As used in this subchapter:(1) 'Barrel' means thirty-one gallons (31 gals.);(2) 'Beer' means any fermented liquor made from malt or any substitute having an alcoholic content of not more than five percent (5%) by weight;(3) 'Brewery' means a small brewery or contract brewing company;(4) 'Contract brewing company' means any licensed brewery that hires another company to produce a portion of its beer, malt beverage, or hard cider;(5) 'Front-of-house employee' means an employee of a small brewery not involved in the production or transportation of brewery beer or wholesale activities of the brewery, including without limitation:(A) A bartender;(B) A host;(C) Kitchen staff;(D) Janitorial staff; and(E) Servers;(6) 'Hard cider' means liquor brewed from the fermented juices of fruit and containing more than three percent (3%) and not more than twenty-one percent (21%) alcohol by weight;(7) 'Malt beverage' means any liquor brewed from the fermented juices of grain and having an alcoholic content of no less than five percent (5%) nor more than twenty-one percent (21%) by weight;(8) 'Person' means any natural person, partnership, association, or corporation;(9) 'Restaurant' means a public tent of no less than five percent (5%) nor more than twenty-one percent (21%) by weight;(8) 'Person' means any natural person, partnership, association, or corporation;(9) 'Restaurant' means a public or private place that:(A) Is kept, used, maintained, advertised, and held out to the public or to a private or restricted membership as a place where complete meals are actually and regularly served;(B) Provides adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining equipment;(C) Has a seating capacity of at least fifty (50) persons;(D) Employs a sufficient number and variety of employees to prepare, cook, and serve suitable food for its guests or members;(E) Serves at least one (1) meal per day; and(F) Is open a minimum of five (5) days per week, with the exception of holidays, vacations, and periods of redecorating;(10)(A) 'Small brewery' means any licensed facility located in Arkansas that manufactures fewer than forty-five thousand (45,000) barrels of beer, malt beverage, and hard cider per year for sale or consumption.(B) 'Small brewery' does not include a microbrewery-restaurant; and(11) 'Small brewery tap room' means a small brewery off-premises retail site located in a wet territory holding sale or consumption.(B) 'Small brewery' does not include a microbrewery-restaurant; and(11) 'Small brewery tap room' means a small brewery off-premises retail site located in a wet territory holding a small brewery license.Amended by Act 2017, No. 950,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017.Amended by Act 2015, No. 1237,§ 2, eff. 7/22/2015.Amended by Act 2015, No. 857,§ 8, eff. 3/31/2015.Acts 2003, No. 1805, § 3; 2009, No. 1459, § 1.
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