Photo by LaTurD.C. restaurants can now distill their own liquor, which is a good thing because D.C. really loves it booze.
An oversight report from the Office of Chief Financial Officer shows that D.C. took in $49.2 million in tax revenue last year from liquor sales. That’s up from $47.3 million in 2012 and $22.4 million in 2009.
And now three new alcoholic beverage laws will help the city get even more of the booze it clearly desires. One will allow any facility that has a class C license — like a restaurant or nightclub — to apply for a Distillery Pub Permit that will let them “manufacture, distill and store craft liquors—like gin and vodka—on licensed premises or in an area immediately adjacent to the premises.” The liquor produced can be sold for either on- or off-premise consumption, according to a release from the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration.
The other two laws will let manufacturers — meaning breweries and distilleries — “sell and deliver alcoholic beverages from 7 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week” and “conduct product tastings from 1 to 9 p.m., seven days a week.”
