An Act To Create a Small Brewer Distiller License Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: , Sec. 1. 28-A MRS A §1355, sub-§§8 and 9 are enacted to read: 8. Small brewer distiller license. The following conditions apply to small brewer distiller licenses. A. To be eligible for a small brewer distiller license, a person must hold a small breweries license under subsection and obtain a basic permit for distilling, rectifying, blending and bottling spirits from the federal Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. B. A holder of a small brewer distiller license may produce distilled spirits in an amount not to exceed 30,000 gallons per year. C. A holder of a small brewer distiller license may hold up to 3 Maine retail licenses for the sale of liquor to be produced at the distillery and to be consumed on the Page 1-LR2109(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1641
Committee Amendment CA_A_S277 (Senate)
Amends: 28-A MRSA §1551

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to s. P. 607, 
Act To Create a Small Distillery License" 
L.D. 1641, Bill, "An 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Create a Small Brewer Distiller License' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
, Sec. 1. 28-A MRS A §1355, sub-§§8 and 9 are enacted to read: 
8. 
Small 
brewer 
distiller 
license. 
The 
following 
conditions apply to small brewer distiller licenses. 
A. To be eligible for a small brewer distiller license, a 
person must hold a small breweries license under subsection 
and obtain a 
basic permit for distilling, rectifying, 
blending and bottling spirits from the federal Department of 
the 
Treasury, 
Bureau of 
Alcohol, 
Tobacco, 
Firearms 
and 
Explosives. 
B. 
A holder of a small brewer distiller license may produce 
distilled spirits in an amount not to exceed 30,000 gallons 
per year. 
C. 
A holder of a small brewer distiller license may hold up 
to 3 Maine retail licenses for the sale of liquor to be 
produced at the distillery and 
to 
be 
consumed 
on 
the 
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premises at a connected establishment. For purposes of this 
paragraph, 
"connected 
establishment" 
means 
a 
Class 
A 
restaurant or Class A restaurant/lounge that is owned in 
whole or in part by the holder of the small brewer distiller 
license. 
All records of the small brewer distiller license 
~ 
be 
kept 
separate 
from 
the 
records 
of 
the 
retail 
licensee. 
D. 
Spirits produced by a holder of a small brewer distiller 
license must be sold to the State and are subject to the 
listing, pricing and distribution provisions of this Title. 
E. 
A holder of a small brewer distiller license may permit 
sampling of 
the spirits on 
the distillery premises 
by 
employees for quality control purposes. 
F. 
A holder of a small brewer distiller license may list on 
a product's label and in its advertising the ingredients and 
the product's average percentage of the recommended daily 
allowances of nutritional requirements. 
G. 
The holder of 
a 
small brewer distiller license is 
subject to all inspections and other oversight applied to 
large distilleries in the State by the State Government and 
the Federal government. 
9. 
Small brewer distiller licensee that exceeds production 
limit; license renewal. 
The bureau, 
upon application by the 
holder of a small brewer distiller license whose distillery has 
produced distilled spirits in an 
amount that exceeds 
30,000 
gallons 
in one 
year, 
may 
renew that holder's 
small 
brewer 
distiller license for only Qne additional year. 
Sec. 2. 28-A MRS A §1551, sub-§3, 1ftF and G, as enacted by PL 
1987, c. 342, §114, are amended to read: 
F. 
Maine 
farm 
winery, 
includes 
bottling 
(one 
year) .•••....•............................... $50; aBEl 
G. 
Small 
Maine 
brewery, 
includes 
bottling 
(one 
ye a r ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • $ 5 0 ... ; and 
Sec. 3. 28-A MRSA §1551, sub-§3, 1fH is enacted to read: 
H. 
Small brewer distiller, includes bottling (one year) 
...... , ...................... , ............ . $100. t 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ~, to S.P. 607, L.D. 1641 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill and creates a small brewer 
distiller license that allows the holder to have up to 3 Maine 
retail licenses for connected establishments owned in whole or in 
part by the holder of the small brewer distiller license. 
To be 
eligible for the license, a person must hold a small breweries 
license and have a basic federal permit for distilling spirits; 
and to maintain the license, a person may not distill more than 
30,000 gallons of spirits per year. 
It provides that spirits 
produced by the distillery must be sold to the State and are 
subject to the listing, pricing and distribution of the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 28-A. 
This amendment also provides for 
the sampling of spirits produced at the distillery for quality 
control purposes and allows certain information to be printed on 
the distilled product's label and sets the license fee at $100 
annually. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05124/05 ~ae 
LD 1641 
LR 2109(02) 
An Act To Create a Small Distillery License 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A 
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Minor revenue increase - General Fund 
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