Members of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board will consider another bailment fee hike on Thursday.
The board passed a fee increase from 72 cents to $1 per case in October 2025. A bailment fee is paid by liquor producers to the ABC Board when their products are held in an ABC warehouse.
The ABC Board is currently constructing a new, larger central warehouse and office facility.
ABC Board administrator Curtis Stewart originally proposed, in 2025, increasing the fee over three years to $1 in 2026, $1.25 in 2027, and $1.50 in 2028. However, the proposal was pared down to just one increase to $1.
According to the meeting agenda for Thursday, the ABC Board will again consider increasing the bailment fee by an unspecified amount.
Stewart said last year that increasing the fee was necessary to offset the costs of building the new warehouse. The fee increase was criticized by some lawmakers.
Alabama is one of 17 remaining alcoholic beverage control states in the United States.
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