2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors
Section 33:5-2 - Definitions.
33:5-2 Definitions.
2. As used in P.L.2021, c.438 (C.33:5-1 et seq.):
"Account" means the New Jersey Brewery, Cidery, Meadery, and Distillery Industry Promotion Account established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2021, c.438 (C.33:5-2).
"Advisory council" means the New Jersey Brewery, Cidery, Meadery, and Distillery Industry Advisory Council established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2021, c.438 (C.33:5-3).
"Beer" means beer, lager beer, ale, stout, porter, and all similar fermented malt beverages having an alcoholic content of one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) or more by volume.
"Chief executive officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
"Department" means the Department of State.
"Division" means the Division of Travel and Tourism in the Department of State.
"Executive director" means Executive Director of the Division of Travel and Tourism in the Department of State.
"Cider" means a beverage made from the alcoholic fermentation of the juice of apples, including but not limited to flavored, sparkling or carbonated cider.
"Liquors" means all distilled or rectified spirits, alcohol, brandy, whisky, rum, gin and all similar distilled alcoholic beverages, including all dilutions and mixtures of one or more of the foregoing, such as liqueurs, cordials, and similar compounds, having an alcoholic content of one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) or more by volume.
"Mead" means an alcoholic beverage primarily made from honey, water, and yeast, and which may contain fruit, fruit juices, spices, or herbs added before or after fermentation has completed, except that the ratio of fermentable sugars from fruit or fruit juices shall not exceed 49 percent of the total fermentable sugars used to produce mead.
"Qualifying licensee" means a person or entity that holds a limited brewery license, a restricted brewery license, a cidery and meadery license, or a craft distillery license issued pursuant to R.S.33:1-10.
L.2021, c.438, s.2.
