This is not true. Limited Breweries in the State of NJ were never allowed to run their taprooms with events, like a bar. That was never allowed. What NJ did do was to allow Limited Breweries the ability to host 25 events per calendar year, 52 private parties, and a few other items. This special ruling ALLOWED Limited Breweries to hold these events with the requirement to notify the NJABC via a notification system. It also clarified what a "tour" was (a statutory requirement) and who had to take it. It could be virtual for customers returning to the brewery but first time visitors had to be given a physical tour.
Now that being said, I don't think there should be any restrictions with regards to events (which temporarily right now there aren't because the NJABC issued a statement due to this pending legislation sitting on old bucktooth's desk that they are not enforcing any of the rules presently, and from what I heard not until December 2023) and the tour requirement should be removed (but this requires the state assembly and state senate to pass a bill and the demented woodchuck to sign it.
One of the real issues with breweries complaining about the special ruling is that they set up their business on the foundation that they would be able to do whatever the hell they wanted in their taprooms (which I am not opposed to) but was not true when they opened their doors. They based their business model and projected revenue on a false assumption.
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