Evolution Craft Brewing Working To Increase Maryland’s Barrel Limit From 22K to 2-million
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Evolution Craft Brewing recently moved from Delaware to Maryland, leaving behind Delaware’s more progressive barrel limits on small brewers. Now comes word from DelmarvaNow that Evolution is working with lawmakers to raise the current 22,500 barrel limit in Maryland to 2-million barrels.
The move from Delaware to Maryland, however, meant a production ceiling of 22,500 barrels per year, while the company could have brewed 1 million to 2 million barrels per year in Delaware.
Even though the brothers say Evo hasn’t reached that limit yet, they hope to work with state lawmakers during the 2013 session of the Maryland General Assembly to pass a law allowing their class of microbrewery to produce up to 2 million barrels per year.
"We definitely need support, because if we can’t get the cap lifted on a Class 7 microbrewery, we won’t be able to grow any further," John Knorr said.
Tom Knorr said the brewery won’t reach the limit this year, but he expects to hit the ceiling within the next two years.
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