(A) A distiller's license shall authorize the licensee to engage in the business of distiller at the premises specifically designated in the license, to maintain aging warehouses, and to transport for himself or herself only any alcoholic beverage which he or she is authorized under the license to manufacture or sell. The licensee shall transport alcoholic beverages only by a vehicle operated by himself or herself, which has affixed to its sides at all times a sign of form and size prescribed by the state board, containing among other things the name and license number of the licensee. No distilled spirits shall be transported on the same truck or vehicle as malt beverages, except by a common carrier, unless the owner of the truck or vehicle holds a distributor's license.
(B) (1) The manufacture of distilled spirits at the distillery shall not be less than six hundred (600) gallons in one (1) year.
(2) Distillers that produce fifty thousand (50,000) gallons or less of distilled spirits per calendar year at the premises shall obtain a distiller's license, Class B (craft distillery).
(C) (1) A distiller that is located in a wet territory, or in any precinct that has authorized the limited sale of alcoholic beverages at distilleries under KRS 242.1243, may sell distilled spirits by the drink or by the package at retail to customers in accordance with KRS 243.0305.
(2) Any distilled spirits sold under this subsection shall be taxed and distributed in the same manner as sales under KRS 243.0305(2).
(3) Except as provided in this subjection, sales under this subsection (C) shall be governed by all of the statutes and administrative regulations governing the retail sale of distilled spirits by the drink.
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
(1) Vitiate the policy of this Commonwealth supporting an orderly three (3) tier system for the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; or
(2) Allow delivery or shipment of alcohol into dry or moist territory.
(Ord. O-2021-12, passed 9-20-21)