Gov. Phil Murphy and the Legislature have hopefully found the right balance between tastes great and less filling so that New Jersey’s craft breweries can start 2024 on an optimistic note.

It needs to happen by Monday, when what’s called the 2022-2023 legislative session ends, but a Senate committee has advanced a bill that loosens the tight collar around the brewers, and gives the governor some of what he wanted in broader alcohol license reforms.

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