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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
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 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 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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 3. Alcoholic Beverages § 3-5-1901. Definitions - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-3-alcoholic-beverages/ar-code-sect-3-5-1901/
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