Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 67 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (§§ 67-1-1 — 67-11-11) › Chapter 3 - SALE OF LIGHT WINE, BEER, AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (§§ 67-3-1 — 67-3-75) › Section 67-3-3 - Definitions

When used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:
(a)
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Revenue of the Department of Revenue of the State of Mississippi, and his authorized agents and employees.
(b)
"Person" means one or more persons, a company, a corporation, a partnership, a syndicate or an association.
(c)
"Brewpub" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
27-71-301
.
(d)
"Beer" means a malt beverage as defined in the Federal Alcohol Administration Act and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to such act of an alcoholic content of not more than eight percent (8%) by weight.
(e)
"Light wine" means wine of an alcoholic content of not more than five percent (5%) by weight.
(f)
"Small craft brewery" means a person having a permit under this chapter to manufacture or brew light wine, light spirit product or beer in this state and who manufactures or brews not more than sixty thousand (60,000) barrels of light wine, light spirit product or beer at all breweries that such person or its affiliates, subsidiary or parent company owns or controls or with whom such person contracts with for the manufacture of light wine, light spirit product or beer. For purposes of this paragraph, contract-brewed beer manufactured by a person having a permit under this chapter to manufacture or brew light wine, light spirit product or beer shall be included in the sixty-thousand-barrel limitation.
(g)
"Growler" means a sealed container that holds not more than one hundred twenty-eight (128) ounces of light wine, light spirit product or beer. A growler must have a label on it stating what it contains.
(h)
"Manufacturer" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
27-71-301
.
(i)
"Contract-brewed beer" means beer brewed by a manufacturer who:
(i)
Makes the beer pursuant to a written contract with another beer manufacturer, and neither entity has a controlling interest in the other entity;
(ii)
Makes the beer in accordance with a recipe that is a trade secret of the beer manufacturer having its beer made under contract; and
(iii)
Has no right to sell the beer to any other beer manufacturer, importer or wholesaler other than the beer manufacturer who contracted for the beer.
(j)
"Light spirit product" means a beverage of an alcoholic content of not more than six percent (6%) by weight and containing one or more distilled spirits, as defined in Section
67-1-5
.
(k)
"Microbrewery" means a person having a permit under this chapter to manufacture or brew light wine, light spirit product or beer in this state and who manufactures or brews not more than three thousand (3,000) barrels of light wine, light spirit product or beer at its permitted location.
Codes, 1942, § 10210; Laws, 1934, ch. 171; Laws, 1998, ch. 308, § 8; Laws, 2003, ch. 322, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 492, § 136; Laws, 2012, ch. 323, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 450, HB 1091,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 314, HB 917,§ 2, eff. 6/18/2020.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 345, HB 1322, 4, eff. 7/1/2017.