A law offering new licenses to businesses is now in effect. It was signed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in February.

“This new law allows District businesses to expand areas of their operations consistent with other jurisdictions,” said Fred Moosally, director of the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration, in a release. “It also clarifies the 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,  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 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 inside their convenience stores, not only in the hotel bar and restaurants.

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