Arkansas § 3-5-1403 - Definitions.

§ 3-5-1403. Definitions.

As used in this subchapter: “Barrel” means thirty-one gallons (31 gals.); “Beer” means any fermented liquor made from malt or any substitute having an alcoholic content of not more than five percent (5%) by weight; “Brewery” means a small brewery or contract brewing company; “Contract brewing company” means any licensed brewery that hires another company to produce a portion of its beer, malt beverage, or hard cider; “Front-of-house employee” means an employee of a small brewery not involved in the production or transportation of brewery beer or wholesale activities of the brewery, including without limitation: A bartender; A host; Kitchen staff; Janitorial staff; and Servers; “Hard cider” means liquor brewed from the fermented juices of fruit and containing more than three percent (3%) and not more than twenty-one percent (21%) alcohol by weight; “Malt beverage” means any liquor brewed from the fermented juices of grain and having an alcoholic content of no less than five percent (5%) nor more than twenty-one percent (21%) by weight; “Person” means any natural person, partnership, association, or corporation; “Restaurant” means a public or private place that: Is kept, used, maintained, advertised, and held out to the public or to a private or restricted membership as a place where complete meals are actually and regularly served; Provides adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining equipment; Has a seating capacity of at least fifty (50) persons; Employs a sufficient number and variety of employees to prepare, cook, and serve suitable food for its guests or members; Serves at least one (1) meal per day; and Is open a minimum of five (5) days per week, with the exception of holidays, vacations, and periods of redecorating; “Small brewery” means any licensed facility located in Arkansas that manufactures fewer than forty-five thousand (45,000) barrels of beer, malt beverage, and hard cider per year for sale or consumption. “Small brewery” does not include a microbrewery-restaurant; and “Small brewery tap room” means a small brewery off-premises retail site located in a wet territory holding a small brewery license.