4-205.11. Craft distillery festival license; craft distillery fair license; craft distillery fee

A. The director may issue on a temporary basis a craft distillery festival license that authorizes:

1. The sampling of the craft distillery products on the craft distillery festival premises.

2. The sale of products for consumption on the craft distillery festival premises.

3. The sale of products in the original container for consumption off the craft distillery festival premises.

B. Before the director may issue a craft distillery festival license, a craft distillery festival that is to occur at an otherwise unlicensed location or at a location that is not fully within the licensee's existing licensed premises must be approved by the board of supervisors of the county, or the board's designee, if the event is to be held in an unincorporated area or by the governing body of the city or town, or the governing body's designee, if the event is to be held in a city or town. A denial by the county, city or town must be forwarded to the director within sixty days after the submission of an application to the county, city or town, unless the applicant has requested more time for consideration of the application.

C. The approval process prescribed in this section does not apply to physical locations that are fully located within a premises that is licensed pursuant to this title.

D. The director may issue one or more craft distillery festival licenses for each craft distillery licensed pursuant to this title, for a total of up to one hundred fifty calendar days per craft distillery. The director may establish a fee for each day of each event for a craft distillery festival license.

E. Any craft distillery may apply for a craft distillery festival license pursuant to this section.

F. With the permission of the state or county fair organizers, any craft distillery is authorized to allow sampling of craft distillery products on the fair premises, the sale of the products for consumption on the fair premises and the sale of the products in original containers for consumption off of the fair premises at any sanctioned county or state fair. The director may establish a per-day fee for each event for a craft distillery fair license.

G. Section 4-201 does not apply to the licenses provided for under this section.