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How Gainesville's alcohol ordinance is changing

City to allow distilleries, ups limits on sample sizes

Lauren Williams, general manager at Downtown Drafts in Gainesville, pours a beer for a customer at the growler shop Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. - photo by Austin Steele

08262018 ALCOHOL 001.jpg — Lauren Williams, general manager at Downtown Drafts in Gainesville, pours a beer for a customer at the growler shop Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. - photo by Austin Steele

The Gainesville City Council approved updates to the city’s alcohol ordinance Tuesday, opening up the city to distilleries and allowing growler shops to sell larger sample sizes of beer.