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A local business offering tours of Calgary breweries on multi-passenger bikes will now be allowed to serve beer as customers pedal between destinations.

Pedal Pub Calgary, which launched in April, announced Wednesday that alcohol can now be consumed on its fleet of 15-passenger bikes. The change follows months of discussions with provincial and city officials in an effort to have liquor policies amended, owner and co-founder David Skabar said.

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“We worked with the Province of Alberta for the last eight months and the City of Calgary for the last eight months, to really be in lockstep with them to say, ‘look, the policy is outdated,’ ” Skabar said. “If you look through the AGLC (Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis) handbook, you’re not going to find a policy for a pedal pub . . . so we worked with them to create the appropriate policies.”

AGLC said it has approved liquor service and consumption under a Class B public conveyance licence for companies that operate “large-format” bicycles. Other examples of Class B public conveyance licences include facilities such as commercial aircraft, limousines and water excursion craft.