An Act Regarding the Sale of Alcohol by a Manufacturer with an On-premises Retail License
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1462
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
Sponsors: SAVIELLO
Amends: 28-A MRSA §1355-A

Legislative Document 
No. 1462 
S.P. 563 
In Senate, December 17, 2015 
An Act Regarding the Sale of Alcohol by a Manufacturer with an 
On-premises Retail License 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 17, 2015.  Referred to the Committee 
on Veterans and Legal Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to 
Joint Rule 218. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator SAVIELLO of Franklin. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  28-A MRSA §1355-A, sub-§2, ¶I, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 629, §22, is 
amended to read: 
I.  A Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a licensee may be issued one 
retail license under chapter 43 per licensed location for the sale of liquor to be 
consumed on the premises at the retail premises. 
(1)  The retail license must be held exclusively by the holder of the brewery, 
small brewery, winery, small winery, distillery or small distillery license. 
(2)  The retail license authorizes the sale of products of the brewery, small 
brewery, winery, small winery, distillery or small distillery for both on-premises 
and off-premises consumption, in addition to other liquor permitted to be sold 
under the retail license, to be consumed on the premises. 
(3)  All records related to activities under a manufacturer license issued under 
this section must be kept separate from records related to the retail license The 
licensee shall maintain records that demonstrate the payment of the excise tax 
and sales tax for all products sold or served by the licensee pursuant to this 
subsection. 
(4)  A distillery or small distillery must meet the requirements of subsection 5, 
paragraph E. 
(5) The retail license authorizes the licensee to engage in all the activities 
authorized under this subsection without the licensee's premises or inventory 
being physically separated for on-premises and off-premises sales. 
(6) The retail license authorizes the holder of a brewery, small brewery, winery, 
small winery, distillery or small distillery license that is under common 
ownership with another brewery, small brewery, winery, small winery, distillery 
or small distillery to transfer products between one licensed premises of the 
license holder and another licensed premises belonging to that license holder and 
to sell or serve the products as permitted under this section.  The holder of the 
license shall maintain records of the transfer authorized pursuant to this 
subparagraph. 
SUMMARY 
Current law allows a manufacturer of spirits, wine or malt liquor that obtains a retail 
license to sell the manufacturer's products as well as other liquor on the premises of that 
manufacturer. 
This bill allows a manufacturer with a retail license to also sell its products for 
consumption off the premises of that manufacturer without the licensed premises being 
physically separated for on-premises and off-premises sales and without physically 
separating the inventory, as long as adequate records are maintained.  This bill also 
allows breweries, small breweries, wineries, small wineries, distilleries or small 
distilleries under common ownership to transfer products from one premises to another 
and sell or serve those transferred products.