2025 New York Laws
ABC - Alcoholic Beverage Control
Article 3 - Special Provisions Relating to Mead and Braggot
36 - Direct Intrastate Mead and Braggot Shipments.

§  36. Direct intrastate mead and braggot shipments. Any person having
applied for and received a  manufacturing  license  under  this  chapter
which  includes  the privilege of producing mead and/or braggot may ship
no more than thirty-six cases (no more than nine  liters  per  case)  of
mead and/or braggot produced by such manufacturer per year directly to a
New  York  state  resident  who is at least twenty-one years of age, for
such resident's personal use and not for resale.
1. Licensee's shipping responsibilities. Notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary contained in this chapter, any above referred licensee:
  (a) shall ship no more than thirty-six cases (no more than nine liters
per case) per year of mead  and/or  braggot  produced  by  such  license
holder  directly to a New York state resident who is at least twenty-one
years of age, for such resident's personal use and not for resale;
  (b) may ship within the same packaging any and all alcoholic beverages
it lawfully produces and which it sells in accordance with its  shipping
privileges  and  responsibilities  pursuant  to  the  provisions of this
section and sections fifty-nine-c,  sixty-nine,  and  seventy-nine-d  of
this chapter, as applicable;
  (c)  shall  ensure that the outside of each shipping container used to
ship mead and/or braggot directly  to  a  New  York  state  resident  is
conspicuously  labeled  with  the words: "CONTAINS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -
SIGNATURE OF PERSON AGE 21 OR OLDER REQUIRED  FOR  DELIVERY  -  NOT  FOR
RESALE,"  or  with  other language specifically approved by the New York
state liquor authority;
  (d) shall maintain records in such manner and form  as  the  authority
may  direct  showing  the total amount of mead and/or braggot shipped in
the state each calendar year, the names and addresses of the  purchasers
to  whom  the  mead  and/or braggot was shipped, the date purchased, the
name of the common carrier used to deliver the mead and/or braggot,  and
the  quantity and value of each shipment. Such records shall be kept for
three years and, upon written request, be provided to the  authority  or
the department of taxation and finance;
  (e) shall in connection with the acceptance of an order for a delivery
of  mead  and/or braggot to a New York resident, require the prospective
customer to represent that he or she has attained the age of  twenty-one
years  or more and that the mead and/or braggot being purchased will not
be resold or introduced into commerce; and
  (f) shall require common carriers to:
  (i) require a recipient, at the delivery address,  upon  delivery,  to
demonstrate  that  the  recipient is at least twenty-one years of age by
providing a valid form  of  photographic  identification  authorized  by
section sixty-five-b of this article;
  (ii)  require a recipient to sign an electronic or paper form or other
acknowledgment of receipt as approved by the authority; and
  (iii) refuse delivery when the proposed recipient appears to be  under
twenty-one  years  of age and refuses to present valid identification as
required by paragraph (a) of this subdivision.
2. Violations. In any action brought under this  section,  the  common
carrier and the licensee shall only be held liable for their independent
acts.