# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 23. Howard County

### Subtitle 13. Temporary Licenses

#### Section 23-1308

(a) There is a beer, wine, and liquor tasting (BWLT) license.

(b) The Board may issue the license to a holder of a Class A beer, wine, and liquor (BWL) license.

(c) The license authorizes the holder to allow the on-premises consumption, for tasting, of:

  (1) beer;

  (2) wine containing not more than 15.5% of alcohol by volume; or

  (3) liquor.

(d) A license holder may serve:

  (1) wine in a quantity of not more than 2 ounces from each offering and not more than 8 ounces from all offerings to an individual in a day;

  (2) beer in a quantity of not more than 6 ounces from each offering and not more than 16 ounces from all offerings to an individual in a day; or

  (3) liquor in a quantity of not more than 1/2 ounce from each offering and not more than 2 ounces from all offerings to an individual in a day.

(e) In addition to any other alcoholic beverages license fee, the annual license fee is $100.

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Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)