SB 315 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
02/01/2018 0283s
2018 SESSION
18-2821
08/05
SENATE BILL 315
AN ACT relative to the definitions of beverage and of mead.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Innis, Dist 24; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Rep. Biggie, Hills. 23; Rep. Packard, Rock. 5; Rep. Lundgren, Rock. 5; Rep. McKinney, Rock. 5; Rep. D. Thomas, Rock. 5
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill defines mead and allows the liquor commission to approve certain meads.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/01/2018 0283s 18-2821
08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to the definitions of beverage and of mead.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Beverage; Definition. Amend RSA 175:1, VIII to read as follows:
VIII. "Beverage'' means any beer, wine, similar fermented malt or vinous liquors and fruit juices, and any other liquid intended for human consumption as a beverage having an alcoholic content of not less than 1/2 of one percent by volume and not more than 6 percent alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit and specialty beer as defined in RSA 175:1, LXIV-a. The commission may approve any fermented malt beverage or mead greater than 6 percent but not to exceed 8 percent or any cider greater than 6 percent.
2 New Paragraph; Definitions; Mead. Amend RSA 175:1 by inserting after paragraph XLVIII the following new paragraph:
XLVIII-a. "Mead" means an alcoholic beverage primarily made from honey, water, and yeast, and which may contain fruit, fruit juices, spices, or herbs added before or after fermentation as completed, except that the ratio of fermentable sugars from honey must exceed 50 percent of the total fermentable sugars used to produce mead.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.