2023 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 3-6 - Manufacturing and Wholesale Licenses
Section 3-6-1.2. - Brewpub manufacturer’s license.
§ 3-6-1.2. Brewpub manufacturer’s license.
(a) A brewpub manufacturer’s license shall authorize the holder to establish and operate a brewpub within this state. The brewpub manufacturer’s license shall authorize the retail sale of the beverages manufactured on the location for consumption on the premises. The license shall not authorize the retail sale of beverages from any location other than the location set forth in the license. A brewpub may sell at retail alcoholic beverages produced on the premises by the half-gallon bottle known as a “growler” to consumers for off the premises consumption to be sold pursuant to the laws governing retail Class A establishments. The license also authorizes the sale of beverages produced on the premises in an amount not in excess of forty-eight (48) twelve-ounce (12 oz.) bottles or cans or forty-eight (48) sixteen-ounce (16 oz.) bottles or cans of malt beverages, or one thousand five hundred milliliters (1,500 ml) of distilled spirits per visitor, per day, to be sold in containers that may hold no more than seventy-two ounces (72 oz.) each. These beverages may be sold to the consumers for off-premises consumption, and shall be sold pursuant to the laws governing retail Class A establishments.
(b) The license shall also authorize the sale at wholesale at the licensed place by the manufacturer of the product of his or her licensed plant as well as beverages produced for the brewpub and sold under the brewpub’s name to a holder of a wholesaler’s license and the transportation and delivery from the place of sale to the licensed wholesaler or to a common carrier for that delivery.
(c) The brewpub manufacturer’s license further authorizes the sale of beverages manufactured on the premises to any person holding a valid wholesaler’s and importer’s license under § 3-6-9 or § 3-6-11.
(d) The annual fee for the license is one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a brewpub producing more than fifty thousand gallons (50,000 gal.) per year and five hundred dollars ($500) per year for a brewpub producing less than fifty thousand gallons (50,000 gal.) per year. The annual fee shall be prorated to the year ending December 1 in every calendar year and paid to the general treasurer for the use of the state.
(e) A holder of a brewpub manufacturer’s license will be permitted to sell, with take-out food orders, up to two (2) seven hundred fifty millimeter (750 ml) bottles of wine or the equivalent volume of wine in smaller factory sealed containers, or seventy-two ounces (72 oz.) of mixed wine-based drinks or single-serving wine in containers sealed in such a way as to prevent re-opening without obvious evidence that the seal was removed or broken, one hundred forty-four ounces (144 oz.) of beer or mixed beverages in original factory sealed containers, and one hundred forty-four ounces (144 oz.) of draft beer or seventy-two ounces (72 oz.) of mixed beverages containing not more than nine ounces (9 oz.) of distilled spirits in growlers, bottles, or other containers sealed in such a way as to prevent re-opening without obvious evidence that the seal was removed or broken, provided such sales shall be made in accordance with § 1.4.10 of the department of business regulation (DBR) liquor control administration regulations, 230-RICR-30-10-1, and any other DBR regulations.
(1) Delivery of alcoholic beverages with food from a brewpub licensee is prohibited.
(2) The provisions of subsection (e) and (e)(1) of this section shall remain permanent and any sunset provision pursuant to P.L. 2021, ch. 129, § 3 or P.L. 2021, ch. 130, § 3 shall be void.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 472, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 9; P.L. 1997, ch. 347, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 221, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 30, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 176, § 3; P.L. 2018, ch. 289, § 3; P.L. 2021, ch. 129, § 2, effective July 2, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 130, § 2, effective July 2, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 313, § 2, effective July 9, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 314, § 2, effective July 9, 2021; P.L. 2022, ch. 3, § 1, effective February 16, 2022; P.L. 2022, ch. 4, § 1, effective February 16, 2022.
