by evansfox | Jan 1, 2015
What you sell to drink at the brewery • sell your beer and cider or beer/cider from any other licensed farm brewery • if the brewery (only – not a separate business) operates a restaurant, hotel, catering establishment, or other food and drinking establishment in or...
by evansfox | Jan 1, 2015
Manufacturing privileges: • manufacture of New York state labelled cider. No farm cidery shall manufacture in excess of two hundred fifty thousand gallons of cider annually and shall produce at least fifty gallons of cider annually. • manufacture and bottle food...
by evansfox | Jan 1, 2015
No distiller shall be engaged in any other business on the licensed premises. A farm distillery license can be granted to the holder of a class A, A-1, B, B-1 or C distiller’s license, a winery license or a farm winery license for use at such licensee’s...
by evansfox | Dec 16, 2014
Working as a spirits industry lawyer, I come across a lot of cool spirit varieties. I am working with five new farm distilleries and am amazed at some of the flavors they plan to “brew” when they open. I was speaking with several of these entrepreneurs about using...
by evansfox | Dec 16, 2014
New York Alcoholic Beverage Control Law requires that alcohol be served from its original container, unadulterated. Thus, infusing spirits at the bar is not a legal practice in New York. The spirit must come infused from the manufacturer. This presents a great...
by evansfox | Nov 14, 2014
Must Farm-Licensed enterprises be located on a farm? If so, what is considered a farm? Farm Breweries and Farm Distilleries do not need to be located on a farm. Farm Wineries, however, must be located on a farm. A farm is defined as “the land, buildings and equipment...