As used in NRS 597.190 to 597.255, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Alcoholic beverage” means any malt beverage or spirituous, vinous or malt liquor which contains 1 percent or more ethyl alcohol by volume.

2. “Brew pub” means an establishment which manufactures malt beverages and sells those malt beverages at retail pursuant to the provisions of NRS 597.230.

3. “Case of spirits” means 12 bottles, each containing 750 milliliters of distilled spirits.

4. “Craft distillery” means an establishment which:

(a) Manufactures distilled spirits from agricultural raw materials through distillation; and

(b) Is authorized to sell those distilled spirits pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

5. “Distillation” means the process of producing or purifying spirituous liquor by successive evaporation and condensation.

6. “Engage in” includes participation in a business as an owner or partner, or through a subsidiary, affiliate, ownership equity or in any other manner.

7. “Estate distillery” means an establishment which:

(a) Manufactures distilled spirits from agricultural raw materials through distillation, provided that 85 percent of such agricultural raw materials, in the aggregate, were grown on land within this State which is owned or controlled by the owner of the distillery; and

(b) Is authorized to sell those distilled spirits pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

8. “Instructional wine-making facility” means an instructional wine-making facility operated pursuant to NRS 597.245.

9. “Legal age” means the age at which a person is legally permitted to purchase an alcoholic beverage pursuant to NRS 202.020.

10. “Malt beverage” means beer, ale, porter, stout and other similar fermented beverages of any name or description, brewed or produced from malt, wholly or in part.

11. “Special event” means an event that:

(a) Lasts not longer than 1 calendar day; and

(b) Occurs at:

(1) A farmers’ market, as defined in NRS 244.336; or

(2) An event designated as a county fair by a county fair and recreation board appointed pursuant to NRS 244A.599, 244A.601 or 244A.603.

12. “Supplier” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 597.140.

13. “Wine” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 369.140.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 623; A 1985, 531; 1991, 108; 1995, 1570; 2005, 1272, 1326; 2013, 2562; 2015, 883; 2017, 2579, 2587)