Miss. Code § 67-3-48

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 67-3-48 - Retail sale of light wine, light spirit product or beer produced by small craft brewery
(1) A small craft brewery may sell at retail light wine, light spirit product or beer produced at its brewery for consumption on the premises of the brewery and consumption off the premises of the brewery if the sales are made on the premises of the brewery and the light wine, light spirit product or beer products offered for sale are also made available for sale to wholesalers.
(2)
(a) A small craft brewery shall not sell at retail more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the light wine, light spirit product or beer produced annually at its brewery or more than two thousand five hundred (2,500) barrels of light wine, light spirit product or beer produced at the brewery annually, whichever is the lesser amount. For purposes of this subsection, contract-brewed beer shall not be included in the amount of beer produced annually at the brewery. The light wine, light spirit product or beer must be sold at a price approximating retail prices generally charged for identical beverages in the county where the brewery is located.
(b) A small craft brewery shall not make retail sales of more than six hundred seventy (670) ounces, in the aggregate, of light wine, light spirit product or beer to any one (1) individual for consumption off the premises of the brewery within a twenty-four-hour period.
(c) The limits on sales provided for in this subsection shall not apply to beer provided pursuant to Section 67-3-47.
(d) A microbrewery shall not sell at retail more than eighty percent (80%) of light wine, light spirit product or beer produced annually at its brewery. The light wine, light spirit product or beer must be sold at a price approximating prices generally charged for identical beverages in the county where the microbrewery is located.
(3) A small craft brewery or microbrewery shall take commercially reasonable steps to ensure that light wine, light spirit product or beer products sold for consumption off the premises of the brewery are being sold for personal use and not for resale and are not being sold to anyone holding a retail permit for the purpose of resale in their establishment.
(4) A small craft brewery or microbrewery shall not make retail sales of contract-brewed beer.
(5) A small craft brewery or microbrewery shall not mail or ship light wine, light spirit product or beer to a consumer.

Miss. Code § 67-3-48

Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 450, HB 1091,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 314, HB 917,§ 19, eff. 6/18/2020.
Added by Laws, 2017, ch. 345, HB 1322, 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Prior § 67-3-48, as added by Laws, 1997, ch. 499, § 2, eff. 7/1/1997, was repealed by Laws of 2000, ch. 435, § 12, eff. 7/1/2000.