NANNYSTATISM: New Jersey Breweries Push Back Against Crushing New Rules. “In a column earlier this month on recent changes to alcohol legislation in several states, I detailed several good (and not-so-good) new laws. One state I didn’t highlight was New Jersey, where an outrageous and asinine special ruling last month by the state’s Division of Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC)—not a new law passed by the state legislature—is causing chaos for brewers and consumers in the state.”