by evansfox | Nov 8, 2015
New York ABC law allows farm alcoholic beverage producers to have branch offices. The branch office does require an application and approval by the State Liquor Authority, but it is a much simpler application process. A licensee can do everything at the branch office...
by evansfox | Jun 26, 2015
When it lost its lease and was forced to move to a new location, a local bar prepared and filed its own removal application with the State Liquor Authority. The answer he provided in the application did not conform to the actual practices at the bar. The bar owner...
by evansfox | Jun 21, 2015
When offering tastings of spirits, each patron is limited to three 0.25 oz tastings in a calendar day and each of the samples cannot have anything added to it. In other words, no cocktails or mixed drinks can be used for the tasting. The spirits must be pure and...
by evansfox | Jun 21, 2015
A new craft beverage producer produced two varieties of hard cider. It wondered if the State Liquor Authority would accept a label that had preprinted information on the label for the manufacturer, alcohol content, ingredients (apples and yeast) and volume of...
by evansfox | Jun 21, 2015
Tied house rules prevent any person from having a direct or indirect interest in both a wholesale and a retail business involving alcohol. For example, a craft beverage manufacturer cannot also own a liquor store. There are ways to work around some of the...
by evansfox | Jun 21, 2015
I was counselling a new liquor store owner about some of the rules that they needed to be aware of as they launch the new business. One of the issues that came up was record keeping. Some stores use modern POS (“point of sale”) systems that track inventory, sales and...
