Ark. Code Ann. § 3-5-1403: Definitions

As used in this subchapter: (1) "Barrel" means thirty-one gallons (31 gals.); (2) "Beer" means any fermented liquor made from malt or any substitute having an alcoholic content of not more than five percent (5%) by weight; (3) "Brewery" means a small brewery or contract brewing company; (4) "Contract brewing company" means any licensed brewery that hires another company to produce a portion of its beer, malt beverage, or hard cider; (5) "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) A bartender; (B) A host; (C) Kitchen staff; (D) Janitorial staff; and (E) Servers; (6) "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; (7) "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; (8) "Person" means any natural person, partnership, association, or corporation; (9) "Restaurant" means a public or private place that: (A) 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; (B) Provides adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining equipment; (C) Has a seating capacity of at least fifty (50) persons; (D) Employs a sufficient number and variety of employees to prepare, cook, and serve suitable food for its guests or members; (E) Serves at least one (1) meal per day; and (F) Is open a minimum of five (5) days per week, with the exception of holidays, vacations, and periods of redecorating; (10) (A) "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. (B) "Small brewery" does not include a microbrewery-restaurant; and (11) "Small brewery tap room" means a small brewery off-premises retail site located in a wet territory holding a small brewery license. Amended by Act 2017, No. 950,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1237,§ 2, eff. 7/22/2015. Amended by Act 2015, No. 857,§ 8, eff. 3/31/2015. Acts 2003, No. 1805, § 3; 2009, No. 1459, § 1.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Barrel" means thirty-one gallons (31 gals.);

(2) "Beer" means any fermented liquor made from malt or any substitute having an alcoholic content of not more than five percent (5%) by weight;

(3) "Brewery" means a small brewery or contract brewing company;

(4) "Contract brewing company" means any licensed brewery that hires another company to produce a portion of its beer, malt beverage, or hard cider;

(5) "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) A bartender; (B) A host; (C) Kitchen staff; (D) Janitorial staff; and (E) Servers;

(A) A bartender;

(B) A host;

(C) Kitchen staff;

(D) Janitorial staff; and

(E) Servers;

(6) "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;

(7) "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;

(8) "Person" means any natural person, partnership, association, or corporation;

juices of fruit and containing more than three percent (3%) and not more than twenty-one percent (21%) alcohol by weight;

(7) "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;

(8) "Person" means any natural person, partnership, association, or corporation;

(9) "Restaurant" means a public or private place that: (A) 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; (B) Provides adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining equipment; (C) Has a seating capacity of at least fifty (50) persons; (D) Employs a sufficient number and variety of employees to prepare, cook, and serve suitable food for its guests or members; (E) Serves at least one (1) meal per day; and (F) Is open a minimum of five (5) days per week, with the exception of holidays, vacations, and periods of redecorating;

(A) 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;

(B) Provides adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining equipment;

(C) Has a seating capacity of at least fifty (50) persons;

(D) Employs a sufficient number and variety of employees to prepare, cook, and serve suitable food for its guests or members;

(E) Serves at least one (1) meal per day; and

(F) Is open a minimum of five (5) days per week, with the exception of holidays, vacations, and periods of redecorating;

(10) (A) "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. (B) "Small brewery" does not include a microbrewery-restaurant; and

(A) "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.

(B) "Small brewery" does not include a microbrewery-restaurant; and

(11) "Small brewery tap room" means a small brewery off-premises retail site located in a wet territory holding a small brewery license.