to expand areas of their operations consistent with other jurisdictions,鈥� said Fred Moosally, director of the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration, in a release. 鈥淚t also clarifies existing law for licensees and the public.”
The expansion of licensing allows the growing number of craft beer brewers in D.C. to move beyond growlers, or jugs, 聽and sell their brew in cans, kegs and bottles.
For D.C. distilleries once limited to making cocktails where only their spirit could be the primary ingredient, they are now open聽to mix freely.
Grocery stores can look beyond beer and sell wine, cider and mead in growlers; and hotels in the District are permitted to sell beer and wine聽inside their convenience stores, not only in the hotel bar and restaurant.
There is a change for bed and breakfasts operating inside the District, as well. Those with fewer than 30 guest rooms can serve alcohol to registered guests as part of a room fee.
