As used in this subchapter:(1) 'Alcoholic beverage' means a beverage containing more than five-tenths percent (0.5%) of alcohol by weight;(2) 'Barrel' means thirty-one gallons (31 gals.);(3) 'Beer' means a fermented liquor made from malt or a substitute and having an alcoholic content not in excess of five percent (5%) by volume;(4) 'Dry area' means an area in this state in which the manufacture or sale of beer is prohibited by a local option election held pursuant to applicable laws of this state;(5) 'Malt beverage' means a liquor brewed from the fermented juices of grain and having an alcoholic content of at least five percent (5%) but not more than twenty-one percent (21%) by weight;(6) 'Microbrewery' means a brewery that manufactures one (1) or more varieties of beer, malt beverage, or hard cider in an aggregate quantity not to exceed forty-five thousand (45,000) barrels per year from all facilities under common ownership with the microbrewery;(7) 'Microbrewery-restaurant private club' means a nonprofit organization organized and existing under the laws of this state that: (A) Is both a microbrewery and a restaurant;(B) Has members, which are not directly or indirectly rivate club' means a nonprofit organization organized and existing under the laws of this state that: (A) Is both a microbrewery and a restaurant;(B) Has members, which are not directly or indirectly benefitted by the entity's net revenues;(C) Exists for some common recreational, social, patriotic, political, national, benevolent, athletic, community hospitality, professional association, entertainment, or other object or purpose other than the consumption of alcoholic beverages; and(D) Has existed for at least one (1) year;(8) 'On-premises consumption' means the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink or in broken or unsealed containers for consumption: (A) On the premises where sold; or(B) Within the boundaries of a designated entertainment district established under § 14-54-1412 that is contiguous with the premises; and(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) Has adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining equipment;(C) Has seating capacity for at least fifty (50) people;(D) Has sufficient as a place where complete meals are actually and regularly served;(B) Has adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining equipment;(C) Has seating capacity for at least fifty (50) people;(D) Has sufficient number and type 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 for business a minimum of five (5) days per week, with the exception of holidays, vacations, and periods of redecorating.Amended by Act 2023, No. 334,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.Added by Act 2019, No. 681,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.
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