In 2017, craft breweries appear to be on the verge of getting just about everything they’ve wanted from the Georgia General Assembly in terms of the ability to sell beer directly to consumers. Senate Bill 85, which passed the Senate on a 49-to-2 vote Feb. 2 and has now been given a substitute version by a House committee, would allow a brewery to sell up to 3,000 barrels a year of malt beverages directly from its taproom. A beer barrel is defined as 31 gallons, so that’s 93,000 gallons a year, enough to quench many a thirst.