For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABLE COMMISSION. The Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission.
ALCOHOL. Means and includes hydrated oxide of ethyl, ethyl alcohol, ethanol or spirits of wine, from whatever source or by whatever process produced. It does not include wood alcohol or alcohol which has been denatured or produced as denatured in accordance with Acts of Congress and regulations promulgated thereunder.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. Alcohol, spirits, beer and wine and also includes every liquid or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer and capable of being consumed as a beverage by human beings.
APPLICANT. Any individual, legal or commercial business entity, or any individual involved in any legal or commercial business entity allowed to hold any license issued in accordance with the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.
BEER. Any beverage of alcohol by volume and obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of an infusion or decoction of barley, or other grain, malt or similar products. It may or may not contain hops or other vegetable products. It includes, among other things, beer, ale, stout, lager beer, porter and other malt or brewed liquors, but does not include sake, known as Japanese rice wine.
BEER DISTRIBUTOR. Means and includes any person licensed to distribute beer for retail sale in the state, but does not include a holder of a small brewer self-distribution license or brewpub self-distribution license.
BREWER. Means and includes any person who manufactures for human consumption by the use of raw materials or other ingredients any beer upon which a license fee and a tax are imposed by any law of the State of Oklahoma.
BREWPUB. A licensed establishment operated on the premises of, or on premises located contiguous to, a small brewer, that prepares and serves food and beverages, including alcoholic beverages, for on-premises consumption.
CIDER. Any alcoholic beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of fruit juice, including, but not limited to flavored, sparkling or carbonated cider. For the purposes of the distribution of this product, cider may be distributed by either wine and spirits wholesalers or beer distributors.
DISTILLER. Any person who produces spirits from any source or substance, or any person who brews or makes mash, wort or wash, fit for distillation or for the production of spirits (except a person making or using such material in the authorized production of wine or beer, or the production of vinegar by fermentation), or any person who by any process separates alcoholic spirits from any fermented substance, or any person who, making or keeping mash, wort or wash, has also in his or her possession or use a still.
MIXED BEVERAGES. One or more servings of a beverage composed in whole or part of an alcoholic beverage in a sealed or unsealed container of any legal size for consumption on the premises where served or sold by the holder of a mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public event, charitable event or special event license.
RECTIFIER. Any person who rectifies, purifies or refines spirits or wines by any process (other than by original and continuous distillation, or original and continuous processing, from mash, wort, wash or other substance, through continuous closed vessels and pipes, until the production thereof is complete), and any person who, without rectifying, purifying or refining spirits, shall by mixing (except for immediate consumption on the premises where mixed) such spirits, wine or other liquor with any material, manufactures any spurious, imitation or compound liquors for sale, under the name of whiskey, brandy, rum, gin, wine, spirits, cordials or any other name.
RETAILER. A package store, grocery store, convenience store or drug store licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premise consumption pursuant to a Retail Spirits License, Retail Wine License or Retail Beer License.
SMALL BREWER. A brewer who manufactures less than 65,000 barrels of beer annually pursuant to a validly issued Small Brewer License hereunder.
SPIRITS. Any beverage other than wine or beer, which contains more than one-half of one percent (1/2
of 1%) alcohol measured by volume, and obtained by distillation, whether or not mixed with other substances in solution and includes those products known as whiskey, brandy, rum, gin, vodka, liqueurs, cordials and fortified wines and similar compounds, but shall not include any alcohol liquid completely denatured in accordance with the Acts of Congress and regulations pursuant thereto.
WINE. Means and includes any beverage containing more than one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) alcohol by volume and not more than 24% alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit obtained by the fermentation of the natural contents of fruits, vegetables, honey, milk or other products containing sugar, whether or not other ingredients are added, and includes vermouth and sake, known as Japanese rice wine.
WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALER OR WINE AND SPIRITS DISTRIBUTOR. Means and includes any sole proprietorship or partnership licensed to distribute wine and spirits in the State of Oklahoma.
(Prior Code, § 3-101) (Ord. 1340, passed 8-20-85; Am. Ord. 1961, passed 10-2-18)
Statutory reference:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, see 37 O.S. §§ 501 et seq.
State license and permit fees, see 37 O.S. § 518