UPDATE: Here’s Creative Loafing’s rundown of the passing of the “decimated” bill.

Been waiting for an update on whether Senate Bill 63 (aka “Beer Jobs Bill) was passed by the Senate’s Regulated Industries Committee?  Can’t find anything?  Well thank goodness for Wild Heaven Brewery’s Facebook page, which posted the following a couple of hours ago…

Amended ‪#‎SB63‬ passes Senate Regulated Industries Committee unanimously.

Now its off to the Rules Committee who will decide whether it will reach the floor of the Senate for a vote.  Then it needs to head over to the House and run itself through the whole process again.

More info on the amended bill as we have it.

Photo courtesy of Wild Heaven’s Facebook page

There are a lot of new breweries in Georgia, even in the past year. Both full-on bottlers and brewpubs. Does the old guard of Sweetwater or Terrapin still hold your allegiances or has a newbie won your affection?

If you need a list to help jog your memory, here’s BeerAdvocate’s latest brewery/brewpub list for Atlanta.

Wild Heaven photo courtesy of Wild Heaven, Three Taverns photo courtesy of Chet