§ 271. Manufacturer’s or rectifier’s license
(a)(1) The Board of Liquor and Lottery may grant a manufacturer’s or rectifier’s license
upon application and payment of the fee provided in section 204 of this title that permits the license holder to operate a facility that manufactures or rectifies:
(A) malt beverages;
(B) vinous beverages and fortified wines; or
(C) spirits, ready-to-drink spirits beverages, and fortified wines.
(2) A manufacturer or rectifier shall obtain a separate license for each facility at which
it manufactures or rectifies alcoholic beverages.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in section 224 of this title and subsections (d)-(f) of this section:
(1) spirits and fortified wine may be manufactured for sale to the Board of Liquor and
Lottery or for export, or both; and
(2) malt beverages, vinous beverages, and ready-to-drink spirits beverages may be manufactured
or rectified for sale to packagers or wholesale dealers or for export, or both.
(c) A licensed manufacturer of vinous beverages or fortified wines, or both, may receive
from another manufacturer licensed in or outside this State bulk shipments of vinous
beverages to rectify with the licensee’s own product, provided that the vinous beverages
or fortified wines produced by the licensed manufacturer may contain not more than
25 percent imported vinous beverages.
(d)(1) The Board of Liquor and Lottery may grant to a licensed manufacturer or rectifier
a first-class license or a third-class license, or both, permitting the licensee to
sell alcoholic beverages to the public at an establishment located at the manufacturer’s
or rectifier’s licensed facility, provided the manufacturer or rectifier owns or has
direct control over that establishment.
(2) A licensed manufacturer of malt beverages may operate up to two licensed establishments
pursuant to this subsection that are located at the licensed manufacturing facility
or on property that is owned by the licensee and is contiguous with the parcel of
land on which the licensed manufacturing facility is located, provided the manufacturer
owns or has direct control over both establishments.
(3) [Repealed.]
(e) The Board of Liquor and Lottery may grant a licensed manufacturer of malt beverages
a second-class license permitting the licensee to sell alcoholic beverages to the
public anywhere on the premises of the licensed manufacturing facility.
(f)(1) A licensed manufacturer or rectifier may serve alcoholic beverages with or without
charge at an event held at the licensed manufacturing or rectifying facility or at
a location on property that is owned by the licensee and is contiguous with the parcel
of land on which the licensed facility is located, provided the licensee at least
five days before the event gives the Division written notice of the event, including
details required by the Division.
(2) Any beverages not manufactured by the licensee that are served at the event shall
be purchased on invoice from a licensed manufacturer or wholesale dealer or the Board
of Liquor and Lottery. (Added 2017, No. 83, § 56; amended 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 56; 2019, No. 73, § 49; 2019, No. 73, § 50, eff. July 1, 2021; 2021, No. 177 (Adj. Sess.), § 20, eff. July 1, 2022.)