2023 New York Laws › ABC - Alcoholic Beverage Control › Article 3 - Special Provisions Relating to Mead and Braggot › 30 - Mead Producers' License.

§  30.  Mead producers' license. 1. Any person may apply to the liquor
authority for a mead producers' license as provided for in this section.
Such application shall be in writing and shall contain such  information
as  the  liquor  authority  shall  require.  Such  application  shall be
accompanied by a  check  or  draft  for  the  amount  required  by  this
subdivision  for  such  license. If the liquor authority shall grant the
application it shall issue a license in such form as shall be determined
by its rules. A license issued under this  subdivision  shall  authorize
the  licensee  to  manufacture  mead  and  braggot  within  the licensed
premises in this state for sale in bottles, barrels or  casks  to  beer,
wine  and liquor retail licensees pursuant to section thirty-two of this
article and to sell and deliver mead and braggot to persons outside  the
state  pursuant  to  the laws of the place of such sale or delivery. The
annual fee for such a license shall be one hundred twenty-five  dollars;
provided,  however, that the annual fee for a farm meadery license shall
be seventy-five dollars. The provisions contained in section sixty-seven
of this chapter shall apply to all  licenses  issued  pursuant  to  this
article.
2. (a) Any person licensed pursuant to subdivision one of this section
may   conduct  mead  tastings  of  New  York  state  labelled  meads  in
establishments licensed pursuant to section sixty-three of this  chapter
to  sell  alcoholic  beverages  for  off-premises consumption. Such mead
producer or wholesaler may charge a fee of  not  more  than  twenty-five
cents for each mead sample tasted. The liquor authority shall promulgate
rules and regulations relating to the conduct of such tastings.
(b)  Any  person  licensed pursuant to subdivision one of this section
may conduct tastings of New York state labelled mead and New York  state
labeled  braggot  and apply to the liquor authority for a permit to sell
mead and braggot produced by such mead producer or  wholesaler,  by  the
bottle,  during  such  tastings  in  establishments licensed pursuant to
section sixty-four of this  chapter  to  sell  alcoholic  beverages  for
consumption  on the premises. Such mead producer may charge a fee of not
more than twenty-five cents for each mead or braggot sample tasted.  The
liquor  authority shall promulgate rules and regulations relating to the
conduct of tastings.
(c) Mead and braggot  tastings  shall  be  conducted  subject  to  the
following limitations:
(i) mead and braggot tastings shall be conducted by an official agent,
representative   or   solicitor   of  one  or  more  mead  producers  or
wholesalers. Such agent, representative or solicitor shall be physically
present at all times during the conduct of the tastings; and
(ii) any liability stemming from a right of action  resulting  from  a
mead  and/or  braggot tasting as authorized pursuant to this subdivision
and in accordance with the provisions of sections 11-100 and  11-101  of
the  general  obligations  law,  shall  accrue  to  the mead producer or
wholesaler licensee.
3. A licensed mead producer producing New  York  state  labelled  mead
and/or New York state labelled braggot may:
(a)  sell  such  mead  and  braggot  to licensed farm distillers, farm
wineries, farm cideries and farm breweries. All such  mead  and  braggot
sold  by the licensee shall be securely sealed and have attached thereto
a label as shall be required by section  one  hundred  seven-a  of  this
chapter;
(b) conduct tastings at the licensed premises of such mead and braggot
or any other New York state labeled mead or braggot;
(c)  sell  such  mead  and  braggot  at retail for consumption off the
premises at the state fair, at recognized county fairs  and  at  farmers
markets operated on a not-for-profit basis;
(d)  sell  and conduct tastings of such mead and braggot at retail for
consumption on the premises of a restaurant, conference center, inn, bed
and breakfast or hotel business owned and operated by the licensee in or
adjacent  to  its  meadery.  A  licensee  who  operates  a   restaurant,
conference  center,  inn,  bed  and  breakfast or hotel pursuant to such
authority shall comply with all applicable provisions  of  this  chapter
which  relate  to licenses to sell mead at retail for consumption on the
premises;
(e) apply for a permit to conduct  tastings  away  from  the  licensed
premises of such mead and braggot. Such permit shall be valid throughout
the state and may be issued on an annual basis or for individual events.
Each such permit and the exercise of the privilege granted thereby shall
be  subject  to  such  rules and conditions of the authority as it deems
necessary.  Tastings  shall  be  conducted  subject  to  the   following
conditions:
(i)  tastings  shall be conducted by an official agent, representative
or solicitor of the licensee. Such agent,  representative  or  solicitor
shall  be  physically  present  at  all  times during the conduct of the
tastings; and
(ii) any liability stemming from a right of action  resulting  from  a
tasting  of  mead or braggot as authorized herein and in accordance with
the provisions of sections 11-100 and 11-101 of the general  obligations
law, shall accrue to the licensee.
(f)  if  it holds a tasting permit issued pursuant to paragraph (e) of
this subdivision, apply to the authority for a permit to sell such mead,
for consumption off the  premises,  during  such  tastings  in  premises
licensed  under  section  sixty-four or sixty-four-a of this chapter; or
apply to the authority for a permit to sell such mead and/or braggot  at
a  premises  licensed  under  section eighty-one or eighty-one-a of this
chapter. Each such permit and the  exercise  of  the  privilege  granted
thereby  shall  be subject to such rules and conditions of the authority
as it deems necessary.
4. A mead producer shall manufacture at least fifty  gallons  of  mead
and/or braggot annually.